APODANTHERA . CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 559 
Folia utrinque pallide viridia præcipue subtus, penninervia, basi cor- 
data, apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, margine remote spinuloso- 
dentieulata, 12-17 cent. longa, 4-8 cent. lata; nervi tenues, subtus 
prominentes et reticulati; sinus basilaris triangularis, 3-10 mill. pro- 
fundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, subteretes, glabri. Pedunculus com- 
munis masculus 5-12 mill. longus; pedicelli gracillimi, patuli, subte- 
retes, 8-14 mill. longi; bracteolæ parvæ, ovato-lanceolatæ, acuminatæ, 
subglabræ. Calycis tubus 3-4 mill. longus et latus, campanulatus ; 
dentes triangulari-lanceolati, erecti, obscure multinervii, 3-4 mill. 
longi, 1 mill. lati. Petala albescentia, erecto-patula, oblonga, subob- 
tusa, breviter tomentosa, trinervia, 5-6 mill. longa, 1 '/,-2 mill. lata. 
Stamina 3, duo bilocularia unum uniloculare, vel 4, unum biloculare 
et tria unilocularia; antheræ ovato-orbiculares, ad trientum inferio- 
rem insertze, 2 mill. longæ, loculis rectis, connectivo angusto ad api- 
cem leviter papilloso. Pistillodium minimum, subsphæricum. Pedun- 
culus femineus gracillimus, striatus, 1-1 */, cent. longus. Calycis tubus 
anguste campanulatus, 2-3 mill. longus; dentes erecti, 2 mill. longi. 
Petala erecta, triangulari-lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, obscure tri- 
nervia, brevissime puberula, 6-7 mill. longa, 1 ‘/,-2 mill. lata. Sta- 
minodia vix '/,-*/, mill. longa. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, teres, brevis- 
sime puberulum, 7-8 mill. longum; stylus glaber, 3 mill. longus, 
l mill. crassus; stigmate 2 '/, mill. crasso. Fructus (immaturus) ob- 
longus, teres, puberulus. — « Odor intense alliaceus » (Glaziou). 
In fruticetis humidiusculis Brasiliæ prope Maud et Serra late (Rie- 
del in herb. Acad. Petrop. et hort. Petrop.); in prov. Minas Geraes 
loco haud indicato (St-Hilaire B' n. 736 et B* n. 2207 in herb. Mus. 
Par.); in eadem prov. locis umbrosis seeus rivos ad Ponte Alta (St-Hi- 
laire B' n. 851 in herb. Mus. Par.); in prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou 
n. 8713 in herb. Brux.); ad Petropolis (Glaziou in herb. Brux. — © * 
7. A, laciniosa (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 1, p. 12; fasc. 2, 
P. 16, 39); monoica; foliis ambitu suborbicularibus, supra breviter 
pubescentibus, subtus tomentosis, profundissime palmato-7-sub-9-lo- 
batis, lobis lanceolatis vel lineari-lanceolatis, profunde et inæqualiter 
multilobulatis: eirrhis bifidis; racemis masculis laxis, 10-30-flris ; 
pedicellis pubescentibus, ad basim bracteolatis ; calyce pubescente. — 
Cogn. in Mart., 1. c. p. 36, tab. 8. — Anguria laciniosa Schlecht. in 
Linnæa, 24, p, 755. 
Caulis gracilis, striatus, glaber vel leviter pubescens. Petiolus satis 
robustus, striatus, tomentosus, 1-2 !/, cent. longus. Folia membra- 
