CUCURBITA. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 549 
valle Cordova ad Guadalupe (Bourgeau n. 620 et 788 in herb. Mus. 
Par., n. 1610 in herb. Mus. Par., Brux., DC., Boiss., hort. Petrop., 
Kew.); ad Pinotepa (Galeotti in herb. Brux.); ad Solidad et Umge- 
bung (Wawra n. 512 in herb. Vindob.); propre Vera-Cruz (Dr. Gouin 
in herb. Mus. Par.). 
6. C. digitata (A. Gray! Pl. Wright. part. 2, p. 60); foliis am- 
. bitu suborbicularibus, fere usque ad basim palmato-5-partitis, seg- 
mentis sublinearibus, lobulatis, secus nervum medium irregulariter 
albo-lineatis, sinubus inter lobos acutis; calycis tubo elongato, an- 
gusto, subcylindrico; fructu parvo, globoso ; seminibus spurco-albis. 
— Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 6, p. 56; v. 12, p. 7; v. 18, p. 178; 
Rev. hort. 1863, p. 131, cum. icon. 
Radix fusiformis, simplex, 30-40 cent. longa. Caulis gracilis, passim 
ramosus, obtuse angulatus, subglaber, scabriusculus, scandens vel 
humi serpens et ad nodos radicans, 8-10 metr. longus. Petiolus gra- 
cilis, striatus, breviter hirsutus, 4-10 cent. longus. Folia supra intense 
viridia et sparse breviterque hirsuta, subtus viridi-cinerea et breviter 
denseque aspera, 12-20 cent. longa lataque, segmentis 7-12 mill. latis, 
acuminatis, intermedio paulo longiore, exterioribus sæpius profunde 
bilobatis. Cirrhi graciles, brevissimi, 3-5-fidi, subglabri. Pedunculus 
masculus crassiusculus, striatus, breviter sparseque hirsutus, 5-10 cent. 
longus. Calycis tubus sparse breviterque villoso-hirsutus, apice vix 
dilatatus, basi rotundatus et leviter ventricosus, 3 !/,-4 cent. longus, 
8-10 mill. crassus ; dentes subulati, subreflexi, 5-7 mill. longi. Corolla 
subcylindrica, semi-aperta, 4-5 cent. longa, segmentis anguste trian- 
gularibus, acuminatis, extus virentibus, intus et in margine intense 
aurantiacis. Staminum fllamenta filiformia, 2 cent. longa; capitulum 
antherarum oblongum, 1 */, cent. longum, 6 mill. crassum. Fructuf 
magnitudine Aurantii, albo et viridi fasciatus et marmoratus, matu- 
ratione flavescens, pulpa amara refertus. Semina ovata, compressa, 
Immarginata. 
In Neo-Mexico (Wright n. 1088 in herb. Kew.). 
7. €. palmata (Wats.! in Proceed. Americ. Acad. 11. p. 131); 
foliis ambitu suborbicularibus, usque ad medium palmato-5-lobatis, 
lobis triangulari-lanceolatis, integerrimis vel prope basim vix lobula- 
tis, sinubus inter eos acutis; pedunculis maseulis erassiusculis ; flori- 
es magnis; calycis tubo elongato, anguste campanulato-subcylin- 
drico, dentibus brevibus, anguste lanceolatis. 
