TROCHOMERIOPSIS.  CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 661 
XLVIII. TROCHOMERIOPSIS. 
Flores dioici. Masculi paniculati. Calycis tubus elongatus, tubulo- 
sus, 5-dentatus, dentibus subulatis, minutis. Corolla rotata, profunde 
partita, segmentis lineari-subulatis, longissimis. Stamina 3, tubo 
calycis sessilia; antheræ lineari-oblongæ, dorso affixæ, liberæ vel vix 
cohærentes, una unilocularis ceteræ biloculares, loculis linearibus, 
rectis, connectivo angusto ultra loculos non producto. Pollen ovoi- 
deum, trisuleum, inerme. Pistillodium minutissimum vel nullum. — 
Flores feminei racemosi. Calyx et corolla maris. Staminodia nulla. 
Ovarium lineari-oblongum, biplacentiferum; stylus linearis, disco ad 
basim nullo, stigmatibus 2, dilatatis, profunde bifidis; ovula nume- 
rosa, horizontalia. Fructus ignotus. 
Herba scandens, glabra, Madagascariæ incola. Folia carnosula, 
subintegra vel trifoliolata. Cirrhi simplices. Flores mediocres, flaves- 
centes, minute bracteolati. 
T. diversifolia. 
Caulis satis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, levis. Petiolus 
Carnosulus, robustiusculus, tenuiter striatus, levis, 5-8 cent. longus. 
Folia ambitu late ovato-subtriangularia, utrinque tenuiter punctata, 
8-12 cent. longa lataque, supra pallide viridia, subtus cinerea, mar- 
gine integerrima leviter undulata et subtus revoluta, apice acuta vel 
obtusa, angulata, plus minusve lobata vel interdum trifoliolata, fo- 
liolis ovato-oblongis, lateralibus valde asymmetricis, extrinsecus auri- 
culatis. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, teretes. Pedunculus communis mas- 
culus satis gracilis, angulatus, levis, 20-30 cent. longus, usque ad 
basim paulo ramosus; rami divergentes, 10-15 cent. longi; pedicelli 
filiformes, '/-2 cent. longi; bracteolæ subulatæ, 2-4 mill. longæ. Ca- 
lycis tubus glaber, ab apice ad basim attenuatus, 1 '/ cent. longus, 
"pice 2-2 */, mill. latus; dentes anguste triangulares, erecti, 1 Y,-2 
Mill. longi, 1 mill. lati. Petala longe subulata, 5-7-nervia, 2-3 cent. 
longa, ad basim 17/,-2 mill. lata. Antheræ biloculares 2 */, mill. lon- 
8, ‘/, mill. late, Pedunculus communis femineus 5-6 cent. longus, 
#-5-florus ; pedicelli 1-2 cent. longi. Ovarium leve, 1 */, cent. longum, 
2 Mill. crassum; stylus glaber, 7 mill. longus; stigmata divergentia, 
3 mill, longa, lobis 1 Y, mill. latis. 
n Madagascar ad Port-Leven (Boivin n. 2573 in herb. Mus. Par.; 
Vesco ^s herb. Mus. Par.); in ins. Nossi-Bé ad Djabal (Boivin in herb. 
us. Par.). : : 
