KFDROSTIS CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 635 
4-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, elongati, striati, breviter vil- 
losi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracillimus, striatus, breviter 
villosus, 1-2 cent. longus, apice 3-6-florus ; pedicelli filiformes, erecto- 
patuli, 3-8 mill. longi, basi bracteolati; bracteole subulatæ, '/,-1 '/, 
mill. longze. Calyeis tubus subcylindricus, basi rotundatus, apice dila- 
tatus, 3-4 mill. longus, 1 '/,-2 mill. latus; dentes erecto-patuli, acuti, 
? mill. longi, 1 mill. lati. Petala lutea, erecto-patula, oblonga, acuta, 
5-nervia, margine et ad nervos breviter piloso-glandulosa, 5-6 mill. 
longa, 1'/, mill. lata. Flores feminei subsessiles. Ovarium oblongum, 
longe rostratum, dense breviterque villosum. Fruetus subcarnosus, 
aurantiacus demum ruber, bilocularis, sæpius 4-spermus, 18-22 mill. 
longus, 8-10 mill. crassus; rostrum rectum aut ineurvatum, subli- 
neare, 10-15 mill. longum. Semina fusca, ovata, utrinque tenuissime 
sranulata, basi leviter emarginata, margine aliformi circumcincta, 
5 '/-6 mill. longa, 3 /,-4 mill. lata, 1'/,-2 mill. crassa. — « Stereus 
humanum olet » (Schimper). 
2, Perrottetiana. Folia parva, subsessilia, 2-4 cent. longa, '/,-2 
cent. lata; sinus basilaris subrotundatus, ‘/, cent. profundus. — Bryo- 
nia Perrottetiana Ser.! 1. c. — B. foetidissima Schum. et Thonn.! 1. e. 
In Guinea (Thonning in herb. hort. Petrop.); in Senegambia (Per- 
rottet in herb. DC. et Berol.; Deellinger in herb. Monac.); prope Ri- 
chard-Tol (Leliévre in herb. Berol.); in Loanda (Welwitsch n. 822 in 
herb. Brit. Mus.); in Africa centrali ad « N. Shaw valley » (Baines in 
herb. Kew.). 
2 B, genuina. Petiolus 1/,-2 cent. longus. Folia 5-8 cent. longa, 4-6 
cent. lata ; sinus basilaris angustus, 2 cent. profundus. 
In Abyssinia (Schimper n. 1184 in herb. DC. et Berol., n. 1424 in 
herb. Boiss.); in dumetis provinciæ Modat (Schimper n. 1749); scan- 
lens in arboribus prope Gageros (Sehimper n. 2174 ; Figari n. 59 in 
herb. Flor.); in Iemen (Schimper n. 1184); ad Tchélatchékanné 
(Quartin-Dillon et Petit in herb. Francav.); ad Keren, altit. 1500 metr. 
(Beccari n. 176 in herb. Flor.); in region. Mittu (Schweinfurth n. 2825 
et ser. IL n. 150 in herb. Kew.); in Nubia, ad montem Kohn in fini- 
bus Cordofanis versus Tekele (Kotschy n. 228); in Cordofan (Pfund 
n. 181 in herb. Kew.); prope Port Natal (Mac Ken in herb. Mus. 
Par.; Gerrard n. 375 in herb. Kew.); in Africa australi (Burchell 
n. 2595 in herb, Kew.); inS ia (S in herb. Francav.; 
Leprieur in herb. Mus. Par.). 
2 ' divergens. Petiolus 4-6 cent. longus. Folia magna, 7-12 cent. 
mga, 6-9 cent. lata; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 1 ‘/,-2 cent. 
atus, 1-2 cent. profundus. — Cyrtonema divergens Hochst. ! l. c. 
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