THLADIANTHA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 421 
mum scabriuscula, 12-18 cent. longa, 10-16 cent. lata, margine remote 
subulato-denticulata, lobis lateralibus brevissimis, rotundatis vel sub- 
acutis, intermedio triangulari, acuto vel breviter acuminato; sinus 
basilaris sepius anguste rotundatus. 2-4 cent. profundus ; nervi late- 
rales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum marginantes. Cirrhi robustius- 
culi, elongati, sulcati, breviter villosi. Pedunculus masculus robustus, 
suleatus, puberulus, 20-25 cent. longus. Calyx viridi-cinereus, brevis- 
sime denseque villosus præcipue extus, tubo 4-5 mill. longo et lato. 
basi rotundato, segmentis erectis, 5-nerviis, inæqualibus, 34-42 mill. 
longis, ad basim 7-8 mill. latis, apice subulatis. Corolla breviter vil- 
losa, 5-6 cent. longa, segmentis 7-nerviis, 14-17 mill.latis. Staminum 
filamenta satis gracilia, glabra, 24 mill. longa; antherz 12-14 mill. 
longi, 7 mill. late. Pedunculus femineus 12-25 cent. longus. Calycis 
segmenta 5 cent. longa, ad basim 5-8 mill. lata, apice acuta. Corollæ 
segmenta 4-5 cént. longa, 1 cent. lata. Staminodia leviter villosa, 
subulata, 8-9 mill. longa, ad basim 1-2 mill. lata. Ovarium brevis- 
sime villosum, 4-5 cent. longum, 12-15 mill. crassum ; stylus glaber, 
5-sulcatus, basi et apice leviter dilatatus, 24 mill. longus, ad medium 
l */, mill. crassus; stigmata apice acuta, 13 mill. longa, 3-4 mill. lata. 
Pedunculus fructiferus 8-10 mill. erassus. Fructus « flavo-striatus, » 
leevis, nitidus, 15-25? cent. longus. Semina cinerea, 11 mill. longa, 
4°/,-5 mill. lata, 1-1 */, mill. crassa. 
In Venezuela prope coloniam Tovar, in sylvis humidis (Fendler, 
u. 489 in herb, Boiss., DC., Deless., Brux., Francav., Kew., Gotting.; 
Moritz n. 1804 in herb. Francav., Vindob., Webb., Brit. Mus.). 
XIV. THLADIANTHA, Bunge Enum. pl. Chin. Bor. p. 29 et n 
Mém. sav. étr. St-Pétersb. 2, p. 103; Meisn. Gen. p. 126 (91); 
Endl. Gen. p. 940; Walp. Rep. v. 2, p. 205, v. 5, p. 763; Rom. 
Syn., fase. 2, p. 19; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat., ser. 4, v. 12, p. 150 et 
Ser. 5, v. 6, p. 11; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1, p. 825; Clarke in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 630. 
. Flores dioici. Masculi racemosi vel rarius solitarii. Calycis tubus 
breviter campanulatus vel subrotatus, fundo squama unica horizonta- 
liter clauso; lobi 5, elongati, lineares vel anguste lanceolati. Corolla 
campanulata, ad basim 5- partita, segmentis integris, oblongis, Ape 
leviter revolutis, Stamina 5, libera, fauci calycis inserta, filamentis 
Dearibus, elongatis, per paria approximatis; antheræ oblongæ, uni- 
loculares, loculis rectis. Pollen globosum, leve, trisulcum, poris aper- 
