396 LXIII, CUCURBITACES. [Cucumis 
GoLtunco ALTo.—A prostrate, flaccid herb, running a long distance ; 
flowers moneecious, yellow ; fruit oblong-ellipsoidal, when ripe pale 
yellow, 13 to 12 in. long, smooth, without prickles. In secondary 
thickets at Quibixe in Sobato de Bumba, uncommon ; fl. and young fr. 
beginning of June 1656. No. 846. 
The presence of prickles on the fruit in No. 848 throws doubt on the 
distinctness of this from the next species. 
5. C. chrysocomus Schum. in Dansk. Vid. Selsk. iv. p. 201 (1829); 
Welw. Apont. p. 556 sub n. 129, and p. 589, n. 63 (chrysocarpa). 
C. ficifolius A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 294 (1847), t. 53 bis; 
Cogn., .c., p. 493. C. Figarei Delile in Cat. Hort. Monsp. ex Naud. 
in Ann, Se. Nat., ser. 4, xi. p. 16 (1859) ; Hook. f., Lc. p. 543. 
Var. echinophorus (Naud.). 
Loanpa.—An annual herb, running out a long distance ; flowers 
yellow ; fruit as large as a pigeon’s egg or usually larger, echinate with 
herbaceous prickles, sulphur-golden-yellow when ripe, handsome, 
tasting like cucumber. On the sandy sea shore near Penedo and Praia 
de Zamba Grande, abundant; fl. and fr. beginning of May 1858 (also 
more frequently in the years 1853 and 1854, but the specimens 
destroyed). No. 847. Annual; stems spreading along the ground ; 
leaves pinnatifid-lobed ; fr. 14 to 12 in. long, obtusely ellipsoidal, of a 
deep sulphur-golden colour, echinate with long prickles ; Cacuaco, fr. 
August 1858. Cou. Carp. 149. 
The three following Nos. are perhaps varieties of this species, 
but the first must be compared with the next following species :— 
MossaMEDES.—In the sandy desert along the sea coast, between Cabo 
Negro and Mossamedes, at Cazimba, sparingly; female fl., 3 Sept. 
1859. No. 821. Flowers yellow. A young prostrate specimen in a 
moist sandy place, not far from the bank of the river Bero, sporadic, 
perhaps more abundant in summer; not yet in good fi., in winter, 
July 1859. No. 835. 
Gotunco ALtTo.—An annual prostrate herb; leaves pedatifid- 
laciniate, rough ; fruit as large as a small hen’s egg, ellipsoidal, yellow ; 
flowers not seen. In neglected plots of cultivation near Sange ; seeds, 
summer of 1857. CoLu. Carp. 129. 
AMBRIZ.—Capital de Ambriz “ Maxiché.” Coun. Carp. 150. 
Welwitsch in Apont. p. 556 under n. 129 states that Cucumis africanus 
L. £. is seldom cultivated in Angola, and is called ‘“ Machiché” : with 
reference to this statement Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 190, remarks that 
this South African species has no qualities to recommend it for 
cultivation, but that the name Machiché is given to the Brazilian 
C. Anguria L., and that this is more probably the species intended by 
Welwitsch. It is possible that C. longipes Hook f. was intended. 
6. C. prophetarum L. Cent. i, Plant. p. 33. n. 97 (1755); Hook. 
f., 4¢., 545; Cogn., lc, p. 495. 
_ BENGUELLA.—A prostrate annual herb, stretching out a long way 
in the blown sand ; fruit ellipsoidal 14 in. long, smooth, sordid-yellow 
(spotted all over with yellow), marked with sordid-red (or white and 
green) bands. In maritime sandy places near the city of Benguella ; 
only mutilated specimens found ; male fl. and fr. latter part of June 
1859. No. 829. Anannual herb running on the ground, almost entirely 
destroyed and only the fruits met with ; fruit as large as a good-sized 
walnut or as a small hen’s egg, ellipsoidal-globose, turning yellow, 
