Ciicurbitaceae africanae. 
Von 
H. Harms. 
Momordica l. 
M. diplotrimera Harms n. sp. — Caules tenues, glabri. Folia bi- 
ternata, foliolis novem; petiolus glaber, 1—3 cm longus, petioluli 3, divari- 
cati, trifoliolati, I—3,5 cm longi, intermedio longiore, petioluli secundarii 
patuli, intermedio lateralibus brevissimis 1 —3 mm longis multo longiore 
1 —1,5 cm longo, foliola intermedia late lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata vel 
oblonga vel anguste ovato-oblonga, basi obtusa vel rotundata, apice saepe { 
sensim longiuscule acuminata, margine remote denticulata (denticulis bre¬ 
vissimis vel longiusculis acutis vel acuminulatis, subspinulosis), lateralia ± 
obliqua, ovata vel oblonga, basi rotundata vel subtruncata vel emarginulata 
apice acuminulata, omnia subchartacea, glabra vel subglabra, supra albido- 
punctulata, 3—7 cm longa, 1,5—3 cm lata. Cirrhi graciles, glabri, bifidi. j 
Pedunculi solitarii, glabri, 1—1,5 cm longi, saepe leviter flexuosi,; bractea 
concava majuscula, coriacea, subglabra (extus sparse brevissime puberula), 
subreniformis, margine leviter undulata vel subintegra, ad 13—15 mm longa, 
ultra 20 mm lata (statu expanso); flores inclusi, saepe 2 evoluti vel unicus, j 
praeterea 3—4 alabastra minuta, pedicellis brevibus, glabris, 5 mm vel 
ultra longis. Receptaculum late cupulatum, glabrum vel subgiabrum, 5— 
G mm longum; squamulae 2 intus reflexae latissimae ad basin petalorum 
duorum. Sepala 5 triangulari-ovata, acuta, margine leviter fimbriolato, : 
5—6 mm longa. Petala albido-luteola, ovato-oblonga vel ovato-lanceolata, | 
acuta vel obtusiuscula, puberula, 1,5 cm longa. Stamina 3, in fundo re- 
ceptaculi inserta, filamentis glabris, discretis, basi dilatatis; antherae sub- 
rectae, angustae, connectivo in staminé uniloculari integro, in bilocularibus 
bilido, apice paullulo vel vix producto, appendicula oblongo-clavata e basi 
antherae erecta eique subaequilonga, in staminé uniloculari solitaria uno 
latere tantum evoluta, in staminé biloculari altero geminis, in altero ple- 
rumque solitaria unilaterali, 2—3 mm longis. 
