GURANIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 691 
in Fl. Bras.); foliis suborbicularibus, supra breviter villoso-hirsutis, 
subtus tomentosis, basi satis profunde emarginatis, profunde trilo- 
batis vel interdum subquinquelobatis, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acu- 
minatis; calyce breviter tomentoso, tubo oblongo infra attenuato, ad 
apicem leviter constricto, dentibus lineari-lanceolatis, subulatis, 
patulis, ad basim constrictis, tubum subæquantibus ; antheris lineari- 
oblongis. — Anguria polyanthos Klotzsch in Schomb. Reis. in Brit. 
Guiana, 3, p. 988, nomen tantum (pro parte!). — A. subumbellata 
Miq.! in Naturk. Verhand. de Holl. Maatsch. te Harlem, 1851. 
p. 163; Schlecht. in Linnæa, 24, p. 738. — Gurania multiflora Cogn. 
in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 49, tab. 14, non in Diagn. Cucurb. 
Caulis robustus, sulcatus, pubescens. Petiolus robustus, striatus, 
pubescens vel subtomentosus, 4-8 cent. longus. Folia membranacea. 
supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, 15-25 cent. longa, 13-20 cent. 
lata, dentibus minimis remotisque marginata; nervi satis tenues. 
leviter prominentes, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum 
marginantes; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 4-5 cent. latus, 3-4 cent. 
profundus. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, striati, pubescentes vel leviter 
tomentosi. Flores masculi parvi, numerosissimi, in umbellam globulo- 
sam ad apicem pedunculi communis congesti. Pedunculus communis 
satis robustus, suleatus, pubescens vel subtomentosus, 15-24 cent. 
longus; pedicelli filiformes, striati, dense pubescentes vel subtomen- 
tosi, ad apicem non dilatati, 15-22 mill. longi. Calycis tubus 8-10 mill. 
longus, 3 mill. crassus; dentes 8-12 mill. longi, 1 */,-2 mill. lati. Pe- 
tala conniventia, triangulari-linearia, acuta, utrinque villoso-papillosa, 
24 mill. longa, 1 mill. lata. Antheræ 4-5 mill. longæ, 1 mill. late: 
appendix */, mill. longa. Flores feminei in racemos multifloros subses- 
siles. Pedicelli fructiferi breviter villosi, striati, 2 cent. longi, 3-4 mill. 
Crassi. Fruetus oblongus, teres, lævis, longitudinaliter tenuissime 5-6- 
striatus, utrinque rotundatus, 6 */,-7 cent. longus, 25-28 mill. crassus: 
pericarpium carnosum, 4-5 mill. crassum. Semina oblonga, compressa, 
albescentia, 7-8 mill. longa, 4 '/,-5 mill. lata, 1 Y/,-2 mill. crassa. 
. In Brasilia loco haud indicato (Sello n. 369 et 443 in herb. Berol.): 
"prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 8715 in herb. Brux. et Warm., 
1. 10868 in herb, Warm.); ad Canta Gallo (Peckolt n. 204 in herb. 
Brux.); in prov. Bahia (Blanchet n. 3979 in herb. Francav., Mus. 
Par,); ad Serra de Maca (Mikan n. 3886 in herb. Vindob.); in 
Guiana gallica secus flumen Demerara (Schomburgk n. 1704 pro 
Parte in herb, Berol.); in Surinamo (Kappler n. 1727 in herb. Miq. 
nune Ultraj: Hostmann n. 173 in herb. Kew.; Berthoud-Coulon 
n. 519 in herb, Brit. Mus.). 
