560 DICOTYLEDONEÆX. APODANTHERA 
nacea, ad basim sinu lato emarginata, supra intense viridia, subtus 
cinerea, 10-18 cent. longa lataque ; lobi acuti vel acuminati, 8-13 cent. 
longi, 1-3 cent. lati, usque ad medium lobulati, ad basim paulo atte- 
nuati, exteriores paulo breviores; sinus inter lobos angusti, obtusi; 
nervi 5, tenues, vix prominentes. Cirrhi elongati, graciles, striati, 
glabri vel subglabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, sulca- 
tus, pubescens, 6-20 cent. longus; pedicelli patuli vel reflexi, 4-7 mill. 
longi; bracteolæ lineares, villosæ, 1-3 mill. longæ. Calyx rufus, tubo 
subeylindrico, ad basim rotundato leviterque dilatato, 9-11 mill. 
longo, 2 mill. lato ; dentibus triangulari-lanceolatis, erectis, 2-2 "/, mill. 
longis, 1 */, mill. latis. Petala erecto-patula, ovata, subacuta, utrinque 
pubescenti-glandulosa, leviter venosa, 5-6 mill. longa, 3-4 mill. lata. 
Antherz lineares, prope apicem tubi calycis insertæ, 4-5 mill. longæ, 
biloculares */, mill. latze, loculis rectis, connectivo angusto, superne 
in appendicem brevem papillosam producto. Flores feminei ad apicem 
peduneuli */,-1 cent. longi. Pedunculus fructiferus robustus, superne 
leviter dilatatus, 6-7 cent. longus. Fructus oblongus. 3-5 mill. longus, 
12-13 mill. crassus, utrinque in collum constrictus ; pars inferior at- 
gustata 4-5 mill. longa, 3-4 mill. lata; rostrum 6-7 mill. longum, 
1 !/,-2 mill. latum. Semina cinerea, leevia, ovoidea, leviter compressa, 
submarginata, 5 mill. longa, 3-4 mill. lata, 1*/,-2 mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia loco haud indicato (Sello n. 4303, 4307 in herb. Berol.): 
in prov. S. Paulo (Gaudichaud n. 980 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
8. A. pedisecta (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fase. 2, p. 17, 39): 
dioica; foliis pedatim 5-foliolatis; foliolis subsessilibus vel breviter 
petiolulatis, integerrimis, supra leviter pubescentibus, subtus dense 
villosis, demum subglabris, acutis; cirrhis simplieibus; racemis más 
culis compactis, 20-30-floris; pedicellis villosis; calyce glabro. — 
Cogn. in Mart. l. c. p. 36. — Anguria pedisecta Nees et Mart.! m 
Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 12, pars 1, p. 10; DC. Prodr. 3, p. 319 (excl. 
syn.); Rem. Syn. monogr. pars 2, p. 25; Schlecht. in Linnea, 24, 
p. 718. j 
Caulis primum leviter pubescens, demum glaber, teres vel den 
compressus, fistulosus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, leviter villosus, 
2-3 cent. longus ; petioluli 2-8 mill. longi, duo laterales breviores, bifo- 
liolati. Foliola supra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora, terminale lance 
latum, ad basim longe attenuatum, 6-10 cent. longum, 1 /,-2 */ C2” 
latum, intermedia 5-7 cent. longa, 1 /,-2 '/, cent. lata, exterior 
asymmetriea, 3-5 cent. longa, 2-2 :/, cent. lata, interdum plus m 
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