CORALLOCARPUS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 645 
3-5-partitis, segmentis lanceolatis, dentatis vel plus minusve lobatis, 
apice acutis vel acuminatis; racemis masculis multifloris, foliis fere 
duplo longioribus ; fructu sparse piloso, lzevi, basi subtruncato, apice 
subobtuso vel longule attenuato. — Cyrtonema hirtellum Hochst. ! in 
Schimp. Herb. compl. Abyss. n. 330. — Rhynchocarpa hirtella Naud.! 
in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 16, p. 181. ¿ 
Radix tuberosa, carnosa, oviformis, apice convexa, e basi sulcato- 
bipartita, 3-4 cent. crassa. Caulis satis gracilis, ramosus, angulato- 
sulcatus, breviter villosus. Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, villoso- 
hirsutus, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia supra pallide viridia, subtus cinerea, 
6-10 cent. longa lataque, segmentis divergentibus, 4-7 cent. longis, 
1-1 Y, cent. latis, intermedio seepius longiore; sinus inter lobos an- 
gusti, obtusi. Cirrhi graciles, satis elongati, sulcati, breviter sparseque 
. pilosi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, vix striatus, sparse 
pilosus, 10-18 cent. longus, 8-20-florus ; pedicelli subfiliformes, patuli, 
3-8 mill. longi, ad basim bracteolati; bracteolæ subulatæ, recurvatæ, 
vix 1 mill. longze. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, basi rotundatus, 
breviter villoso-hirsutus, 2 mill. longus, 4 mill. latus; dentes erecti, 
lanceolato-subulati, 3-4 mill. longi, ad basim 1-1 */, mill. lati. Petala 
patula, oblongo-lanceolata, 5-nervia, apice acuta, breviter villosa, 
4-5 mill. longa, 1 Y, mill. lata. Antherz breves, loculis leviter curva- 
tis, connectivo plus minusve bifido. Flores feminei breviuseule pedun- 
culati; ovarium longe conico-fusiforme. Pedunculus fructiferus cras- 
siusculus, sulcatus, breviter villosus, 1-2 cent. longus. Fructus ruber- 
rimus, anguste oblongus, 6-7 cent. longus, 1 '/,-2 cent. crassus. 
Semina fulva, utrinque sublzvia, tenuiter marginata, 4 mill. crassa. 
In Abyssinia (Schimper n. 1203 in herb. Berol.; Beccari n. 277 in 
herb. suo et Flor. ; ad Dschinat-Mara, altit. 1600-1700 metr. (Schim- 
per n. 330 in herb. Brux., DC., Bois., Mus. Par., Berol.); in prov. 
Kolla ad Djeladjeranné (Figari in herb. Flor.). 
XLVI. CORALLOCARPUS, Welw. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1, 
p. 831 (1867) et Sert. Angol. in Trans. Lin. Soc. 27, p. 32; Hook. 
f. in Oliv. FI. trop. Afr. 2, p. 565; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. of Brit. 
Ind. 2, p. 627. — Bryoniæ, Turiæ, Æchmandræ et Rhynchocarpæ 
spec. auct. 
Flores monoiei. Masculi ad apicem pedunculi elongati aggregati, 
rarius fasciculati. Calycis tubus late campanulatus; lobi 5, breves. 
Corolla 5-partita, segmentis ovato-oblongis. Stamina 3, libera, tuho 
