CUCURBITELLA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 731 
l. €. asperata (Walp. Repert. 6, p. 50); foliis rigidis, profunde 
palmatim 5-partitis, segmentis angustis, sinuato-pinnatifidis; pedi- 
cellis masculis bracteolatis; calycis tubo subcylindrico; antheris bilo- 
cularibus oblongo-rectangulis. — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, 
p. 69. — Cucurbita asperata Gill! mss. ex Hook. Bot. Misc. 3, 
p. 324. — Schizostigma asperatum Arn. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, 
p. 275; Walp. Repert. 2, p. 202; Rœm. Syn. part. 2, p. 47. 
Dioica. Caulis gracillimus, angulato-suleatus, ramosus, sparse pilo- 
sus, pilis rigidis basi tuberculatis. Petiolus eracilis, striatus, dense 
villoso-hispidus, 1 1/,-2 cent. longus. Folia ambitu suborbicularia, 
3-5 cent. longa lataque, supra læte viridia et sparse hirsuta, subtus 
cinerea, dense piloso-hispida ; segmenta lanceolato-linearia, acuta 
acuminataque, 1 1/,-3 mill. lata, terminalis 2 */,-4 '/, cent. longus, 
laterales breviores. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, subglabri. Flores mas- 
culi in racemos 3-4-floros dispositi, rarius solitarii. Pedunculus com- 
munis vix 1 cent. longus ; pedicelli filiformes, dense hirsuti, 3-8 mill. 
longi; bracteolæ subulatæ, 2-3 mill. longze. Calycis tubus 10-striatus, 
basi acutus, breviter villoso-hirsutus, 6-7 mill. longus, 3 mill. latus, 
fauce densissime albo-lanatus ; dentes remoti, erecto-patuli, subulati, 
2 mill. longi, ad basim :/, mill. lati. Corollæ segmenta patula, ob- 
longa, 5-7-nervia, apice subobtusa, 7 mill. longa, 2 '/,-3 mill. lata. 
Stamina ori calycis inserta; filamenta villosa, basi valde dilatata. 
? mill. longa: antheræ biloculares 3 mill. longæ, 1 mill. latæ, loculis 
rectis, eonnectivo integro. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores femineos et 
fructus non vidi. 
In locis ineultis prov. Mendoza Argentinæ (Gillies in herb. Berol. : 
Philippi in herb, Vindob.); in Tucuman (Tweedie in herb. Benth.). 
2. €. Duriæi (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., fase. 78, p. 70, tab. 19); 
foliis membranaceis, profunde 3- vel 5- nunc sub-7-lobatis, lobis denti- 
culatis ye] crenulatis; pedicellis masculis ad basim bracteatis; calycis 
tubo campanulato; antheris bilocularibus ovato-rectangulis. — Pra- 
‘pepon Duriæi Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 5, p. 27, tab. 2 
Monoica vel rarius dioica. Radix primaria Crassa, rugosa, radices 
Pures emittens qug mox in tubera ovoidea aut fusiformia et varie 
contorta, brachium humanum aut amplius erassa tumescunt. Caules 
“radice Quotannis erumpentes, magis minusve numerosi, 2-3-metrales, 
ramosissimi, dense frondosi, glabri, striati. Petiolus 2-4 cent. longus, 
“triatus, leviter pubescens. Folia intense viridia, utrinque pubescentia, 
m mollia demum scabra præcipue supra, 4-8 cent. longa lata- 
