GURANIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 709 
brevissime villosi, apice non dilatati, 5-7 mill. longi. Calyx sordide 
coccineus; tubus basi rotundatus, apice constrictus, 4-5 mill. longus, 
2-2*/, mill. latus; dentes erecti, acuti, 2-3 mill. longi, ad basim 1 mill. 
lati. Petala erecta, anguste triangularia, apice acuta, intus glabra, 
extus brevissime denseque papillosa, 1 '/,-2 mill. longa, */,-*/, mill. 
lata. Antheræ 4 mill. longe, 1 mill. latee; appendix */, mill. longa. — 
Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Peruvia (Mathews n. 1218 in herb. Kew. et Benth.). 
38. G. Guianensis (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 1, p. 18); foliis 
late ovato-cordiformibus, basi satis profunde emarginatis, apice ro- 
tundatis et brevissime angusteque acuminatis, utrinque sp villosis 
et subleevibus ; calycis tubo ovoideo-oblongo, longe villoso, dentibus 
erecto-patulis, triangulari-lanceolatis, brevissime sparseque glandu- 
loso-pilosis, margine undulatis vel denticulatis, tubo paulo breviori- 
bus; antheris oblongo-linearibus, appendice brevi triangulari-coro- 
natis, — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 58. — Anguria 
Guianensis Klotzsch! in Schomb. Reis. in Brit. Guiana, 3, p. 988 
(nomen tantum); Schlecht. in Linnæa, 24, p. 742. 
Caulis gracilis, profunde suleatus, longissime sparseque villosus. 
Folia membranacea, supra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora et reticulata, 
margine minute remoteque denticulata, 10-14 cent. longa et totidem 
lata; nervi satis tenues, utrinque leviter prominentes praecipue sub- 
tus, duo laterales basilares bifurcati imum sinum marginantes ; sinus 
basilaris subrectangularis, 2-3 cent. latus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
robusti, elongati, anguloso-sulcati, longe villosi. Flores masculi parvi, 
12-20 ad apicem peduneuli communis congesti. Pedunculus communis 
gracilis, striatus, longe sparseque villosus, 15-26 cent. longus; pedi- 
celli patuli, striati, pubescentes, ad apicem non vel vix dilatati, 
+6 mill. longi. Calycis tubus coecineus, ad basim subrotundus, apice 
leviter constrictus, 3-4 mill. longus, 1 '/,-2 mill. crassus; dentes 3-5- 
nervii, 2-3 mill. longi, 1-1 '/, mill. lati. Petala oblongo-linearia, in 
"onum conniventia, obscure nervata, utrinque dense papillosa, 2 mill. 
longa, !/-5/ mill. lata, Anthere 3-3 '/, mill. longe, ?/-1 mill. late; 
"Pbendix */, mill. longa, — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Guiana anglica, e. er. ad ripas fluvii Pomeroon (Schomburgk 
^: 792 in herb, Mus. Par. et Benth., n. 1435 in herb. Berol); ad 
Demerara (Parker in herb. Kew.); in Surinamo (Hostmann n. 561 in 
erb. Kew, et Benth.). 
