488 CUCURBITACEA. 
13. ELATERIUM. | 
Elaterium, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1036; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 835. 
An exclusively American genus, consisting of about twenty species, inhabiting Mexico 
and the northern part of South America. . | 
1. Elaterium carthaginense, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1375. 
Panama (Duchassaing)—TRopicaL SOUTH AMERICA. 
2. Blaterium ciliatum, Cogn. Diag. Cucurb. Nouv. fase. ii. p. 54. 
GuaremaLa, Volcan de Agua (sted), Mazatenango (Bernoulli); Costa Rica, Ujaras 
(Grsted). | 
3. Elaterium filiforme, Cogn. Diag. Cucurb. Nouv. fase. ii. p. 53. 
South Mexico, San Carlos (Liebmann, 29, 30). 
4, Elaterium gracile, Cogn. Diag. Cucurb. Nouv. fase. ii. p. 51. 
Rhytidostylis gracilis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Voy. Beech. p. 424, t. 97, A. 
Sovran Mexico, woods near the Pacific Ocean, Oaxaca (Galeotti, 1589) ; GUATEMALA, 
Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 1186); Nicaragua, Realejo (Sinclair); Costa Rica, at 3500 
feet (Endres, 5); Panama, near Frijoli railway-station (S. Hayes, 139), near the city of 
Panama (Seemann, 112).—Cotomsia. Hb. Kew. 
5. Elaterium longiflorum, Cogn. Diag. Cucurb. Nouv. fase. ii. p. 54. 
Panama (Duchassaing, Wagner). Tb. Paris. 
6. Elaterium quadrifidum, Ser. in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 310. 
MExico. 
14. HANBURIA. 
Hanburia, Seem. Bonpl. 1858, p. 293 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 836. 
The genus is restricted to Mexico. 
1. Hanburia mexicana, Seem. Bonplandia, 1858, p. 293; 1859, p. 2; 1862, 
p. 189, t..12. 
Sour Mexico, near Cordova (Finck ; Bowrgeau, 1832), region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 
2426). Hb. Kew. 
15. CYCLANTHERA. 
Cyclanthera, Schrader, Ind. Sem. Hort. Geett. et in Linnea, xii. p. 408; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. i. p. 836. 
An American genus of thirty-two known species, ranging from Texas and New 
Mexico to Peru and Brazil. : 
1. Cyclanthera bourgzeana, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p. 17. 
Mexico (Bourgeaw). | : 
