636 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. KEDROSTIS . 
In Abyssinia (Figari in herb. Flor.); in rupibus vallis Mai-Mezano 
prope Djeladjeranne (Schimper n. 1677); in region. Bogos, ad Keren, 
altit. 1500 metr. (Beccari n. 176 in herb. suo et Flor.). 
à, microcarpa. Planta villosissima. Folia parva, 2 */,-3 cent. longa, 
2-9 */, cent. lata; sinus basilaris */,-*/, cent. profundus, lobis confluen- 
tibus. Fructus villosissimus, rotundatus, 4-5 mill. crassus, rostro sub- 
nullo. 
In region. Mozambique ad Lupata (J. Kirck in herb. Kew.). 
2. K. rostrata; foliis satis breviter petiolatis, utrinque brevis- 
sime villoso-hirsutis glabratisque demum scabris, cordato-suborbicu- 
laribus, basi satis profunde emarginatis, apice rotundatis, margine 
integerrimis vel denticulatis ; racemis masculis foliis brevioribus ; “- 
lyce sparse breviterque villoso, dentibus subulatis; antheris suborbi- 
cularibus, connectivo brevissime producto, integro, apiculato; fructu 
subsessili, ovoideo, longe rostrato, sparse breviterque villoso, longitu- 
dinaliter nervoso, 6-10-spermo. — Bryonia rostrata Rottl.! in Nov. 
Act. Soc. nat. serut. Berol. 4, p. 212; Willd. Spec. pl. 4, p. 616; Ser- 
in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 304; Wight et Arn. Prodr. 1, p. 346. — B. pilosa 
Roxb.! Hort. Beng. p. 104; FI. Ind. 3, p. 726. — B. filicaulis Wall.! 
List, n. 6713. — Æchmandra rostrata Arn. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. *, 
p. 274; Rem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 32; Dalz. et Gibs. Bombay Fl., P- 19. 
— Bryonia prostrata Dietr. Syn. pl. 5, p. 363. — Rhynchocarpa 107 
trata Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 16, p. 177; Kurz in Jour 
Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1877, part. 2, p. 105. — R. fœtida C. B. Clarke! m 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 627 (part.). ] 
Caulis scandens haud humifusus, gracilis, ramosus, angulatus, bre- 
vissime sparseque villosus, !/,-1 metr. longus. Petiolus gracilis, stria- 
tus, brevissime denseque villosus, 1-2 */, cent. longus. Folia menr 
branacea, utrinque læte viridia, 2-4 cent. longa et fere totidem * je 
sinus basilaris sæpius late rotundatus, */,-1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
filiformes, breves, striati, subglabri. Pedunculus communis In3807 
filiformis, striatus, flexuosus, subglaber, */,-1 ‘/, cent. longus, api 
2-4-florus; pedicelli capillares, flexuosi, patuli, brevissime villosh 
2-10 mill. longi, ad basim sæpius bracteolati; bracteole subulat®, 
'/ız1 mill. longæ. Calycis tubus subhemisphæricus, apice leviter a 
strictus, 2 mill. longus, 1 */, mill. latus ; dentes erecto-patuli, ‘h mil ; 
longi. Petala lutea, patula, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, 3- à 
brevissime sparseque villosa, 4 mill. longa, 1/,-2 mill. lata. peame 
culus femineus 1-7 mill. longus. Ovarium oblongum, longe rostratol 
