580 DICOTYLEDONEX. MELOTHRIA . 
lyce campanulato, dentibus lanceolatis; pedunculis femineis petiolo 
brevioribus: fruetu crasso, ovoideo-oblongo, viridi maculisque albis 
cooperto. — Rom. Syn., fase. 2, p. 28; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., 
fasc. 78, p. 25, tab. 5, fig. 1. 
Caulis scandens, elongatus, 1-1 '/, mill. crassus, ramosus, sulcatus, 
glaber, scabriusculus. Petiolus striatus, leviter villosus, 3-5 cent. lon- 
gus. Folia 8-10 cent. longa, 6-8 cent. lata, supra leete viridia, subtus 
pallidiora, lobis lateralibus minoribus acutis, terminali maximo acuto 
vel acuminato; sinus basilaris satis angustus, rotundatus, 1 ‘/,-2 cent. 
profundus, 1-2 cent. latus. Cirrhi graciles, breves, glabri. Flores mi- 
nuti. Pedunculus communis masculus filiformis, glaber, striatus, 
1 */,-3 cent. longus, 2-3-florus ; pedicelli 1-3 mill. longi. Calyx sparse 
hirsutus, 3 mill. longus, 2 mill. latus, ad basim leviter rotundus, den- 
tibus trinerviis, 1 mill. longis. Corolla patula, 4-5 mill. lata, segmentis 
5-nerviis, oblongis, acutis vel subobtusis, præsertim ad apicem villo- 
sis. Antheræ oblongæ, dense ciliatæ, 1 '/, mill. longæ, loculis rectis 
vel apice inflexis. Pistillodium minimum, cupuliforme. Pedunculus 
femineus gracilis, striatus, glaber, ad apicem leviter dilatatus, 
1 ‘/,-2 cent. longus. Ovarium oblongo-fusiforme, 15-18 mill. longum, 
2-3 mill. crassum, apice in rostrum 2-4 mill. longum attenuatum: 
stylus brevis, filiformis, stigmatibus in capitulum subrotundum con 
niventibus. Corolla 6-8 mill. lata. Fructus 3-4 cent. longus, 2-2 ‘/, cent. 
crassus, apice subacutus. Semina obovata, margine acutiuscula, 
7-8 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata. 
In sylvis Brasiliæ prov. Rio de Janeiro (Martius in herb. Monac. : 
Glaziou n. 3988 in herb. Eichl. et Warm., n. 8718 et 10854 in herb. 
Warm.); ad Canta Gallo (Peckolt in herb. Brux.); iu prov. Minas 
Geraes ad Lagoa Santa (Warming in herb. suo); in virgultetis ad " 
pam flum. Itapicurú, prov. Maranhao (Martius in herb. Monac.); ": 
prov. Bogota, prope Villavicencio, altit. 450 metr. (Triana n. 3005 m 
herb. Mus. Par.); ad rip. flum. Magdalena, altit. circ. 180 metr. (Ed. 
André n. 401 in herb. suo); ad Pita, secus flum. Magdalena (Ed. A1 
dré n. 453 in herb. suo). 
B, multiflora, Cogn. 1. c. p. 26. — Racemis masculis 20-30-floris. 
flore femineo szepe in ramulis aphyllis insidentes. ^ 
In prov. Goyaz (Burchell n. 8792 in herb. Kew.). 
5. M. Guadalupensis; foliis submembranaceis, rigidiusculis 
ovato-cordatis vel triangulari-subsagittatis, integris vel leviter und 
batis, margine leviter undulatis vel minute remoteque denticulatis. 
