CUCURBITACEAE. . 761 



§. 3. CUCUMERINAE Endl. I. c. p. 938. 



Stamina 5 saepissime triadelpha. Antherae magis minusve coalitae, 

 loculis Iinearibus extus adnatis, sursum et deorsum flexis. 



5138. CUCURRITA Linn. 

 (DC. Prodr. III. 316. — Wlprs. Reperl. bot. syst. II. 202.) 

 1. C. LITTORALIS Hsskrl. Catal. plant. hort. Bogor. 190. — Foliis subrotundo-cor- 

 dalis angulalo-5-7-lobatis hirtis, lobis repando-dentatis acuminalis; pedunculis 

 unifloris et petiolis ramisque urenti-hirtis; peponibus (diametro tripollicari) glo- 

 bosis urenti-hispidis densissimeque glauco-pruinosis. ©^ — Colilur in horto 

 bolanico Bogoriensi (Java). 



5140' 2 . APODANTHERA Am. 



(Arn. in Hook. Journ. of bot. III. 274. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 203. *) 



1. *A. MATHEWSI Arn. I. c. [absque ulla descriptione.] — Wlprs. 1. c. * 



2. A. GRACILIS Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 99. — Caule tenui pube- 

 rulo vel glabralo; foliis profunde cordalis acuminatis inlegris vel obscure 3-5- 

 angulato-lobalis, margine subcilialis, supra glabriusculis punctulatis, subtus 

 pilosulis; lloribus longe pedunculalis, masculis paucis racemoso-corymbosis, 

 foemineis solitariis; fructibus ovato-globosis glabris. .© — Folia bipollicaria, 

 acumine longiusculo. Pedunculi masculi et foeminei ex iisdem axillis gracillimi, 

 petiolo longiores. Flores masculi ad apicem pedunculi pauci, breviter pedicellati. 

 Calyx tubulosus, extus puberulus breviler quinquedentatus. Petala late acutius— 

 cula integerrima brevissime cilialo-puberula. — In insula Taboga, Salangp. 



§. 5. CYCLANTHEREAE Endl. 1. c. p. 939. 



Stamina monadelpha, columnae apice in discum orbiculatum mar- 

 gine antheriferum dilatato. 



5143. CYCLANTHERA Schrad. 

 (Schrader, Linnaea VIII. Literaturb. 23.) 



1. C. LEPTOSTACHYA Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 99. — Glabra: 

 caule gracillimo; foliis pedatim 7-9-sectis, segmentis petiolulatis oblongo-lan— 

 ceolalis grosse denlalis, extimis brevioribus subincisis; racemo masculo longis- 

 simo gracili, corymbulis remotis; flore foemineo longe pedunculato. ©? — Rami 

 quam in C. pedala multo graciliores. Petioli l'/ 2 -2 poll. longi, folii segtnenta 

 majora 2-3 poll. longa, 6-9 lin. lata, quam in C. pedata lenuiora minus dentata. 

 Racemi masculi semipedales vel longiores, floribus parvis in racemulos breves 

 subcorymbosos secus rhachin communem disposilis. — Crescit in America tro- 

 pica (Salango). 



2. C. PEDATA Schrad. 1. c. — (Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 203. *) — Glabriuscula: 

 caule gracili; foliis cordatis pedato-subquinquelobis, lobis mucronatis leviter 

 argute serratis, utrinque scabriusculis reteque scabro-pubescente, sinubus rotun- 

 dalis, cirrhis bifldis; floribus masculis racemosis, foemineo solitario parce acu— 

 lealo. © — Foliorum forma variabilis, sunt enim sinu rotundata cordala pedati— 

 nervia, plerumque triloba vel rarius inferiora lobo uno alterove oblitteranle biloba 

 aut subintegra, lobo medio latius angustiusve lanceolato, lateralibus anlice in 

 lobum saepe evidentem protraclis, poslice lobum latiorem obtusum sublobato— 

 angulatum formantibus, lobi lobulique omnes mucrone subulato longiori vel bre— 

 viori lerminanlur et serraturis aliquot anguslis in lateribus signantur, retis vas- 

 culosi rami majores pilis rigidulis minulis sunt obsessi et foliorum pagina 

 punctulis elevalis dispersis leviter exasperatur. Racemus masculus axillaris folii 

 longitudine, perigonium petaloideum 5-lobum; flos foemineus ad basin racemi 

 masculi pedunculo insidens petiolum circiter aequanti glabro. Ovarium lanceo- 

 latum aculeolis aliquot inslructum dispersis, collo elongato in limbum expla- 



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