638 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. KEDROSTIS. 
glabris vel brevissime sparseque pilosis, sublævibus, late reniformi- 
cordatis, basi leviter emarginatis, apice sæpius rotundatis, integris 
vel plus minusve 3-5-lobatis, margine intezerrimis vel leviter undu- 
latis; racemis masculis foliis sæpius brevioribus; calyce subglabro, 
dentibus anguste triangularibus; fructu breviter pedunculato, ovoideo. 
longe rostrato, glabro, levi, 3-5-spermo. — Sicyos angulata Berg. 
Deser. pl. Cap. p. 352, non Linn. — Bryonia nana Lam. Encycl. méth. 
Bot. 1, p. 497; DC. Prodr. 3, p. 308; Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 393. — 
B. triloba Thunb.! Prodr. pl. Cap. p. 13 (1794), non Lour. (1793); 
Fl. Cap. p. 34; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 620. — B. trilobata Ser. in DC. 
Prodr. 3, p. 307. — Cyrtonema trilobata Schrad.! in Eckl. et Zeyh. 
Enum. pl. Cap. p. 276, et Reliq. in Linnæa, 12, p. 403 et 404; Walp. 
Repert. 2, p. 195; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 23. — Coniandra Thunbergi 
Sond. ! in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 2, p. 484. ; 
Caulis scandens vel prostratus, gracilis, ramosus, sulcatus, sparse 
pilosus demum glaber. Petiolus satis gracilis, striatus, breviter ville 
sus demum subglaber, 1-4 cent. longus. Folia utrinque pallide viridia. 
2-6 cent. longa lataque vel paulo latiora; sinus basilaris plus minusve 
anguste triangularis, */,-1'/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, Satis 
breves, angulati, subglabri. Pedunculus communis masculus filiformis. 
striatus, brevissime villosus, 3-5 cent. longus, 6-20-florus ; pedicelli 
capillares, flexuosi, erecto-patuli, 3-10 mill. longi, ad basim bracte 
lati; bracteolæ subulatæ vel rarius ovatæ, caducæ, 1-3 mill. long? 
Calycis tubus subeylindricus, basi subtruncatus, apice leviter dilata- 
tus, longitudinaliter 10-striatus, 3-4 mill. longus, 3 mill. latus; dentes 
erecti, acuti, 2 mill. longi. Petala ovato-oblonga, 3-nervia, brevissime 
denseque papillosa, apice subacuta, 5 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. Pedur- 
culus fructiferus filiformis, glaber, 5-6 mill. longus. Fructus rubesten? 
basi rotundatus, 15-17 mill. longus, 7-8 mill. crassus; rostrum subli- 
neare, rectum, ad basim leviter dilatatum, 5-7 mill. longum. Semina 
cinerea, ovato-oblonga, utrinque levia, basi truncata, margine pr 
mido circumcincta, 6-7 mill. longa, 3 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
2, genuina. Folia reniformi-cordata, angulata vel vix lobata. 
In Africa australi (Burchell n. 360 et 3374 in herb. DC. et Bets 
n. 520, 3279, 3374, 5324 et 5413 in herb. Kew.; Drège n. 8186 f 
herb. Deless., Benth., Vindob., Lugd.-Bat.; Elliot in herb. Edin. : 
Bowie in herb. Brit. Mus. ; Lehmann in herb. Mus. Par., hort. p: 
F. Grey in herb. Kew.; Pappe in herb. Kew.; van Royen in her» 
Lugd.-Bat.); in fruticetis ad montes Leeuwen- et Duyvelsbere A 
planitiei prope Rietvalley (Ecklon et Zeyher n. 1778 in herb. Vi? 
