LUFFA. CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 463 
-Calumbi, prov. Minas Geraés (Martius n. 1402 in herb. Monac.); ad 
Canta Gallo (Peckolt n. 593 in herb. Brux.); in sylvis ad Ega prov. 
do Alto Amazonas (Martius in herb. Monac. et Brux.); in insule 
Wacanama sepibus (Meyer l. c.); ad fluvium Daule prope Guayaquil 
(Spruce in herb. Kew. et Brit. Mus.; Remy in herb. Mus. Par.); in 
Nova Granata ad Camburo prope Payun, ad fluvium Magdalena, 
Laguna d'Ignamine (Goudot in herb. Mus. Par.); in sylvis primævis 
prope Upin ad ped. or. Cordill. Bogotensis altit. 650 metr. (Ed. André 
in herb. suo); ad ostium flum. Magdalena prope Barranquilla 
(Ed. André n. 181 et 182 in herb. suo); in Panama (Seem. l. c.); in 
America centrali (Œrstedt n. 66 in herb. Haun.); in Mexico ad Aca- 
pulco (sec. Hook. et Arn. 1. e.). 
B, lobata Cogn. in Mart. 1. e. p. 13. — Folia latiora quam longa, 
distinete 5-lobata, lobis erenulatis; petiolus limbo longior. Inflores- 
centia maseula depauperata, interdum uniflora. Flos femineus longe 
pedunculatus. - 
Prope Guayaquil (Gaudichaud in herb. Brux.). 
4. L. graveolens (Roxb.! in Wall. List, n. 6752); foliis majus- 
culis, fere rotundatis, breviter et obtuse 5-lobatis, supra scabriusculis, 
subtus lævibus et ad nervos puberulis ; cirrhis 3-5-fidis; floribus satis 
parvis, intense luteis; ovario apice non rostrato; fructu parvo, ecos- 
tato, sparse breviterque tuberculato-exasperato vel brevissime spinu- 
loso; seminibus ovato-oblongis, leevibus, immarginatis. — Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. 3, p. 716; Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 64; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, 
V. 12, p. 124; F. Muell. Fragm. phyt. Austral., 3, p. 106; Benth. Fl. 
Austral. 3, p. 317; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1877, part. 2, 
P. 101; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 614. — L. saccata F. 
Muell.! in herb. ex Naud. 1. c. 
Caulis satis gracilis, elongatus, paulo ramosus, 5-angulatus, glaber, 
levis. Petiolus satis robustus, angulato-striatus, brevissime puberu- 
lus, levis, 4-7 cent. longus. Folia utrinque læte viridia, apice acuta 
äpiculataque, margine minutissime remoteque denticulata, 4-12 cent. 
longa lataque ; sinus basilaris anguste rotundatus, 2-3 cent. profun- 
dus ; nervi subtus leviter prominentes. Cirrhi elongati, robusti, sul- 
Cati, glabri vel puberuli. Flores masculi et. feminei in eadem axilla. 
edunculus masculus robustus, puberulus, 15-30 cent. longus, fere 
"5que ad basim floriferus ; pedicelli filiformes, infra apicem articulati, 
Bis cent. longi, prope basim bracteolati; bracteolæ ovato-cucullatæ, 
+6 mill. long. Calyx breviter villosus, tubo late campanulato, 4 mill. 
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