578 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MECOTERIA . 
ad basim valde constricto apice acuto; racemis masculis petiolum 
æquantibus; calyce anguste campanulato, subcylindrico, dentibus mi- 
nimis triangularibus. 
Caulis scandens, elongatus, 2 mill. crassus, paululum ramosus, sul- 
catus, subglaber. Petiolus tortuosus, robustus, striatus, breviter hir- 
sutus, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia 7-10 cent. longa, 6-9 cent. lata, supra 
intense viridia et albo-punctata, subtus pallida; lobus terminalis 
4-6 cent. longus, ad basim 9-18 mill. in medio 2-3 '/, cent. latus; la- 
terales subbilobati, 3-5 cent. longi, 2-4 cent. lati; sinus basilaris an- 
gustus, 2-3 cent. profundus; nervi supra leviter hirsuti. Cirrhi satis 
robusti, sulcati, subglabri. Flores parvi. Pedunculus communis mas- 
culus filiformis, paululum villosus, striatus, 1-3 cent. longus, 5-7-flo- 
rus; pedicelli 4-6 mill. longi. Calyx leviter hirsutus, 3-4 mill. longus, 
1 */, mill. latus, a basi ad apicem æquabiliter dilatatus, dentibus 
'/, mill. longis. Corolla erecta, villosissima, segmentis ovato-oblongis, 
obtusis, 5-nerviis. Antheræ oblongæ, dense ciliatæ, loculis rectis vel 
subrectis. Pedunculus femineus robustus, sulcatus, villosus, '/,-*/, cent. 
longus. Fructus ovoideus, 4-5 cent. longus, 2 '/,-3 cent. crassus, « vi 
ridis, albo-tigrinus » (E. André). 
Ad Paramaribo Surinamiæ (Wullschleegel n. 979 in herb. Brux.); 
in Nova Granata ad Guarumo, secus rip. flum. Magdalena (Ed. André 
n. 498 in herb. suo). 
B, sphærocarpa. « Fructus spheericus, viridis, albo-maculatus (Ed. 
André). » 
In Nova Granata ad Vijes in valle flum. Cauca, altit. 1026 metr. 
(Ed. André n. 2477 in herb. suo). 
2. M. Candolleana; foliis rigidis, supra scabris, subtus laevibus, 
ad basim sinu acuto profunde emarginatis, profundissime 5-lobatis, 
lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, integerrimis vel remotissime undu- 
lato-dentieulatis; racemis masculis petiolo longioribus; calyce anguste 
campanulato subeylindrico. dentibus longiusculis, linearibus. 
Caulis scandens, elongatus, 1 '/, mill. crassus, paululum ramosis 
striatus. glaber. Petiolus subrectus, satis robustus, striatus, brevis- 
sime villosus, 1-2 cent. longus. Folia 8-10 cent. longa lataque, supr 
leete viridia, subtus paulo paliidiora, utrinque tenuiter punctata ; lobus 
terminalis 5-6 cent. longus, ad basim 1: , cent. in medio 2-2 '/. cent. 
latus; intermedii divergentes, 4-5 cent; longi, 1-2 cent. lati, exte 
riores reflexi, 1'/,-2 *, ceut. lougi; sinus basilaris triangula. 
2-2'/, cent. profundus; nervi utrinque leviter prominentes, SUP 
