(92) '284: 



Cyclanthera (?) RUSBYI, Spec. nova. Caulis paulo ramosus, 

 sulcatus, puberulus. Petiolus 8-10 mm. lonp;us. Folia sub- 

 membranacea, ovata, 8-10 cm. lont^a. 4 6 cm. lata, acuta vel 

 obtusa, supra papillosa, subtus pubesci ntia, 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 

 crassis, 1-2 cm. longus, striatus. Fructus oblique ovoideus4- 



5 cm. longus, 2 cm crassus. Aculei numerosi, compressi, I 

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

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

 related to C siibinermis, Cogn. 



Elateriiim Amazoniaun, Mart, in Cogn. Diag Cucurb. ii. 55. 

 Yungas, 6,000 ft. (2070). 



ECHINOCYSTIS MACROCARPUS, spec. nova. Caulis sulcatus, 

 sparse villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus gracilis, sulcatus, longe 

 villoso-hirsutus. Folia suborbicularia, 10-15 cm. lata, 5-loba, 

 utrinque puberula, lobis acutis vel acuminatis, sinus basillaris 

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

 cilis, sparse villosus, 10-15 c"^- longus. Inflorascentia mas- 

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



6 cm. longus, 2 cm. latus, horride aculeatus. Aculei inaequa- 

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

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

 Apparently nearest E. longispina, Cogn. 



Alsomitra Brasiliensis, Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cucurb. 115. 

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



BEGONIACE^. 



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

 duavi, 8,000 ft. (682). 



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

 6,000 ft. (679). 



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

 (681). 



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

 6,000 ft. (683). 



Begonia fagopyroides, Kunth et Bouche, Ind. Hort. Berl. 1848. 

 Yungas, 4,000 ft. (686). 



