CERATOSANTHES . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 723 
Caulis gracilis, glaber, striatus. Petiolus robustiusculus, sulcatus, 
glaber, 1*/,-2 cent. longus. Folia 5-7 cent. longa, 7-8 cent. lata, supra 
intense viridia, subtus palidiora, pedato-3-5-nervia, nervis utrinque 
prominulis supra hirtellis; lobi ovato-oblongi, terminalis ad basim 
leviter eonstrictus, sinubus satis angustis subacutis separati; sinus 
basilaris triangularis vel subrotundatus, 1*/,-3 cent. latus, 1-1!/, 
cent. profundus. Cirrhi elongati, glabri. Pedunculus communis mas- 
culus gracilis, leviter pubescens, 10-15 cent. longus, in triente supe- 
riore vel nonnunquam ad basim usque floriferus ; pedicelli 1-2 cent. 
longi, pilis rufis brevissimis obtecti. Calycis tubus pubescens, 10- 
striatus, 10-15 mill. longus, ad medium 1 */, mill. et ad apicem 3 mill. 
latus; dentes erecti, virides, ovato-lanceolati, 2 mill. longi, 1 !/, mill. 
lati. Corolla alba, extus leviter pubescens, segmentis lineari-lanceo- 
latis, 6-nerviis, 1 '/, cent. longis, ad basim 3 mill. latis, profunde 
bifidis, divisuris linearibus, pluries involutis. Antheræ cohærentes, 
2 mill. longs, connectivo apice leviter prominente. Inflorescentia 
feminea sieut maseula. Staminodia 3, interdum pollinifera. Ovarium 
anguste oblongum, 5-6 mill. longum ; stylus filiformis, 3-4 mill. lon- 
BUS; stigmata filiformia, erecta, 2-3 mill. longa. Fructus ovoideus, 
obtusus, 8-spermus, 1 cent. longus, 7-8 mill. crassus. Semina subor- 
2: fulva, 4-5 mill. lata, 1 '/,-2 mill. crassa, margine crasso sub- 
albido. ; 
In Brasiliæ prov. Goyaz, e. gr. in campis prope Meiaponte (St-Hi- 
laire C! p, 726, O, n. 777 bis in herb. Mus. Par.); in prov. Minas 
Geraes, e. gr. ad Pouso-Alto (St-Hilaire B* n. 1959 et C' n. 981 bis 
in herb. Mus, Par.); ad Lagoa Santa (Warming in herb. suo). 
3. C. latiloba (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p. 33); monoica ; 
foliis utrinque sparse breviterque villoso-hirsutis præcipue supra, plus 
minusve profunde 3-5-lobatis, lobis ovato-rotundatis, obtusis, inte- 
Serrimis vel leviter undulatis ; floribus masculis in racemos plurifloros 
folia Superantes dispositis; calycis tubo ad basim vix dilatato; semi- 
tibus suborbicularibus, vix compressis. 
Caulis gracillimus, suleatus, subglaber. Petiolus striatus, sparse 
breviterque pilosus, 3-6 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus 
Pallidiora, margine breviter ciliata, 6-7 cent. longa, 8-10 cent. lata ; 
“Ivi utrinque. vix prominentes, duo laterales basilares 2-3-fureati, 
mum sinum marginantes ; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 1-2 cent. 
Profundus, Cirrhi filiformes, glabri, elongati. Pedunculus communis 
Masculus gracilis, glaber, 10-15 cent. longus, apice vel in quadrante 
