KEDROSTIS . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 637 
brevissime villosum. Fructus subcarnosus, intense ruber, bilocularis, 
20-22 mill. longus, 9-11 mill. erassus; rostrum rectum, sublineare, 
12-15 mill. longum. Semina fusca, ovata, utrinque tenuissime granu- 
lata, basi emarginata, margine tenui subaliformi circumcincta, 4 */,-5 
mill. longa, 3-3 */, mill. lata, 1'/,-1?/, mill. crassa. ; 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1119 in herb. Brux., DC., Deless., Mus. 
Par., Francav., Kew., Edin., Berol., hort. Petr.; Heyne in herb. hort. 
Petr.; J. Campbell n. 712 in herb. Edin.); in Guzerat (Dalzell in 
herb. Kew.); in Deccan (Rottler in herb. Kew.); ad Nandaradah 
(Klein n. 766 in herb. Willd., fol. n. 18054); in Malabar (Stocks in 
herb. Kew. ; Ritchie n. 1761 in herb. Kew.); prope Pondichéry (J. Lé- 
pine in herb. Mus. Par.); ad Ava (Wallich n. 6701, A-B in herb. Lin. 
Soc. et Monae., n. 6713 in herb. Lin. Soc.). 
3. K. mollis; foliis longule petiolatis, supra longe molliterque 
villosis, subtus dense tomentosis, reniformi-suborbicularibus, basi levi- 
ter emarginatis, obtuse 5-angulatis, margine crenato-dentatis; racemis 
masculis foliis longioribus; calyce leviter villoso, dentibus triangula- 
ribus; fructu breviter pedunculato, ovoideo, rostrato, 4-6-spermo. — 
Cyrtonema molle Kunze! in Linnæa, 20, p. 49; Walp. Ann., 1, p. 316. 
Coniandra mollis Sond. ! in Harv. et Sond. F1. Cap. 2, p. 485. 
* Radix tuberosa, dimidio superiore epigæa, obcuneato-oviformis, 
apice convexa, e basi sulcato-bipartita, subirregularis, basi sparsim 
verrucosa » (Kunze). Caulis scandens, gracilis, subsimplex, angulato- 
sulcatus, sparse villosus demum subglaber, 1-1*/, metr. longus. Pe- 
tiolus satis robustus, dense villoso-tomentosus præcipue ad apicem, 
2-3 */, cent. longus. Folia subearnosa, supra viridi-cinerea, subtus 
“anescenti-cinerea, 3-5 '/, cent. longa, 4-7 cent. lata; sinus basilaris 
late triangularis, */,-1 '/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, 
sulcati, Sparse pilosi vel subglabri. Pedunculus communis masculus 
filiformis, sulcatus, flexuosus, breviter villosus, 6-10 cent. longus, 
apice 5-12-florus; pedicelli capillares, erecto-patuli, flexuosi, leviter 
villosi, 10-16 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ subulatæ, 
‘al mill. longæ. Calycis tubus campanulatus, apice leviter dilatatus, 
| mill. longus et latus; dentes erecti, */, mill. longi. « Fructus 1 */,-2 
“ent. longus, flavescens vel rubescens. » 
In Africa australi prope Uitenhage, Zwartkopsriver, ad villam Paul 
Maré (Zeyher n. 2480 in herb. Boiss., Francav., Flor., Vindob.). 
7 *- K. nana; foliis satis breviter petiolatis, coriaceis, utrinque 
