GURANTA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 685 
6. G. speciosa (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 1, p. 16, fasc. 2, 
tab. 1, fig. 1); foliis cordato-ovatis, basi vix emarginatis, integris, 
breviter acuminatis, utrinque sparse longeque villosis; calyce dense 
longeque villoso-lanato, tubo oblongo, segmentis elongatis, erectis ; 
antheris ovatis. — Anguria speciosa Poepp. et Endl.! Nov. gen. ac 
Sp. 2, p. 51, tab. 169; Schlecht. in Linnæa, 24, p. 723. 
Caulis tenuissimus,. angulato-striatus, sparse villosus, 5-6 metr. 
longus. Petiolus gracilis, compressus, striatus, dense villosus, 1-2 cent. 
longus. Pili caulis petiolorumque patuli vel subreflexi, albescentes, 
basi tuberosi, 3-5 mill. longi. Folia flaccida, utrinque intense viridia, 
12-15 cent. longa, 9-10 cent. lata, margine minutissime sparseque 
spinuloso-denticulata; nervi tenues, utrinque vix prominentes, duo 
laterales basilares bifareiii, imum sinum non marginantes. Cirrhi 
graciles, satis breves, leviter striati, sparse villosi. Flores masculi 
dense capitato-spicati. Pedunculus communis satis robustus, angulato- 
suleatus, sparse hirsutus, apice leviter incrassatus, 15-20 cent. lon- 
gus. Calycis tubus basi rotundatus, apice leviter constrictus, 5-6 mill. 
longus, 3-4 mill. crassus; segmenta subulata, leviter flexuosa, 14-18 
mill. longa, ad basim 1 mill. lata. Petala linearia, erecta, utrinque 
densissime papillosa, apice obtusa, 4-5 mill. longa, */,-*/, mill. lata. 
Antheræ 3-4 mill. longæ, 2-2 '/, mill. latæ. — Flores feminei et fruc- 
tus ignoti. : 
In sepibus sylvatieis Peruviæ subandinz ad Cassapi et Cuchero 
(Peppig n. 1664 in herb. suo et herb. Endl. nune Vindob. et herb. 
Acad. Petrop.); in Peruvia loco non indicato Mom 2044 in herb. 
Kew.). — Floret Octobri. 
7. G. Martiana (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 1, p. 24); tota pilis 
longis rufulis obtecta; foliis ovato-oblongis, basi profunde emargina- 
tis, acuminatis ; calyce villosissimo-lanato, tubo brevi, ovoideo, seg- 
mentis longissimis, subulatis, erectis; antheris parvis, sque latis ac 
longis, — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 47. 
Caulis gracilis, sulcatus. Petiolus leviter striatus, 2-3 cent. longus. 
Pili caulis 4-5 mill., petiolorum 2-3 mill. longi. Folia membranacea, 
Supra intense viridia, puhtus paulo pallidjors, 14-15 cent. longa, 7-9 
cent, lata, margine ti denticulata, utrinque longe 
villosa ; pili supra sparsi, subtus  densissimi ; nervi tenues, vix promi- 
nentes, duo laterales basilares imum sinum marginantes ; sinus basi- 
aris 1 1/,-2 cent. latus, 2-3 cent. profundus ; acumen 1-1 !/, cent. lon- 
zum. Cirrhi graciles, breviusculi, tenuiter striati, paulo villosi. Flores 
