ANGURIA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 671 
basim 2 mill. latum. « Caulis basi lignescens, alte scandens. Baccæ 
ava. » 
Ad pedem mont. Chimborazo, altit. 1000 metr. (Spruce n. 6149 in 
herb. Kew., n. 6208 in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
8. A. ternata (Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 26); foliolis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, primum leviter pubescentibus præcipue ad nervos, demum 
glabris et tenuiter punctato-scabrellis, margine sinuato-dentatis rarius 
subintegerrimis, lateralibus asymmetricis ad basim intus attenuatis 
extrinsecus rotundatis vel subcordatis; floribus mediocribus ; antheris 
sublinearibus, tubo calycis subæquilongis, appendice angusta brevi 
omnino papillosa coronatis. — Schlecht. in Linnæa, 24, p. 737; Cogn. 
Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 1, p. 11 et in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 40. 
— À. trifoliata Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, tab. 2 (non Linn.). 
Monoica ? Caulis robustus, angulato-striatus, glaber. Petiolus stria- 
tus, 3-4 cent. longus; petioluli 8-10 mill. longi. Foliola membranacea, 
pallide viridia præcipue subtus, ad apicem acuta vel breviter acumi- 
nata, terminale vix longius, ad basim cuneiforme, 10-13 cent. lon- 
Bum, 5-7 cent. latum; lateralia 9-11 cent. longa, 4 '/,-6 cent. lata. 
Cirrhi robusti, longissimi, striati, glabri. Pedunculus communis mas- 
culus suleatus, glaber, 15-25 cent. longus, apice subcapitato-spicatus, 
12-20-florus. Flores sessiles vel pedicellis 1-2 mill. longis instructi. 
Calyx viridis, tubo glabro, 10-striato, subcylindrico, ad apicem leviter 
“onstricto, 7-9 mill. longo, 3-4 mill. lato, dentibus erecto-patulis, 
leviter villosis, triangulari-lanceolatis vel sublinearibus, 2-3 mill. lon- 
SIS. Petala rubra, oblonga, erecto-patula, utrinque breviter villosa. 
"ervia, ab basim subunguiculata, apice subacuta, 12-15 mill. longa, 
#5 mill. lata. Antherze 6-7 mill. longs, 1*/, mill. latze; appendix 
| mil. longa. « Flores feminei geminati vel 3-4-ni; peduneulus bre- 
ViSsimus, crassiusculus, uniflorus. Fructus cylindricus, utrinque atte- 
Duatus, punctulatus, bilocularis. Semina quadriseriata, ovata, com- 
pressa (ex icone Velloziana). » 
; In Brasilia prope Rio de Janeiro (sec. Vellozo); inter Goyaz et Cu- 
Jabá (Weddell n. 2886 in herb. Mus. Par.); in sepibus ad Mand (Rie- 
del in herb, Acad. Petrop.); in Paraguay (Weddell n. 5109 in herb. 
“tus. Par.). 
?. A. Kunthiana (Schlecht.! in Linnæa, 24, p. 762); foliolis lan- 
us t0-0blongis, integerrimis vel minutissime remoteque denticulatis, 
utrinque glabris lævibusque vel subtiliter punctatis, lateralibus asym- 
