ALSOMITRA . ‘CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 933 
rubella, subtus tenuissime reticulata, lateralia 5-8 cent. longa, 3-5 cent. 
lata, vix asymmetrica, intermedium 6-10 cent. longum, 3-6 cent. 
latum; nervi subtus valde prominentes. Cirrhi robustiusculi, longis- 
simi, tenuiter striati, glabri. Flores ignoti. Racemi fructiferi satis 
conferti; pedunculus communis satis gracilis, breviter tomentosus, 
valde ramosus, 20-30 cent. longus ; pedicelli divaricati, satis graciles, 
breviter tomentosi, 2-7 mill. longi. Fruetus pallide fuseus, oblongo- 
cylindricus, basi breviter attenuatus, apice truncatus, glaber, 2*/,-3 
cent. longus, 7-9 mill. crassus. Semina ovata, margine integra, basi 
leviter attenuata et subacuta, 4'/,-5 mill. longa, 3-3'/, mill. lata, 
1*/, mill. crassa; ala obliqua, sordide alba, translucens, apice rotun- 
data, 6-7 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata. 
- In Celebes ad Pangkadjena (Teysmann in herb. Bogor. comm. a cl. 
Schefter). 
B, minor. Foliola paulo minora. Fructus ab apice ad basim leviter 
attenuatus, 15-19 mill. longus, 7-8 mill. crassus. 
In Celebes ad Pangkadjena (Teysmann in herb. Bogor.). 
T. A. Hookeri (F. v. Mueller! Fragm. phyt. Austral. 6, p. 188); 
foliis breviter petiolatis, trifoliolatis; foliolis breviter petiolulatis, 
eglandulosis, tenuiter membranaceis, ovato-oblongis, breviter acumi- 
natis, integerrimis, utrinque glabris, penninerviis; cirrhis simplicibus ; 
fructu levi ; seminibus atro-fuscis, utrinque leviter rugulosis. — F. v. 
Mueller, Deser. Pap. pl. p. 107. — Melothria trifoliolata F. v. Muel- 
ler! Fragm. phyt. Austr. 5, p. 181. 
tami graciles, ramosi, angulati, breviter pubescentes. Petiolus 
gracilis, suleatus, breviter villosus vel subglaber, 1-2 cent. longus; 
petioluli puberuli, 3-5 mill. longi. Foliola utrinque intense viridia, 
lievia, 5-9 cent. longa, 2-4 '/, cent. lata, subæquilonga, lateralia paulo 
asymmetrica. Cirrhi graciles, longissimi, sulcati, puberuli. Paniculæ 
Masculæ valde multifloræ, ramosissimæ. Pedunculus communis late- 
ralis vel terminalis, gracilis, flexuosus, puberulus, 20-40 cent. longus; 
rami divaricati, 10-15 cent. longi; pedicelli capillares, puberuli, siepe 
fasciculati, 4-14 mill. longi, basi bracteolati; bracteolæ subulatæ, 
/,-2 mill. longæ. Calyx puberulus, segmentis lanceolato-linearibus, 
acutis, 1 */, mill. longis, */,-*/, mill. latis. Corolla brevissime pube- 
rula, viridi-Havescens, segmentis ovatis, obtusis, trinerviis, 2 mill. 
longis, Staminum filamenta vix ‘/, mill. longa. Fructus cylindrico- 
*llipsoideus, truncatus, fulvus, sparse pilosulus, 2 ‘/-4 cent. longus, 
12 mill. crassus. Semina ambitu laria, margine utrinque 
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