GURANIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 695 
Serres, vol. 3, tab. 222; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. and Gard. 16, p. 323, 
cum ic. col. 
Caulis satis robustus, subangulato-striatus, breviter villosus. Pe- 
tolus robustus, striatus, tomentoso-hirsutus, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia 
supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, margine minute remoteque 
spinuloso-denticulata, 12-15 cent. longa, 15-18 cent. lata ; nervi satis 
validi, subtus prominentes et reticulati, duo laterales basilares 2-3-fur- 
cati, imum sinum marginantes; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 
2-3 cent. latus et profundus. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, angulato-sul- 
cati, breviter villosi. Flores masculi mediocres, dense capitato-spicati. 
Peduneulus communis robustus, angulatus, dense villosus, 10-15 cent. 
longus. Calycis tubus carnosus, basi rotundatus, apice leviter con- 
strictus, 8-9 mill. longus, 6-7 mill. latus; segmenta leviter undulata, 
28-32 mill. longa, ad basim 1.*/,-2 mill. lata. Petala erecta, conni- 
ventia, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, obscure plurinervia, utrinque bre- 
Viter papillosa, 7-8 mill. longa, 1 */,-2 mill. lata. Antheræ 5 mill. 
longs, 1-1 '/ mill. late; appendix subulata, 1 mill. longa. — Flores 
feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Guatimala (sec. Ch. Lemaire, l. c.); in America centrali (Oer- 
sted n, 9 in herb, Haun.). 
20. G. acuminata (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 1, p. 31); foliis 
late ovatis, integris vel raro trilobatis, basi profunde emarginatis, 
longissime acuminatis, utrinque leviter pubescentibus; calyce leviter 
pubescente, tubo ovoideo elongato, segmentis patulis, contortis, lan- 
ceolatis, tubo subduplo longioribus; antheris ovato-lanceolatis, ap- 
bendice parvi coronatis. — Cogn. in Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 52. 
Caulis glaber vel subglaber, sulcatus. Petiolus satis gracilis, stria- 
tus, pubescens, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia membranacea, utrinque pallide 
viridia præcipue subtus, margine denticulata, 16-18 cent. longa, 
12-14 cent. lata; nervi tenues, utrinque leviter prominentes, duo late- 
rales basilares bifureati, imum sinum marginantes; sinus basilaris 
datus, 3-4 cent. latus, 2-3 cent. profundus; acumen 2-3 cent. 
longum. Cirrhi satis robusti, elongati, sulcati, leviter pubescentes. 
Flores masculi numerosi, pedicellati, ad apicem pedunculi communis 
“Mgesti. Pedunculus anguloso-sulcatus, glaber vel subglaber, 13-16 
“ent. longus: pedicelli graciles, patuli, striati, leviter pubescentes, 
715 mill. longi, ad apicem leviter dilatati. Calycis tubus basi rotun- 
datus, superne constrictus, 5-6 mill. longus, 2-3 mill. erassus; dentes 
"nervii, 8-10 mill. longi, 17/,-2 mill. lati. Petala conniventia, subu- 
