CORALLOCARPUS . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 655 
brevissime villosus, 1 mill. longus, 1 */,-1*/, mill. latus; dentes erecti, 
triangulares, ‘/, mill. longi. Corolla breviter papillosa, segmentis 
erectis, late ovatis, obtusis, */,-1 mill. longis. Stamina bilocularia 
usque ad basim bipartita, antheris connectivo dimidiato subappensis, 
ovoideis. Flores feminei partim in pedunculo communi subracemi- 
formi folium subæquante insidentes, partim ad basim inflorescentiæ 
communis aggregati et axillares, longiuscule pedicellati. Ovarium 
ovoideo-conicum, brevissime villosum, biplacentiferum. Pedicelli fruc- 
tiferi satis robusti, striati, breviter villosi, 1-2 cent. longi. Fructus 
ruber, breviter sparseque pilosus, longitudinaliter tenuissime costa- 
ts, 14-16 mill. longus, 9-11 mill. crassus. Semina 3 '/, mill. longa, 
? mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
In Abyssinia prope pagum Baria-Dikeno, altit. 1500 metr. (Schim- 
per n. 1198 in herb. Mus. Par., Brux., Boiss., Francav., Berol., et 
sine n° in herb. Kew.). 
11, €. Courbonii; foliis longe petiolatis, 'supra primum brevis- 
sime molleque villosis demum scabris, subtus breviter tomentosis, 
basi subtruncatis vel leviter lataque emarginatis, profunde palmato- 
+lobatis, lobis oblongis sæpius lobulatis, apice obtusis; pedunculis 
communibus masculis crassiusculis, rectis, apice capitato-paucifloris, 
foliis longioribus ; antheris latis, connectivo dilatato; floribus femineis 
fascieulatis, subsessilibus; fruetu ovoideo, basi rotundato, apice bre- 
viter rostrato; seminibus pallide fuscis, subglobosis, distincte margi- 
natis, tenuissime rugulosis. — Æchmandra velutina Dalz. ! in Dalz. 
et Gibs., Bombay Fl. p. 100 (nomen tantum). — Rhynchocarpa Cour- 
boni Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 18, p. 197. — R. Etbaica 
Aschers. ! in Schweinf. Herb. Nub. n. 120 part. — Corallocarpus 
Etbaieus Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 567. — C. velutina 
C. B. Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 628. 
. Radix fibrosa. Caulis basi in crassitudinem pollicis inflatus, subfu- 
siformis, cortice rimoso, scandens, circiter 4-metralis, pauciramosus ; 
rami glaucescentes, angulato-suleati, brevissime denseque villosi de- 
mum Scabri ad nodos geniculati. Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, 
brevissime denseque villoso-subhirsutus, 4-5 cent. longus. Folia car- 
nosula, fragilia, ambitu suborbicularia, supra pallide viridia, subtus 
“nerea, 8-12 cent. longa lataque; lobis divergentibus, margine re- 
mote denticulatis, intermedio longiore; sinus inter lobos lati, rotun- 
dati. Cirrhi satis graciles, longissimi, striati, breviter villosi. Pedun- 
“ulus communis masculus striatus, glaber, 12-20 cent. longus, 
