GERRARDANTHUS.  CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 937 
fere totidem lata. Cirrhi filiformes, longissimi, sulcati, glabri. Pedun- 
culus communis masculus gracillimus, flexuosus, ramosus, 15-20 cent. 
longus; rami filiformes, diffusi, 2-6 cent. longi, ad basim interdum 
minute foliolosi; pedicelli capillares, flexuosi, 5-12 mill. longi, ad 
basim bracteolati; bracteolæ subulatæ, 1-3 mill. longs. Calycis 
tubus vix 1 mill. latus; lobi subulati, 1-nervii, ?/-l mill. longi. 
Petala flavescentia, tenuiter membranacea, ovato-oblonga, 1-nervia, 
apice acuta, 1-1'/, mill. longa, ?/, mill. lata. Staminum filamenta 
subnulla; antheræ */, mill. longæ. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In insul. Zanzibar (Hildebrandt n. 1140 in herb. Vindob.). 
3, G. Trimenii; foliis integris, regulariter ovatis, margine minute 
undulato-denticulatis, basi profundiuscule angusteque emarginatis; 
floribus masculis viridi-flavescentibus; sepalis denticulatis; corolla 
late campanulata ; connectivo appendice inani subulato munito. 
* Herba late scandens, caulibus basi lignescentibus, compressis, 
fere complanatis, profunde multisuleatis » (Welw.). Rami graciles, 
leves, glabri. Petiolus eracilis, glaber, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia carno- 
sula aut membranacea, utrinque glabra et lævia, supra intense viri- 
dia, subtus pallide viridescentia, costis intense viridibus, apice acuta 
Yel breviter acuminata, 6-7 cent. longa, 4-5 cent. lata. Cirrhi graci- 
les, elongati, suleati, glabri. Peduneulus eommunis masculus filifor- 
Mis, 2-4 cent. longus; pedicelli capillares, glabri, patuli, 1-1 '/, cent. 
longi, basi minute bracteolati. Calyx viridis, laciniis subæqualibus, 
oblongis, obtusis, 3 mill. longis. Petala ceraceo-nitentia, tria exte- 
riora conformia e viridi-flavescentia, 6-7 mill. longa, duo interiora 
ceteris latiora concava et paulo longiora, aurantiaco-flava, omnia 
obtusa et carnosula. Staminum filamenta crassa, apice in connectivum 
semicirculare dilatata ; antheræ horizontales, anguste oblonge, rima 
longitudinali dehiscentes, 1: /, mill. longæ. Flores feminei ignoti. 
In dumetosis Angolæ, ad sylv. oras de Mata de Pungo, distr. Pungo 
Andongo, altit. 800-1300 metr. (Welwitsch n. 861 in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
Trus VIII. — FEUILLIEÆ. 
Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1, p. 820 (Fevilliese); Cogn. in Mart. Fl. 
Bras. fasc, 78, p. 115. 
Stamina 5, filamentis liberis; antheræ spurie biloculares, loculis 
