annual, pale green; stem and branches angulate, scabrous; leaves palmately 3–5-lobed, lobes denticulate, lateral ones shortly obtuse, the middle elongated, lanceolate, more or less 3-lobed, acute, very scabrous on both sides; pepo pyriform-globose, beset with very short, weak prickles. Stem 1–2 feet, branched, on the 5 angles scabrous by minute, whitish hooks. Tendrils very short. Petiole 4–6 lines long, scabrous. Leaves 12–15 lines long, 8–10 lines broad, middle lobe cuneate at the base, 10–12 lines long, 3–4 lines wide. Fruit 12–14 lines long, 10–12 lines in diameter, with 1 line long prickles. Seeds not margined. A similar plant is collected by Gueinzius (398) at Port Natal, the leaves are twice larger, very green, scarcely scabrous above, the tendrils long, the ovary oval, very prickly. If the fruit is not different, it may be a variety of C. Zeyheri.
