882 BULLETIN DE L’HERBIER BOISSIER (2° sÉR.). (62) 
obtusa, 1 mm longa. Pedunculus fructiferus robustus, strictus, glaber, 
lævis, 4-15 mm longus. Fructus glaber, lævis, ut videtur fuscescens, basi 
subrotundatus, 10-12 mm longus, 7-9 mm crassus; rostrum satis gra- 
cile, basi incrassatum, rectum vel paulo arcuatum, 5-7 mm longum. 
Semina 6 mm longa, 3 mm lala, 1 ‘/2 mm crassa. Species C. epigæi 
C. B. Clarke proxima. 
Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (Gross-Namaland) : Inachab, Dinter 2. 
Cucumis asper COGN. 
Herba perennans, monoica; caules procumbentes; folia parva, pallide 
viridia, breviuscule petiolata, utrinque brevissime denseque setulosa et 
scaberrima, ambitu late subrotundato-cordata, 5-angulata vel leviter 
5-lobala, margine sæpius leviter undulata et minute denticulata; cirrhi 
breves; flores maseuli minuti, brevissime racemosi; ovarium brevissime 
puberulum; fructus parvus, late obovoideus, setulis brevissimis retrorsis 
densiuscule vestitus, concolor. 
Caules longiuseuli, graciles, satis ramosi, sulcati, canescenti-cinerei. 
Petiolus gracilis, striatus, brevissime hirtellus, cinereus, 8-16 mm longus. 
Folia rigida, siccitate valde fragilia, 15-25 mm longa et lata; sinus basi- 
laris late triangularis, 3—7 mm profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, sulcati, 
leviter hirtelli. Pedunculus communis masculus filiformis, breviter hir- 
tellus, —8 mm longus, superne 3—6-florus; pedicelli capillares, patuli, 
2—4 min longi. Calycis tubus anguste campanulatus, brevissime subspar- 
seque hirtellus, 2 !/2 mm longus; dentes erecti, triangulari-subulati, 
»/ı mm longi. Petala obovata, obtusa, leviter puberula, À '/s-2 mm longa, 
Pedunculus fructiferus gracilis, brevissime hirtellus, 2'/ cm longus. 
Fructus ad videtur ruber, 16 mm longus, 13-14 mm crassus. Species 
C. ficifolü A Rich proxima. | 
Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (Hereroland) : Abasis, Dinter 1447. 
Cucumis Dinteri COGN. 
Folia parva, rigida, viridi-cinerea, utrinque brevissime denseque hir- 
suto-scaberrima, late reniformi-cordata, obscure 5-angulata, apice rotun- 
data vel abrupte acutiuscula, margine remote denticulata vel leviter cre- 
nulata; ovarium longiuscule et densissime villosum; fructus parvus, late 
elliptico-ovoideus, levis tenuiter puberulus. 
Caules graciles, elongati, decumbentes, angulato-sulcati, cinerei, brevis- 
