CARDIOSPEIIMUM. I0 3 



acuta, gradatim minora, 8-18 iineas longa; iniima (foliorum partialium lateralium) coniluentia. Petiolls 

 communispollicaris partialesquc pilosi. Petioii partiales laterales 3-5 lineas longi, intermedius G- 10 lineas 

 longus. Pakkuix axillares, solitaria;, longc pedunculat», simpliccs , abbreviatas, corymbiformcs, fof ra 

 basim bicirrosai , bracteatas; ramis sparsis, patentibus rbacbique angulatis et tenuiter lanatis. Cirri filiformes, 

 rCTOluti, lanati. Pedunculus angulatus, lanatus, sesquipollicaris; fructifer duplo longior. Flores pedi- 

 ce iati, in ramis paniculae spicatim dispositi, magnitudinc floris Cardiospermi Halicacabi; pcdiceilis brevibus . 

 pdosiusculis. Buou panras, lanceolato-subulata, pilosa^. Calyx tetraphyllus , membranaccus, tener, 

 eo oratus, glaber, pers.stcns ; foliolis duobusexterioribus oppositis, dimidio brevioribus, orbiculatis, planius- 

 cuhs; duobus mterioribus subrotundo-obovatis, obtusis, cjncavis. Petala quatuor, breviter unguiculata, 

 subrotundo-obovata, parum obliqua, obtusa, planiuscuhi , ^abra, alba. subasqualia; duo magis distantia. 

 bquamai membranaceas, petalis breviores; du* petalorum a staminibus rcmotorum ellipticas, ciliatu, 

 apiceuncinato-inflexa, dorso in appendicem crassiusculam trancatam producUc; duse pctalorum stami- 

 uibus approximatorum obliquc oWong», obtusat, glabra. , hinc cmarginato-repanda;. Glandul* duas 

 ad basim pctalorum a slaminibus remotorum, rotundatx, rarnosa, glabra. Stamima oclo, ima: basi ovarii 

 circumposita , ina-qualia, petalis breviora. Filamenta linearia , mcmbranacea, ciliata, libera. AmHEaa 

 oblongas, dorso supra basim affixa», glabrx, bilocularcs, longitudinalitcr dchiscentcs. Ovarilm minutissimum, 

 st.pite crassiusculo , basi folioli calycini majoris contigui adnato suffultum, triquetrum, glabriusculum' 

 .Stylis subnullus. Sticma tripartitum ; laciniis crassiusculis, connivcntibus. Capsula subglobosa, trigona 

 stigmahbus pcrsistcntibus coronata, calyce suffulta, mcmbranacea, inflata , venoso-reticulata, virescenti- 

 fuscescens, pubescenti-hirtclla , trilocularis, trivahis, subpollicaris ; valvx navkularcs; dissepimenta axi 

 centrali adnata, suturis valvarum opposita, spongioso- mcinbranacca , tardius in duas partibilia lamclias ; 



lameUis binis vieinorum dissepimentoram semen includcntibus solitarium. Semina medio axis affixa, g i l 



bosa, lasvia, glabra, nigra, magnitudine pisi , macula spongiosa albida subreniformi notata. Mcmbrana 

 propria seminis dura. Perispeiuium nullum. Embryo globosus. Cotyledones carnosx , albx, inxqualcs ; 

 cxterior major, intus sinuato-cxcavata in rcccptionem altcrius minoris. Ramcoia conica, hilum spectans.' 

 Plumlla parva, dipbylla; foliolis patulis. 



Cardiospermo grandifloro Swartz. proximum, scd distinctum prxsertim glandulis hypogynis abbrcviatis. 



6. CARDIOSPERMUM molle. | 



C ramis villosis; foliis supradecorapositis ; foliolis argute serrato-incisis, trifidis, utrinque 

 adprcsso-pilosis, subtus cancscentibus; glandulis hypogynis abbrcviatis; capsulis subglobosis 



mollilcr hirtis. 



Crescit prope Guanaxuato Mexicanorum , alt. 1070 hex. % Floret Septembri 



Caules volubiles ;-ramis sulcato-angulatis, villosis. FoLtt alterna, petiolata, supcriora subbiternata, infe- 

 riora supradccomposita (composita aut e foliis tribus imparipinnatis, aut e foliis quinque ternatis, pinnatim 

 dispositis in pctiolo communi), scsqui-aut bipollicaria. Foliola opposita, scssilia, basi cuncata, acuta 

 argute scrrata, incisa, magis minusvc trifida, rcticulato-vcnosa, mcmbranacea, utrinque adpresso-pilosa, 

 subtus canescentia ; summa majora, subovata, basi valde angustata, 6- 10 lineas lata. Petiolus communis 

 angulatus, 9-10 lineas longus rhacliesquc villosa, geniculata. Pedunccli axillares, solitarii, flliformcs. apice 

 tri- aut quinquefidi ct multiflori , infra apicem bicirrosi, angulati , pilosi , bipollicares etlongiorcs; cirris 

 revolutis, piiosis. Flores pcdicellati, in ramis abbrcviatis spicatim dispositi, magnitudine florispnecedentis; 

 pedicellis trcs lincas Iongis, pilosiusculis, basi bracteatis; bractcis lanceolato-subulatis , pilosis , pcdiccllo 



