722 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. CERATOSANTHES . 
basim sæpe constrictus; nervi utrinque leviter prominentes; sinus. 
inter lobos angusti, sæpe acuti, basilaris 2-3 cent. latus, '/,-l cent. 
profundus. Cirrhi robusti, tomentosi. Pedunculus communis masculus 
leviter pubescens, 15-20 cent. longus, in triente vel quadrante supe- 
riore floriferus ; pedicelli 7-12 mill. longi, gracillimi, tomentosi, valde 
flexuosi. Calyx pubescens, tubo 15-18 mill. longo, ad medium */,-*/, 
mill. apice 3-4 mill. lato, 10-sulcato, dentibus ovato-triangularibus, 
1-1 */, mill. longis, */,-1 mill. latis. Corolla albescens, extus tomen- 
tosa, segmentis 4-nerviis, profunde bifidis. Antheræ 2 '/, mill. longæ. 
Pistillodium minimum. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In prov. Minas Geræs ad Lagoa Santa, scandens in virgultis sepi- 
busque (Warming in herb. suo). 
3. €. gracilis (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fase. 2, p. 33); dioica?; 
foliis utrinque scabris, fere usque ad basim trilobatis, lobis ovato- 
lanceolatis, acutis, margine undulatis, exterioribus subbilobatis; flo- 
ribus masculis in racemos multifloros folia æquantes vel vix superantes 
digestis ; calycis tubo in pedicellum attenuato. 
Caulis gracillimus, angulatus, glaber. Petiolus striatus, glaber, 
1 */,-2 cent. longus. Folia supra pallide viridia, subtus cinerea, 
cent. longa lataque; nervi utrinque vix prominentes, duo laterales 
basilares bifurcati, imum sinum marginantes; sinus basilaris sæplus 
angustissimus, 7-11 mill. profundus. Cirrhi capillares, breves, glabri. 
Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, substriatus, glaber, 2-5 cent. 
longus, apice floriferus ; pedicelli filiformes, flexuosi, breviter pubes- 
centes, 2-5 mill. longi. Calycis tubus pubescens, flexuosus, 19m 
longus, ad medium */, mill. et ad apicem 1 */, mill. latus ; dentes erecti, 
ovato-oblongi, acuti, 5-nervii, 1!/, mill. longi, */, mill. lati. Corolla 
alba, extus breviter tomentosa, segmentis 5-7-nerviis, 8-9 mill. longs 
ad basim 1'/, mill. latis, usque ad medium bifidis, divisuris pluries 
involutis. Antheræ 1*/, mill. longs. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores 
feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Colombia prope Santa-Martha (J. Goudot in herb. Mus. Par ) 
4. €. Hilariana (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p- 31) inn 
foliis utrinque sublævigatis leviterque pubescentibus, mare e ge 
ter ciliatis, usque ad medium trilobatis; lobis ovatis, acutis vel $ 
viter acuminatis, plerumque erenato-dentatis; floribus mas P 
racemos multifloros folia longe superantes digestis; calycis qu ét. 
basim leviter ventricoso. — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 18, P 
tab. 18. ; E. 
