WILBRANDIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 571 
Sect. II. — MELOTHRIOPSIS Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, 
p. 33 : 
Flores masculi racemosi, feminei solitarii et pedunculati; folia tri- 
lobata-sagittata. 
5. W. villosa (Cogn. in Mart. l. c. p. 34, tab. 7); caule alte 
scandente; foliorum lobis triangulari-lanceolatis; floribus masculis in 
racemos 6-15-floros foliis multo longiores dispositis ; calyce longe den- 
seque villoso, tubo subcylindrico, dentibus patulis, tubo dimidio bre- 
vioribus. — W. sagittifolia Griseb.! Pl. Lorentz. p. 145 (sed flores fe- 
minei solitarii non fasciculati et stigmata 2 bifida non 3 biglobosa, 
ut dixit el. Auct.!); Cogn. 1. c. p. 33. 
Monoica. Caulis gracilis, suleatus, pilis longis albis przesertim api- 
cem versus dense coopertus. Petiolus robustus, striatus, longe dense- 
que albo-villosus, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia in petiolo fere erecta, supra 
leviter pubescentia, subtus dense pubescenti-hirsuta, margine inte- 
gerrima denticulata vel subundulata; lobus terminalis acutus, 3-4 '/, 
cent. longus, 1 !/,-2 '/, cent. latus, basilares anguste lanceolati, acuti 
vel acuminati, divergentissimi, 2-3 cent. longi, */,-1 cent. lati; pili la- 
teris inferioris e tuberculo albo emergentes; sinus basilaris latissi- 
mus, obtusus. Cirrhi filiformes, pubescentes. Pedunculus communis 
masculus gracillimus, 10-18 cent. longus, basi pubescens, apice dense 
villosus, ab 2-8 cent. floriferus; pedicelli villosi, erecti, ebracteati, 
3-10 mill. longi. Calyeis tubus 3-4 mill. longus, 2 mill. latus, intus 
pubescens præsertim ad faucem ; dentes lanceolati vel lineares, 2 mill. 
longi, */,-1 mill. lati. Petala ovato-oblonga, obtusa, utrinque villosa, 
? mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. Antheræ oblongæ, glabræ, connectivo lo- 
culis eque lato. Pedunculus femineus gracillimus, 2-5 cent. longus, 
ad apicem longe denseque villosus, inferne pubescens. Ovarium ob- 
longum, dense longeque villosum; stylus filiformis, 3-4 mill. longus; 
Stigmata patula, 1-1 Y, mill. longa, ad basim fere bifida. Fructus 
Ovoideus, lævis, leviter pubescens, 2-2 '/, cent. longus, 1 '/,-2 cent. 
crassus, basi rotundatus, apice rotundo-subacutus. Semina badia, 
oblonga, marginata, 7 mill. longa, 3 */,-4 mill. lata, 1-1*/, mill. 
crassa. 
Tn Brasilia meridionali (Sello n. d, 527 in herb. Berol.); ad Monte- 
video (Sello in herb. Berol.; Gibert n. 411 in herb. Kew.; Twedie 
n. 742 in herb. Kew.); in Banda oriental del Paraguay (Twedie in 
herb. Benth.); ad Cordoba Argentinæ, prope Los Penas (Lorentz iu 
herb, Gotting. et Brux.). 
