APODANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 563 
Radix carnosa, maxima. Caulis prostratus, robustus, anguloso- 
suleatus, sparse breviterque villoso-hirsutus, 1-3 metr. longus. Petio- 
lus robustissimus, striatus, breviter villosus, 6-10 cent. longus. Folia 
rigidiuscula, supra pallide viridia, subtus canescenti-cinerea, undu- 
lata, margine minutissime remoteque denticulata, interdum angulato- 
sublobata, 5-10 cent. longa, 7-13 cent. lata; nervi robusti, subtus 
leviter prominentes; sinus basilaris latissimus, parum profundus. 
Cirrhi graciles, brevissimi, striati, sparse pilosi. Pedunculus com- 
munis masculus satis robustus, striatus, breviter sparseque pilosus. 
10-12 cent. longus; pedicelli erecti, 2-6 cent. longi; bracteolæ linea- 
res, patulae, leviter villosæ, 7-9 mill. longæ. Calycis tubus ad apicem 
vix dilatatus, 4 cent. longus, 3 mill. erassus; dentes lineares, erecti, 
dense breviterque villosi, 9-11 mill. longi, !/,-1 mill. lati. Petala lutea, 
oblonga, apice obtusa, trinervia, extus brevissime villosa, intus sparse 
papillosa, 22-28 mill. longa, 10-11 mill. lata. Antheræ biloculares late 
oblongz, 3 */,-4 mill. longæ, 1 '/,-2 mill. latæ, loculis rectis, connec- 
tivolato, non producto. Peduneulus femineus 5-7 cent. longus. Calycis 
tubus 8-9 mill. longus, 4 mill. crassus. Ovarium oblongum, dense bre- 
viterque villosum, 1 ‘/, cent. longum. Fructus ovoideus, carnosus, 
6-9 cent. longus. Semina ovata, lævia, 8-10-mill. longa, 7-8 mill. lata, 
3 mill. crassa. E 
In Neo-Mexico (Wright n. 1382 in herb. Boiss., Mus. Par., Kew., 
Brit. Mus.); prope Arigona (Palmer in herb. Kew.); prope Doñana, 
in conval. Rio Grande (Mexican boundary survey n. 395 in herb. Be- 
rol., Mus. Par., Kew.). , 
12. A. Buræavi (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 2, p. 44); monoica ; 
foliis mediocribus, breviter petiolatis; suborbicularibus, usque ad me- 
dium 3-5-lobatis, supra piloso-scabris, subtus dense villoso-hirsutis ; 
cirrhis ad basim bifidis; racemis masculis 5-10-floris; calyce breviter 
tomentoso, tubo infundibuliformi, insensim in pedunculo attenuato, 
dentibus tubo dimidio brevioribus. : 
Caulis satis robustus, elongatus, sulcatus, breviter villoso-hirsutus. 
Petiolus robustus, vix striatus, densissime breviterque villoso-hirsu- 
tus, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia rigida, undulata, supra cinereo- viridia, 
Subtus canescenti-cinerea, 3-6 cent. longa lataque, lobis undulato- 
crenulatis, minute remoteque denticulatis; nervi satis robusti, subtus 
leviter prominentes; sinus basilaris latus, parum profundus. Cirrhi 
Sraciles, brevissimi, Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, subto- 
Mentosus, 3-6 cent. longus; pedicelli erecti, 1-2 */, cent. longi; brac- 
