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cifloris; bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis, integris vel subintegris; calycis 
- tubo longissimo, filiformi, apice leviter dilatato, dentibus He 
lanceolato-linearibus, ad basim remote subulato-denticulatis. 
Caulis satis robustus, suleatus, glaber, levis. Petiolus gracilis, sul- 
catus, glaber, 3-4 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus 
paulo pallidiora, basi pedato-5-nervia, 14-16 cent. longa et fere toti- 
dem lata, lobis divergentibus, intermedio longiore; sinus inter lobos 
latissimi, obtusi, basilaris angustus, 3-4 cent. profundus; nervi 
tenues, subtus vix retieulati. Cirrhi graciles, breves, angulato-sulcati, 
glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, striatus, glaber, 
apice 5-10-florus, 8-10 cent. longus; pedicelli WE erecto-patuli, 
2-6 mill. longi; bracteæ glabræ, multinerviæ, 2 1/73 cent. longæ. 
Calycis tubus brevissime puberulus, longitudinaliter striatus, rr 9 cent. 
longus, 1*/,-2 mill. crassus, apice 10-12 mill. crassus; dentes patuli, 
2*/,-3 cent. longi, ad basim 3 mill.lati. Petala oblongo-cuneata, tri- 
 nervia, breviter puberula precipue intus, 2 cent. longa. Staminum 
filamenta. filiformia, glabra, 3 mill. longa; capitulum antherarum 
9 mill. longum, 2 mill. crassum. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Nova Guinea, region. Papuan ad Soron (Beccari n. 223 in herb.. 
suo). . 
a 
25. E hracteata (Voigt! Cat. hort. Cale. p. 58); foliis membra- 
haceis, ambitu late ovatis vel suborbicularibus, supra scabris, subtus 
glabris vel plus minusve villosis, demum scabris vel sublævibus, sub- 
integris vel sæpissime profunde palmato-3-7-lobatis, lobis sæpius acu- 
tis vel acuminatis, margine denticulatis ; cirrhis sæpius 3-fidis: race- - 
mis masculis paueifloris ; bracteis ssepius late ovatis, profunde incisis; 
calycis tubo ab apice ad basim attenuato, dentibus elongatis, trian- 
gulari-lanceolatis, leviter denticulatis. — Kurz in Journ. As, Soc. 
Beng. 1877, part. 2, p.99. — Modeeca ? bracteata Lam. Encycl. 
méth. Bot. 4, p. 410; Spreng: Syst. veget. 3, p- 45; DC. Prodr. 3, 
p. 337. — Trichosanthes pubera Bl.! Bijdr. p. 936 ; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 
3, p. 315; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 95; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, 
. P. 675. — T. palmata Roxb.! in Wall. List, n. 6688, excl. C, F, et 
El. Ind. 3, p. 704; W. et Arn. Prodr. 1, p. 350; Wight, Illustr. tab. 
.. 104, 105; Walp., Rep: gp 202; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 678; 
- Dalz. et Gib. Bomb. Fl. p. 103; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, 
P. 606, excl; syn. — T. cordata Wall. ! List, n. 6686, C, E (non Roxb.). 
& T. Anguina Wall.! List, n. 6687, F (non Linn.). — T. laciniosa 
all.! List, n. 6689 (non Klein). — Cucurbita Maipo Wall.! List, 
