WILBRANDIA. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 567 
breviter petiolatis, sæpe longioribus quam latis, utrinque plus mi- 
nusve pubescenti-scabris, profundissime trilobatis, lobis lanceolatis ; 
floribus maseulis parvis, in spicas laxas elongatas dispositis; pedun- 
culo communi foliis æquali vel paululum breviore; bracteis quam 
flores dimidio brevioribus ; calyce leviter pubescente, dentibus erectis, 
lanceolato-linearibus, tubo dimidio brevioribus; fructu ovoideo, leevi. 
— Cogn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 17, p. 278. — Momordica verticil- 
lata Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, tab. 96; Rem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 55. — Wil- 
brandia Riedeli Manso Enum. p. 50. — W. drastica Mart.! Syst. mat. 
med. Bras. p. 80; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 16, p. 184, tab. 13; 
Wawra Maxim. Reis. p. 55. tab. 51. — W. scabra Mart.! 1. c. p. 81. 
— Anguria aculeolata Schlecht.! in Linnæa, 24, p. 748. — A. Meye- 
niana Schlecht.! 1. c. p. 750. — A. Gaudichaudiana Schlecht.! 1. c. 
p. 753. — Wilbrandia Fluminensis Wawra! in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 
1863, p. 109. 
Radix ramosa, tuberosa. Caulis glaber, angulatus, striatus. Petiolus 
satis gracilis, pubescenti-scaber, striatus, 3-9 cent. longus. Folia 
8-20 cent. longa, 6-16 cent. lata, ad ?/, vel */, lobata; lobis acutis vel 
breviter acuminatis, modo subparallele conniventibus, modo divergen- 
tibus, marginatis dentieulis spinulosis, '/-1 mill. longis, 3-6 mill. 
distantibus rarius subnullis; lobus terminalis ad basim leviter con- 
strictus, 7-16 cent. longus, basi 1-3 cent. medio 2-5 cent. latus; late- 
rales 6-13 cent. longi, ad basim 2-5 cent. lati, basi auriculati vel bilo- 
bulati eum lobulo exteriore multo breviore patulo aut reflexo ; sinus 
basilaris subrectangularis, 3-6 cent. latus, 1-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
graciles, striati, leviter pubescentes. Pedunculus communis masculus 
multiflorus, 6-18 cent. longus, gracilis, striatus, glaber vel subglaber, | 
à 5 ad 4 cent. floriferus; bractez leviter pubescentes, subulatæ, 
2-3 mill. longæ, */,-*/, mill. latæ. Calycis tubus cylindricus, 3-4 mill. 
longus, 1 */, mill. latus; dentes 1 */,-2 mill. longi, 1-1 '/, mill. lati. 
Petala ovato-oblonga, apice acuta vel rotundata, utrinque dense pa- 
pillosa, 2-2 1/, mill. longa, 1 Y/,-2 mill. lata. Stamina oblongo-linearia, 
comectivo loculis æque lato. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, leve, leviter 
pubescens ; stylus 2 mill. longus, apice partitus in stigmata 2 papil- 
- losa, ad basim subinflata, paululum divergentia, 2-3 mill. longa, ad 
medium fere bifida. Fructus 2 cent. longus, 1 */, cent. crassus, ovoideo- 
conicus aut ventricosus, breviter rostratus, primum longitudinaliter - 
variegatus demum flavo-aurantiacus. Semina spurco alba vel fusces- 
centia, obovoideo - oblonga, distincte marginata, 5 mill. longa. 
3-3 */, mill. lata, 1 mill. crassa. 
