284: 



Cyci.ANTJIKRA (?) Rus^^'I, spec, nova, Caulis paulo rainosus, 



sulcatLis, puberulus. Petiolus 8-10 mm. longus. Folia sub- 

 mcmbranacea^ ov\ata, 8- 10 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, acuta vol 

 obtusa, supra papillosa, subtus pubescentia, margine remote 

 denticulata, sinus basilaris late rotundatus. Cirrhi bifidi, gra- 

 ciles, elongati. Pedunculus communis 1-3 cm. longus, mul- 

 tiflorus. Pedicelli 2 mm. longi. Corolla virescens, segmentis 

 triangularibus, acutis, i mm. longis. Pedunculus fructiferus 

 crassisj r-2 cm. longus, striatus. Fructus oblique ovoideiis4- 

 5 cm. longus, 2 cm. crassus. Aculei numcrosi, compress!, 1 

 mm. longi. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2589) ; Unduavi, 8,000 ft. 



(2068). If correctly referred to this genus, appears nearest 

 related to C. stibinerjnis^ Cogn. 



Elaterium Amazouicum^ Mart, in Cogn. Diag. Cucurb. ii. 55. 



Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2070). 



ECHINOCYSTIS MACROCARl'US, spec. nova. Caulis sulcatus, 

 sparse villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus gracilis, sulcatus, longe 

 villoso-hirsutus. Folia suborbicularia, 10- 1 5 cm. lata, 5"lc>t)^j 

 utrinque puberula, lobis acutis vcl acuminatis, sinus basillaris 

 rotundus, 2-3 cm* latis. Pedunculus communis masculus gra- 

 cilis, sparse villosus, 10-15 cm. longus. Inflorascentia mas- 

 cula paniculata, Cirrhi ramosi elongati. Fructus sessilis, 5- 

 6 cm. longus, 2 cm. latus, horridc aculeatus. Aculei iucXqua- 

 les, majores 2 cm. longi. Rostrum conicum, acuminatum, 

 sparse aculeatum, tomentosum. Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2060), 



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Apparently nearest E. lo)igispina, Cogn. 



Alsomitra Brasiliensts^ Cogn, in Mart. Fl. Kras. Cucurb. 115. 

 Junction of Rivers Beni and Madre de Dios. (547). 



BEGONIACE^. 



Begonia pleiopctala, A. D.C. Ann. Sci. Nat. (4) xi. 121. Un- 

 duavi, 8,000 ft. (682). 

 Begonia Weddelliana, A. D.C, loc. cit ex. descrip. Yungas, 



6,000 ft. (679). 

 Begonia^ related to the preceding. Tngenio del Oro, 10,000 ft. 



(681).^ 

 Begonia, apparently allied to B. Boliviensis, A. D.C. Yungas, 



6,000 ft. (683). 

 mia fagopyroides, Kunth et Bouche^ Ind. Ilort. Berl. 1848. 



Yungas, 4,000 ft. {G^G). 



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