562 DICOTYLEDONEZ. APODANTHERA. 
Sect. IL. — CUCURBITOPSIS Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p. 40. 
Folia crassa, undulata, asperrima. Flores seepissime magni, masculi 
bracteati. 
10. A. aspera (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 43); monoica; 
foliis magnis, longe petiolatis, integris, latioris quam longis, utrinque 
breviter asperrimeque pilosis preecipue subtus; cirrhis 2-3-fidis; pe- 
dunculo communi masculo bifloro rarius unifloro; calyce villoso-hir- 
suto, tubo infundibuliformi, in pedunculo insensim attenuato, denti- 
bus tubo dimidio brevioribus. 
Caulis satis robustus, elongatus, angulato-striatus, breviter villoso- 
hirsutus. Petiolus robustus, leviter striatus, breviter denseque villoso- 
hirsutus, 5-8 cent. longus. Folia rigida, supra pallide viridia, subtus 
cinerea, undulata, margine remote denticulata, 4-7 cent. longa. 
6-10 cent. lata; nervi satis robusti, subtus valde prominentes; sinus 
basilaris 3-4 cent. latus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, brevis- 
simi, suleati, sparse pilosi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, 
striatus, breviter villosus, 4-8 cent. longus; pedicelli erecti, dense vil- 
losi, 1-1 */, cent. longi; bracteolæ lineares, patulæ, villoso-hirsute, 
3-5 mill. longæ. Calyx cinereus; tubus ad apicem leviter dilatatus, 
11-13 mill. longus, ad basim 1 */, mill. et ad apicem 3-4 mill. latus; 
dentes lineares, erecto-patuli, 6-8 mill. longi, */, mill. lati. Petala 
oblonga, acuta, 5-nervia, breviter villosa prsecipue ad nervos, 
20-25 mill. longa, 5-6 mill. lata. Antheræ biloculares oblongæ, 5 mill. 
longæ, 1 mill. latæ, loculis rectis, eonnectivo non producto. Peduncu- 
lus femineus 4-5 cent. longus. Calycis tubus brevis, fauce dense albo- 
tomentosus. Staminodia triangularia, 1 '/, mill. longa. Ovarium 9 
longo-lineare; stylus glaber, 5-6 mill. longus, 1*'/, mill. crassus; 
stigmata 4 mill. lata. 
In Mexico ad Oaxaca (Liebmann n. 56 in herb. Haun.) ; ad Maleaga? 
(Hahn n. 318 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
^11. A. undulata (A. Gray! Pl. Wright., part. 2, p. 60); M 
noica; foliis magnis, longe petiolatis, integris, latioris quam longis, 
supra sparse pubescentibus demum scabris, subtus breviter tomen- 
toso-hispidulis ; cirrhis 2-3-fidis; racemis masculis 7-12-floris; calyce 
sparse pubescente, tubo subcylindrico, ad basim leviter dilatato; den" 
tibus tubo 3-4-plo brevioribus. 
