MELOTHRIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 589 
12. M. Warmingii (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fash78, p. 27); 
foliis membranaceis, ovato-triangularibus, plus minus profunde trilo- 
batis, supra breviter sparseque villosis et subscabris, subtus molliter 
villosis; racemis masculis 3-6-floris, folio brevioribus; calyce late 
campanulato, hirsuto, dentibus parvis, lanceolatis ; antheris orbicula- 
ribus, loculis oblongis, rectis vel subarcuatis, glabris, connectivo æque 
lato ad dorsum hispido. 
Caulis scandens, parce ramosus, elongatus, 1-1 !/, mill. crassus, sul- 
catus, leviter piloso-hispidus. Petiolus dense villoso-hispidus, '/,-1 cent. 
longus. Folia 7-8 cent. longa, 6-7 cent. lata, utrinque intense viridia 
vel seepius rubentia, margine remote denticulata ; lobi laterales late 
triangulares, acuti vel obtusi, sspe 1*/,-2 cent. longi, 2 '/,-3 cent. 
lati, terminalis amplus, triangulari-lanceolatus, acutus, 4-5 cent. lon- 
gus, 2 !/,-3 tent. latus ; nervi utrinque hispidi; sinus basilaris subacu- 
tus, 1 !/,-2 cent. profundus; lobi basilares */,-1 cent. distantes vel 
contigui. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, leviter villosi. Flores parvi. Pedun- 
culus communis masculus filiformis, leviter pubescens, 2-5 cent. lon- 
gus; pedicelli 2-6 mill. longi. Calyx 2 mill. longus, 2 '/,-3 mill. latus, 
à basi ad apicem zequabiliter dilatatus, dentibus 1 '/,-2 mill. longis. 
Corolla calyeis dentes vix superans, segmentis 5-nerviis, obtusis. Sta- 
Mina solemniter omnia bilocularia. Pistillodium globulosum, apicula- 
tum. Pedunculus femineus filiformis, subglaber, 3-5 cent. longus. : 
Ovarium 10-12 mill. longum, 17/2 mill. crassum, utrinque leviter 
attenuatum ; stylus brevis, gracilis, stigmatibus capitatis, subbiloba- 
tis. Fructus 2 */,-3 '/, cent. longus, 7-10 mill. crassus, ad basim sub- 
°btusus, apice acutus et leviter attenuatus, demum longitudinaliter 
striatus, virescens et submaculatus. Semina ovato-oblonga, ad basim 
acuta, 4-5 mill. longa, 2-3 mill. lata. 
n prov. Minas Geraes ad Lagoa Santa (Warming in herb. suo); in 
Sepibus prope Assuncion (Balansa n. 1115 in herb. DC., Mus. Par., 
ew.). — Floret m. Nov.-Jan. 
B, petiolata. Petiolus 2-5 cent. longus. Foliorum lobi paulo pro- 
fundi, latiori et breviori. : 
In prov. Minas Geraes ad Lagoa Santa (Warming in herb. suo). 
ii 1% M. uliginosa (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 26); fo- 
lis tenuiter membranaceis, late ovato-cordiformibus, 5-angulosis, 
is scabris; racemis masculis 3-8-floris, petiolo brevioribus ; ca- 
y“e campanulato, puberulo, dentibus brevissimis triangularibus ; 
Re oblongis, basi apiceque ciliatis, loculis rectis, connectivo an- 
