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segmentis bi-pinnatipartitis laciniis linearibus paucis 
inferioribus unilateralibus superioribus oppositis, ped- 
unculis foemineis solitariis simplicibus petiolum sequanti- 
bus, fructu ovali lzevi subdispermo.— Pampasin Province 
of Cordova, Dr. Gillies. Sandy plain near Santa Fée, and 
Buenos Ayres, Tweedie.— Nom. vernac. Aji del Torvo. 
(1.) Sicyos Baderoa, (Hook. et Arn.); foliis cordatis 
angulatis minute denticulatis utrinque subglabris, an- 
gulis acuminatis, lobis inferioribus sibi mutuo incum- 
bentibus, cirrhis 3-fidis, floribus utriusque sexus capitatis 
paucis, pedunculis foemineis masculo dimidio breviori- 
bus, fructibus junioribus ovatis.—Baderoa bryonieefolia, 
Bertero.—Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 698.) ; Mathews (N. 
302.); Bridges, 1832, (N. 61.) 
(1.) Momordica Hystrix, (Gill. mst.) ; foliis 5-lobatis 
glabris levibus basi subcuneatis, lobis mucronatis den- 
ticulatis inferioribus 2 recurvato-patentibus medio pro- ^ 
ductiore, cirrhis simplicibus, floribus ex eadem axilla 
masculis racemosis foemineo solitario pedunculato, fructu 
oblique ovato setis validis echinato.—Buenos Ayres, . 
Dr. Gillies ; Tweedie. 
(1.) Cucurbita asperata, (Gill. mst.); dioica, caulibus 
glabris, foliis palmato-5-partitis utrinque punctis callosis 
subtus crebrioribus asperatis, segmentis sinuato-pin- 
natifidis, cirrhis simplicibus, floribus masculis capitato- 
racemosis breviter pedunculatis, foemineis pedunculatis 
solitariis, fructu subgloboso oligospermo,—Uncultivated 
places in the Province of Mendoza, Dr. Gillies. Nom. 
vernac.  Sandillo del Campo.—This agrees in many 
points with C. mammeata, Mol., but that species is from - 
Chili, and is very imperfectly described. Dr. Gillies 
finds two varieties; that growing in travesia, or more arid 
places, has the segments of the leaves less deeply sinuated 
than the other. 
