668 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. ANGURIA. 
tus, sulcatus, glaber, 2-7 cent. longus ; petioluli 3-8 mill. longi. Folia 
inferiora sub-5-foliolata, superiora interdum simplicia et plus minusve 
trilobata. Foliola utrinque læte viridia, acuta vel breviter acuminata 
rarius subobtusa, margine integerrima vel undulata et leviter denti- 
culata, terminale 12-18 cent. longum, 4-7 cent. latum, ad basim cu- 
neatum, lateralia paulo breviora ; nervi robusti, subtus leviter promi- 
nentes. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, glabri, teretes. Pedunculus communis 
masculus robustus, angulato-suleatus, glaber, 20-30 cent. longus. 
Flores numerosi, dense spicati. Calycis tubus subglaber, subéylindri- 
cus, basi rotundatus, apice constrictus, 8-10 mill. longus, 3-4 mill. 
latus; dentes patuli, anguste triangulares, acuti, uninervii, leviter 
ciliati, 2-3 mill. longi. Petala patula, ovato-oblonga vel suborbicr 
laria, apice acutiuscula rarius rotundata, obscure 3-5-nervia, utrinque 
dense papillosa, margine ad basim ciliata, 5-7 mill. longa, 3-5 mill. lata. 
Antheræ 5-6 mill. longæ, 1 */, mill. latee; appendix '/ mill. long? 
Flores feminei solitarii. Pedunculus 3-4 cent. longus. Ovarium fust- 
forme, striatum, 3-4 cent. longum, apice breviter rostratum. 
In Mexico prope Mirador, altit, 1000-1300 metr. (Sartorius in herb. 
Vindob., Berol. et Boiss.; Liebmann n. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, in herb. 
Haun. ; Linden n. 437 in herb. Boiss.); ad Xalapa et Talea (Galeotti 
n. 7095 in herb. Brux., Mus. Par., Kew., Vindob.); ad Cordova 
(Bourgeau n. 1687 in herb. Mus. Par.) ; in Costa-Rica ad monte AY 
cate (Oersted n. 8 in herb. Haun.); in Nicaragua ad Chontales és 
Tate n. 287 in herb. Kew. ; Seemann, n. 109 in herb. Kew. — f. 9); 
in Venezuela ad Galipan prov. Caracas (Funck et Schlim n. nin 
herb. Mus. Par. et Deles 8.). 
5. A. pallida (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 1, p. 225 foli 
ovato-elliptieis, omnibus penninerviis, lateralibus vix asymmetrio 
extrinsecus ad basim rotundatis vel paulo attenuatis ; antheris linea 
oblongis, appendice brevi triangulari coronatis. her- 
Caulis robustissimus, angulato-sulcatus, glaber, alte scandens, 7^. 
baceus, basi lignescens. Petiolus robustissimus, glaber, 6 cent. o 
petioluli 3 cent. longi. Foliola utrinque pallide viridia, margine abro 
gerrima, ad apicem abrupte breviterque acuminata, ad basim $ 
tunda, 25 cent. longa, 16 cent. lata; nervi validi, subtus prominet 
Cirrhi robusti. Pedunculus communis masculus 40-45 cent. eet 
apice 12-15-florus. Calyx pallide viridis, tubo subeylindrico $ pe 
basi acuto, apice leviter constricto, 10-12 mill. longo, 3 p 
dentibus triangularibus, patulis, 2 mill. longis. Petala utrinqu* 
