MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 585 
Martinica (Plée; Hahn n. 519): in insul. Trinitatis (Cruger n. 4 in 
herb. Mus. Par.). 
p, macrophylla, Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 28. — Folia 
6-8 cent. longa, 5-7 cent. lata, rotundo-angulata, tenuiter denticulata. 
Peduneulus masculus 5-7 cent. longus; pedicelli 3-5 mill. longi. Pe- 
dunculus femineus 4-5 cent. longus. Fructus 16-18 mill. longus, 10-12 
mill. erassus. 
In prov. Brasiliæ Minas Geraes (St-Hilaire B' n. 520 in herb. 
Mus. Par.). 
y, ovata. Folia integra, regulariter ovato-cordata, margine integer- 
rima vel insensim denticulata, 6-12 cent. longa, 4-9 cent. lata. 
In Peruvia (Dombey in herb. Berol. et Francav. ; Mathews n. 512 in 
herb. Kew.); prope Lima (Lesson in herb. Berol.). 
ò, microphylla, Cogn. 1. c. — Caulis sepe repens. Folia 1 !/,-3 cent. 
longa et lata, sæpe leviter 3-5-lobata, lobis brevibus, rotundis vel sub- 
acutis, leviter undulato-denticulatis. Pedunculus masculus 1 ‘/,-2 !/, 
cent. longus ; pedicelli 2-5 mill. longi. Pedunculus femineus 1 */,-3 cent. 
longus. Fructus 7-9 mill. longus, 5-7 mill. crassus. — M. obtusiloba 
Spruce! exsicc. 
In Brasilia meridionali (Sello n. 2482, 2484); in Brasilia occidentali 
(Tamberlik) : prope Rio de Janeiro (Burchell n. 2610; Raben n. 739; 
St-Hilaire C? n. 31; Gaudichaud n. 1025; Meyen; D* Mertens); inter 
Victoria et Bahia (Sello); in locis cultis prope Ilheos (Riedel et Langs- 
dorff n. 776); in vicinia Sántarem prov. Para (Spruce n. 297, 443); 
prope S. Gabriel da Cachoeira ad Rio Negro, Brasiliæ borealis 
(Spruce n. 2152); in Surinamo (Berthoud-Coulon n. 524, 525); in 
Nova Granata (Holton n. 715); in riv. Rio Paraguay prope Assuncion 
(Balansa n. 1114 part.); ad Piragu (Balansa n. 1114 >). 
e, triangularis, Cogn. 1. e. — Folia 3-5 cent. longa, 2-5 cent. lata, 
Subtriangularia, crenulata vel 3-5-lobata; lobi laterales minimi, ter- 
minalis vero per magnas, triangulari-lanceolatus, acutus vel acumi- 
natus. Flores et fructus ut in var. 2. 
In Brasilia ad flum. Solimoés (Spruce n. 1631 in herb. Benth. et 
Francav.); in Ecuadore prope Balsapamba ad ped. Cordill. occid. 
altit. 200 metr. (Ed. André n. 4032 in herb. suo); in Mexico (Pavon 
in herb. Boiss), 
5 hydrocotylifolia, Cogn. 1. e. — Folia suborbicularia, paululum 
latiora quam longa, leviter crenata, ad basim usque fere ad medium 
emarginata, lobis basilaribus sese tegentibus, ita ut folium peltatum 
ac foliis Hydrocotylis vulgaris simile videatur. 
