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tubo subcylindrico, inferne breviuscule attenuato, dentibus subulatis, tubo paulo 
brevioribus. 
Rami graciles, sulcati, brevissime sparseque hirtelli interdum subglabri. Petiolus 
striatus, 2-4 em. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, supra lite viridia, subtus paulo palli- 
diora, plana vel subplana, margine minute remoteque denticulata, 2-5 cin. longa, 3-6 
em. lata; nervi graciles, subtus leviter prominentes, duo laterales inferne imum 
sinum marginantes; sinus basilaris subrectangularis 4-14 em. latus et profundus. 
Cirrhi subfiliformes, brevissimi, suleati, vix hirtelli. Pedunculus communis masculus 
gracilis, striatus, sparse hirtellus vel glabratus, 4-8 em. longus; pedicelli erecti, bre- 
vissime subsparseque hirtelli, 1-2 ecm.longi; bracteolw subulate, erect, leviter hir- 
telle, 3-6 mm. long. Calyx cinereofuscus; tubus ad apicem leviter dilatatus, 8-9 
mm. longus, ad medium 2} mm. et ad apicem 4 mm. latus; dentes erecto-patuli, levi- 
ter flexuosi, 7-8 mm. longi, basi 4 mm. lati. Petala late oblonga, acuta vel breviter 
acuminata, 5-nervia, vix puberula priccipue ad nervos, 20-22 mm. longa, 6-10 mm. 
lata. Antheriw biloculares oblongo-rectangulares, 4 mm. long, 1 mm. late, loculis 
rectis apice leviter incurvis, connective non producto. Flores feminei ignoti. Pedun- 
culus fructiferus subglaber, sulcatus, 4-5 em. longus. Vructus late ovoideus, ut 
videtur ruber, lineis atro-fuscis numerosis longitudinaliter vittatus, 4 cm. longus, 
3-34 cm. crassus, Semina fusca, obovata, levia, obscure marginata, 6 mm. longa, 4 
mm. lata, 14 mm. crassa. 
Species 4. asperw Cogn. proxima. Dr. EK. Palmer. No. 1444. Ymala, August, 1891. 
Cyclanthera micrantha Cogn. (sect. Eucyclanthera); caule glaberrimo vel ad 
nodos vix pilosulo; petiolo apice tripetiolulato; foliis trifoliolatis; foliolis basi 
longe attenuato-petiolulatis, lobatis, obtusis et breviter mucronatis, mediano anguste 
ovato vel obovato, lateralibus profunde vel sipius usque ad basim bifidis; cirrhis 
plerumque inawqualiter bifidis; floribus masculis minutissimis, in racemos simplices 
apice subumbellatim 7-10-floros foliis swepius breviores digestis; floribus femineis 
brevissime pedicellatis; fructu longissime subsparseque echinato, apice in rostrum 
acutum brevem producto. 
Caulis subfiliformis, ut videtur 3-4 dm. altus, paulo ramosus, angulato-sulcatus, 
Petiolus filiformis, striatus, glaber, 1-24 cm. longus; petioluli vix puberuli, patuli, 
terminalis 6-10 mm. longus, laterales satis breviores, Foliola tenuiter membranacea, 
supra lite viridia et tenuissime punctato-scabra, subtus paulo pallidiora et sublie via, 
terminale 2-3 em. longum et 10-18 mm. latum, lateralia paulo breviora, Cirrhi eapil- 
lares, elongati, suleati, glabri. Peduneculus communis masculus capillaris, sulcatus, 
glaber, 14-3 cm. longus, pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi. Calyx rotatus, glaber, tubo vix 1 
mm. lato, dentibus subulatis, brevissimis. Corolla albescens, segmentis ovatis, acutis, 
uninerviis, mm. longis. Anthera %mm. lata. Pedunculus fructiferus eracilis, glaber, 
teres, 3-5 mm. longus. Fructus anguste ovoideus, basi oblique satis gibbosus, 17-18 
min. longus, S-10 mm, crassus; aculei setiformes, paulo compressi, 6-11 mm. longi. 
Semina cinereo-fusea, subquadrata, basi longiuscule obtuseque appendiculata, apice 
leviter trilobata, margine truncata, utrinque verruculosa, 6 mm, longa, 3-4 mm. lata, 
1imm. crassa. 
Species ©. gracillimaw Cogn. proxima. Dr. KE. Palmer. No. 1706. Ymala, 1891. 
Elaterium longisepalum Cogn.; foliis supra sublente subtiliter sparseque aspe- 
Tis, subtus glaberrimis Levibusque, ambitu ovatis, 5-angulatis vel obscure trilobatis, 
apice obtusiusculis et brevissime mucronulatis, sinu basilari brevissime ciliato; cir- 
rhis bifidis; floribus 5-meris, masculis in racemos subumbelliformes 3-6-floros bre- 
vissimos digestis; calycis tubo breviusculo, petalis paulo longiore, dentibus reflexis, 
longissimis, capillaribus. 
Rami gracillimi, angulato-suleati, glabri. Petioli filiformes, striati, glabrati, infe- 
riores 3 cm. longi, superiores brevissimi. Tolia tenuiter membranacea lwte viridia, 
margine leviter undulato-denticulata, 4-54 em. longa et lata; nervi tenuissimi, sub- 
tus Vix prominentes, duo laterales basilares bifureati, imum sinum non marginates; 
sinus basiluris angustissimus, obtusus, 1-1} ci. profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, elon- 
