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iympetala, tubus 5 — 8 mm longit. Lobi coroHae e lata basi 

 lensim attenuati, supra lineares, revoluti vertice subrecto, 

 rirides, subflavi. Ovarium ovatum, acutum, quinqueloculare; 

 itigmata 5, linearia, integra. Fruetus post maturitatem circ. 

 !5— 30 cm longit., a truncata basi graciliter oblongus, acu- 

 us, quinquangularis, lateribus depressis, flavus. Semina tu- 

 )erculata. 



This species generally seems to be smaller than the 

 oregoing one. I have seen many individuals that were not 



i'emale flowers. Fig. I. C. chrysopetala. 2. C. pentagona. 3. C. candamar- 

 censis. — Nat. size. 



nore than 1 Va or 2 m high and yet carried a great many 

 ruits, but taller individuals also occur. They are sometimes 

 )ranched. The lobes of the leaves are broader than in C. 

 hrysopetala and C. candamarcensis, but the size is aliout the 

 ame in all three species (typical leaves, showing the diffe- 

 ences of shape, are reproduced in Figs. 4, 5 and 6) The 

 lorolla is distinctly sympetalous, with a rather long tube — 

 n this genus a very uncommon feature of purely female 

 lowers. Its lobes are yellowish-green. The ovary pro- 

 rudes above the corolla. The fruit, when ripe, is bright 

 ^ellow, broadest about the middle and very markedly 5- 

 mgk'd with hollowed sides. The pulp is yellowish-white, 



