Gurania. 205 



villosus, 35 — 40 cm longus, apice dense 30 — iO-florus; flores subsessiles. Recepta- 

 culiim ovoideum, tomentoso-cinereum, 8 — 1 mm longuiii, 6 — 7 mm lalum. Sepala 

 erecta, rubro-cinerea , subulata, uninervia, utrinque densiuscule breviterque puberula, 

 1,5 — 2 cm longa. Petala conniventia, linearia, acutiuscula, extus furiuracea, 6 — 7 mm 

 longa, vix J mm lala. Antherae late oblongae, infernc replicatae, 5 mm longae, 2 mm 

 latae, connectivo lato, glabro, apice in appendiccm papillosam \ mm iongam produclo. 

 Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 



Provinz des tropischen Zentral-Amerika. Guatemala: Rio Chactü, 830 m 

 ü. M. und Cubilquitz, 350 m ü. M., Depart. Alta Verapaz (J. Donneil Smith n. 4 54 1, 

 7880). 



i 7. G. TJlei Cogn. n. sp. — Rami graciles, angulato-sulcati, breviuscule subspar- 

 seque pilosi. Foliorum petiolus satis gracilis, tenuiter sulcatus, densiuscule breviterque 

 villosus, 3 — 5 cm longus; lamina tenuiter membranacea, ambitu suborbiculari-cordata, 

 utrinque laete viridis glabrata ad nervös densiuscule breviterque pilosa, M — 4 7 cm 

 longa et fere totidem lata, profunde trilobata, lobis lanceolatis, longiuscule acuminatis, 

 margine remote spinuloso-denticulatis, terminali inferne leviter constricto, lateralibus 

 salis brevioribus; nervi graciles, utrinque paulo prominentes, subtus non reticulali; sinus 

 basilaris late subrectangularis , 2 — 3 cm latus, 4 — 2 cm profundus. Cirrhi graciles, 

 elongati, leviter puberuli. Flores mascuU 8 — 4 ad apicem pedunculi communis sub- 

 umbellati; pedunculus satis gracilis, angulato-sulcatus , leviter puberulus, 22 — 23 cm 

 longus; pedicelli patuli vel erecto-patuli, subfiliformes, breviter denseque pilosi, 3 — 

 4 mm longi. Receptaculum ovoideum, basi rotundatum, densiuscule breviterque vil- 

 losum, 5 — 6 mm longum, 4 mm latum. Sepala rubra, patula vel erecto-patula, lineari- 

 ligulata, trinervia, intus glabra, extus sparse longeque pilosa, 8 — 4 4 mm longa, 4,5 — 



2 mm lata, inferne leviter angustata. Petala pallida, in conum conniventia, triangulari- 

 lineai'ia, acuta, subtiliter papulosa, 3 mm longa. Antherae late triangulari-oblongae, 

 basi longe retro replicatae, 4 mm longae, inferne 4 ,8 — 2 mm latae, connectivo latius- 

 culo glabro, apice in appendicem anguste triangulärem subtiliter papillosam 4 mm Ion- 

 gam producto. Flores feminei solitarii vel geminati; pedunculus gracilis, vix puberulus, 



3 — 4 cm longus. Ovarium lineari-fusiforme, subtiliter puberulum demum glabinim, 

 2 cm longum. 



Provinz des Amazonenstromes. Peru: Seringal Auristella am Rio Acre 

 (E. Ule n. 9868. — Blühend im Sept. 4 94 4. — Herb. Berlin). 



4 8. G. ovata Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. I. (4 876) 26, II. (4 877) t. 4. f. 5, in Fl. 

 Bras. VI. 4. (4 878) 48 t. 4 3. f. 2, in DC. Mon. Phan. III. (4 884) 687. — Tota glabra. 

 Rami graciles, sulcati. FoUorum petiolus gracilis, 3 — 4 cm longus; lamina membrana- 

 cea, cordiformi-ovata, longe acuminata, basi truncata vel leviter emarginata, margine 

 integerrima vel minutissime denticulata, supra laete viridis, subtus paulo pallidior, 4 — 

 4u cm longa, 7 — 9 cm lata; nervi tenues, non prominentes, duo laterales basilares 

 imum sinum non marginantes. Cirrhi graciles, elongati. Pedunculus communis mas- 

 culus robustus, striatus, 4 5 — 25 cm longus, ad tertiam vel ad quartam partem supe- 

 riorem dense floriferus; flores sessiles, supra callum latum leviter prominentem inserti. 

 Receptaculum ovoideum, basi rotundatum, glabrum vel vix puberulum, 4 — 5 mm lon- 

 gum, 3 — 4 mm latum. Sepala aurantiaca, erecta, lineaiüa, 5-nervia, margine vix pilo- 

 sula, 4 8—25 mm longa, 4 mm lata. Petala ei'ecta, triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, 

 4'nervia, glabra vel vix papillosa, 3 — 4 mm longa, 4 mm lata. Antherae rectae, ova- 

 tae, 2 mm longae, 4,5 mm latae, loculis leviter incurvis, connectivo angusto, mutico. 

 Flores feminei solitarii vel geminati; pedunculus robustiusculus , 2 — 2,5 cm longus. 

 Receptaculum subcylindricum , 20 — 23 mm longum, 5 — 6 mm latum. Sepala erecta, 

 hneari-lanceolata, longe subulata, margine leviter undulato-sublobulata , 22 — 25 mm 

 longa, 3 — 3,5 mm lata. Petala lanceolato-Hnearia, acuminata, brevissime papillosa, 

 9 — 4 mm longa, 2 — 2,5 mm lata. Ovarium subcylindricum, 25 — 27 mm longum, 



4 — .') mm crassum; stjlus carnosus, 4 8 — 20 mm longus, 3 — 4 mm crassus, stigmati- 

 bus conuivenlibus, acuminatis, ü — 8 mm longis, Fructus ignotus. — Fig. 44/). 



