ALSOMITRA . CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 929 
l. A. Capricornica (F. Muell. Fragm. phyt. Austral. 7, p. 61); 
foliis simplicibus, ambitu ovato-cordatis, vix ultra medium breviusve 
3-5-lobatis, membranaceis, distanter repando-denticulatis, glabrius- 
culis; cirrhis simplicibus vel 2-3-fidis; fructu papilloso-verruculoso ; 
seminibus fuscis, leviter rugulosis. — Zanonia Capricornica F. Muell. 
herb. 1. c. 
Herba annua, scandens. Radix tenuis, in fibrillas paucas soluta. 
Caulis tenuis, vix ramosus, satis brevis, suleatus, subglaber, superne 
brevissime villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus 2-3 cent. longus. Folia intense 
viridia, pellucentia, 6-8 cent. longa, szpius 3-lobata, lobis deltoideis, 
in acumen magis minusve protractis, lateralibus sspe abbreviatis, 
intermedio majore; sinus inter lobos acuti, paulo profundi, basilaris 
late rotundatus, paulo profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, basi sulcati, gla- 
bri, longissimi, sæpius apice bitidi. Paniculæ paucifloræ. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracilis, 2-3 cent. longus; pedicelli eapillares, 
brevissime villosi, 2-4 mill. longi. Flores minuti. Calyx glaber, seg- 
mentis lanceolatis, acutis, tubo æquilongis. Corolla glabra, dilute 
flavida, tenuiter membranacea, campanulata, vix ad medium 5-fida, 
lobis late ovatis, aeutiuseulis, vix 2 mill. longis. Staminum filamenta 
glabra, */,-?/, mill. longa; antheræ orbiculares, pallide flavæ, '/, mill. 
longæ. Pedunculus fructiferus gracilis, pilosulus, 8-10 mill. longus. 
Fructus fulvus, subcylindricus, basi rotundatus, 3-3'/, cent. longus, 
11-12 mill. crassus. Semina spatulato-obovata, margine sursum den- 
tato-tubereulata, basi attenuata, 6 mill. longa, 3 */, mill. lata, 1 mill. 
crassa; ala oblique terminalis, albida, translucens, oblonga, apice 
rotundata, 1 cent. longa, 4 mill. lata. 
Ad circulum Capricornu Australie orientalis prope Gracemere 
(P. O'Shanesy sec. Muell. 1. e.), et ad Cape Clevelands (A. Cunning- 
ham in herb. Kew.). 
2. A. sarcophylla (Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 118); foliis trifolio- 
latis; foliolis subsessilibus, eglandulosis, valde carnosis, ovatis, obtu- 
sis, integerrimis, utrinque glaberrimis, basi trinerviis; cirrhis apice 
bifidis: fructu leevi; seminibus atro-fuscis, utrinque breviter denseque 
muricatis. nm f. in Bot. Mag. tab. 6017; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. 2, p. 634. — Zanonia sarcophylla Wall.! List, n. 3724, PI. 
Asiat, rar. 2, p. 28, tab. 133; Walp. Rep. 2, p. 194. 
“Alte scandens. Caulis satis robustus, ramosissimus, sulcatus, gla- 
berrimus. Petiolus robustus, */,-1 cent. longus ; petioluli eglandulosi, 
2-5 mill. longi. Foliola utrinque intense viridia, pa 6-9 
Surres au Prodromus III. 
