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ClIClRBITACEiïl. 



A. COGIVIAUX (Verviers). 



Momordica sessilifolia GOGN. 



Tota glaberrima et Isevia ; foliis simplicibus, sessilibus, anguste ovato- 

 triangularibus, indivisis vel inlerdum obscure triloba lis, margine integer- 

 rimis vel leviter undulalis, apice acutis vel obtusis et minute apiculatis, 

 basi angustissime profundique emarginatis, auriculis basilaribus rotun- 

 datis vel angulatis; cirrhis simplicibus; pedunculis masculis solitariis, 

 unifloris, folio circiter acquilongis, ad medium bractealis; bractea orbicu- 

 lari-cordata, margine integerrima; calycis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis, 

 apice breviter acuminatis. 



Rami gracillimi, elongali, angulato-sulcati. Folia rigidiuscula, intense 

 vlridia, 4 — 8 cm longa, inferne 2 — 3 Va cm lala. Cirrhi capillaris, elon- 

 gati. Pedunculus masculus flliformis, tereliusculus, 4 — 6 cm longus; 

 bractea rigidiuscula, intense viridis, 1—3 cm lala. Calycis lobi trinervii, 

 8— 8mmlongi, 4 mm lati. Corolla subregularis, flava, segmentis anguste 

 obovatis, apice sublruncalis et apiculatis, 15 — 17 mm longis. Flores 

 feminei subdimidio minores. Fructus ignotus. 



Somal-Land : Abdallah, Prof. D'' C. Keller, 104. 



Coccinia hirtella COGN. 



Tota breviuscule subsparseque hirtella ; foliis breviuscule petiolatis, am- 

 bitu suborbicularibus, non glandulosis, profunde palmato-3-lobatis, lobis 

 divergentibus oblongis apice obtusis vel acutis lobulatis vel fere laci- 

 niatis; cirrhis simplicibus; floribus majusculis, solitariis vel rarius gemi- 

 natis, campanulatis, mascuhs longe pedunculatis, femineis subsessilibus, 

 ebracteatis; calyce densiscule hirtella, lobis triangulari-linearibus, sub- 

 adpressis; staminum filamentis liberis. 



Rami 'satis graciles, elongali subsimplices, angulato-sulcati. Petiolus 

 salis gracilis, striatus, 1 V^ — 2 cm longus. Folia membranacea, supra 

 intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, basi 5-nervia nervibus laleralibus 



