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BOTANY OF FERNANDO NOKONHA. 37 



Cataponia bacemosa, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 768. 

 Bryonia racemosa, Sw. Prodr. p. 116. — Cionandra racemosa, 

 Oriseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 286. — Trianosperma racemosa, 

 Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. p. 112. 



Common on the Peak and at Tangle Rock, and in the Sapate. 



Distribution. A native of Mexico, the West Indies, and 

 Guiana. 



Ceeatosanthes angtjstiloba, n. sp. 



Dioica ? caulis validulis, cirrhi longi graciles simplices. Folia 

 trifoliolata, foliolis lateralibus inaequaliter bilobis, lobi angusti 

 lineares lanceolatse obtusi marginibus ciliatis ; foliolo mediano 

 integro anguste lineari-lanceolato acuto, 3 uncias longo, \ unciam 

 lato. Pedunculi glabri validuli, 5-unciales. Racemi breves, 

 masculi pauciflori, compacti. Flores virescentes parvi, masculi, 

 tubus gracilis § unciam longus. Sepala glabra ovata subacuta 

 viridia ; petala basi oblonga angusta, laciniis angustis lineari- 

 bus, pubescentia, \ unciam longa. Anther® oblongse breves. 

 Flores feminei et fructus non visi. 



On the Peak, with other species. 



This plant is easily distinguished from the rest of the genus 

 by its narrow lobed leaves, with the lateral lobes again bilobed. 

 The flowers also are very small in comparison at least with 

 those of C. trifoliolata, the only species really near to it. It had a 

 very unpleasant smell when bruised. 



C. cuneata, n. sp. 



Dioica, glabra, caules graciles striati, cirrhi simplices nee 

 valde longi. Folia triloba glabra, foliola obcuneata apice dentata 

 irregulariter, dentibus subacutis, 3 uncias longa, 1| uncias lata 

 quo latissima. Pedunculi validuli 3-unciales, apice racemosi. 

 Eacemus circiter 12-florus. Flores albescentes, perianthio in 

 utroque sexu simili. Tubus \ .unciam longus. Sepala brevia, late 

 ovata obtusa carnosula glabra. Petala 5 longa basi lata, lamina 

 angusta obtusa longe bifida, pubescentia, extus septem nervia. 

 8tamina oblonga brevia compacta, cohaerentia. Flores feminei. 

 Stylus longus ferme £-uncialis planus latus ; stigmata 2, brevia 

 acuta; staminodia duo parva ovata perianthio adnata, paullo 

 supra stigmata. Bacca non visa. 



On the Peak, with other species of Cucurbitacese. 



This species is allied closely to C. Rilariana. 







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