. 367 



«lisposilis, fl. niasciiUs plurilius, foraiiicis in racrini hasi so- 

 litnriis, calycls fem. deiitibiis lincari- laneeolatls tiilio bre- 

 viorüjiis, frnctii oblonge - cylindrico laevinsculo caljce coro- 

 nato qiiadriioculari, srminibns compressis. 



Alte srandit ad arbores surlnamensps, ramis florifcris 

 aphyllis eleganter ex arborom coina peudentibns. ,,Flos fla- 

 viis; caljx rnbcr, frnctns virides"; ra, April, fl. et fr. apud 

 plan», La Rencontre. 



Ab A.trilobata Linn. (Plnra. Amor. ed. Burra. Tab.22!) 

 diffprt foliorum forma, pracsertira ima eornm basi in modio 

 sinn acula ibique norvis 2 lateraiibns niarginata, lobis bre- 

 vioribns, frnttn fere laevi rol. — Folivni 25 cont. lungnm, 

 23 latnm , lobo mcdio 11 — 12 cont., lateraiibns 7 longis, 

 omnibns brevi - aciiminatissirais , illo elliptico lateraiibns la- 

 tiore. Folia itaqne vix usqne ad 1/2 long, lobata. Margin^s 

 snrsnm integerrimi, vel repandi, deorsnm miunte denlicnlati. 

 liißorescentia tota racemoso-panicnlata 25 — 50 cent. lon- 

 ga, axi ramisqne augulatis sulcatis glabrinsrulis, PcdiccUi 

 snpra rainos breves vel brevissimos racemose vel fascicnla- 

 tim dispositi, 1/2 — 2 cent. longi, masc. plernniqne plnres 

 oonferti, fcminei solitarii crassiores snbclavafi. Fl. fem, 

 ovarhim aiignste ellipticum; calj/cis tubns (pnrn seil, libora) 

 cylindricus 1 cent. longtis, dentes 5 — 6 mm, pnbenili? 

 Fructus 4 — 4Vt! cent. longns utrinque pariimper attennalns 

 hie illic pnrce muricnlaliis. 



MOMORDICA Linn. 



1. Momordica Charantia Linn.l DC. Prodr, Ili. p. 

 311. Folia in raeis 3 — 7-loba. — Crescit (spontanea?) 

 in hortis prope Paramaribo. 



Observ. Inter species cnltas liujns ordinis pertinent: Cu- 

 cumis Melo h. ß. Cantalupo Ser.; C. sativus L. ß, ßa- 



