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TRICHOSANTHES . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 365 
tenuiter reticulati, laterales basilares imum sinum marginantes. Cirrhi 
robusti, elongati, sulcati, sparse villosi, 3-4-fidi. Pedunculus commu- 
nis masculus satis gracilis, sulcatus, sparse villosus, 12-20-florus, 
10-16 cent. longus; pedicelli erecto-patuli, subfiliformes, 2-5 cent. 
longi; bracteæ subulatæ, caducæ, 1-2 mill. longæ. Calycis tubus sub- 
cylindricus, superne dilatatus, apice constructus, longitudinaliter 
10-costatus, 2-2*/, cent. longus, apice 5 mill. et ad medium 2 mill. 
latus; dentes patuli, 5-7 mill. longi. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, tri- 
nervia, acuminata, 12-13 mill. longa, 3-4 mill. lata; fimbriæ elon- 
gate, ramosæ. Staminum filamenta filiformia, 1-1 '/, mill. longa; 
capitulum antherarum sublineare, 5 mill. longum, 1*/, mill. cras- 
sum. Pistillodia 8-9 mill. longa. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In India orientali ad mont. Nilagiri (Pl. Ind. or. edid. Hohenacker 
n. 1507 in herb. Boiss., Mus. Par., Francav., Lenorm., Monac., Vin- 
dob., hort. Petrop., Kew., Brit. Mus., Van H., Ultraj.). 
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B'. Bracteæ magnæ. 
Sect. Involucraria W. et Arn. Prod. 1, p. 350; Endl. Gen. p. 939; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 677. — Genus Involucraria Ser. 1, c. 
Spec. 10-98, 
a. Folia ad basim truncata vel attenuata. Spec. 19-15. 
10. T. globosa (Bl.! Bijdr. p. 936); foliis submembranaceis, 
margine integerrimis, basi truncatis vel subacutis, utrinque glaberri- 
mis et levibus, fere usque ad basim 3-5-lobatis, lobis anguste lanceo- 
latis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis; cirrhis simplicibus; racemis 
masculis densifloris, spiciformibus..— Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 316; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 679. — Involucraria globosa Rem. 
Syn. fase, 2, p. 99. 
Caulis satis gracilis, striatus, glaber, lævis. Petiolus satis robustus, 
Striatus, glaber, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia-supra lete viridia, subtus 
paulo pallidiora, 19-18 cent. longa, 15-20 cent. lata, basi trinervia,- 
lobis divergentibus, intermedio 10-15 cent. longo, 2-3*/, cent. lato, 
ateralibus brevioribus; sinus inter lobos acuti vel subobtusi; nervi 
Satis graciles, subtus leviter prominentes. Cirrhi longissimi, satis gra- 
ciles, Striati, glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus valde incrassa- 
tus Præcipue ad apicem, sulcatus, puberulus vel demum glaber, usque 
E medium floriferus, 10-20 cent. longus, basi 5-9 mill. et supe- 
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