CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 745 
minei ignoti. Fructus pedunculo crasso striato dense hirsuto, 5-10 mill. 
longo instructus, ad basim rotundatus, apice leviter attenuatus, 3-3 */, 
cent. longus, 17-20 mill. crassus. Semina 2 cent. longa, 1 cent. lata. 
4-5 mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia ad Canta-Gallo prov. Rio de Janeiro (Peckolt in herb. 
Brux.) 
3. €.? Maximowiezii; foliis supra glabris et tenuiter punctatis. 
subtus dense breviterque pubescenti-scabris, late ovato-cordatis, in- 
tegris; cirrhis trifidis; calyce dense breviterque tomentoso, segmentis 
carnosis, erectis, conniventibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, apice acutis, ad 
basim leviter eonstrietis; staminum filamentis leviter dilatatis; an- 
theris liberis. 
Rami graciles, angulato-sulcati, breviter pubescentes. Petiolus satis 
gracilis, leviter striatus, dense tomentosus, 2-2 Y/, cent. longus. Folia 
supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, basi sinu profundo rotunda- 
toque emarginata, apice rotundata, margine minutissime remoteque 
denticulata, 9-10 cent. longa et lata; nervi tenues, utrinque vix pro- 
minentes, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum marginantes. 
Cirrhi graciles, breves, pubescentes. Flores masculi majusculi, soli- 
tarii. Pedunculus robustus, sulcatus, tomentosus, 1 !/,-2 cent. longus, 
infra apicem articulatus. Calyx fuscus (siccit.), tubo brevissimo latis- 
moque, basi truncato; segmenta intus glabra, 16-18 mill. longa. 
8-9 mill. lata. Corolla extus brevissime denseque villosa præcipue ad 
nervos, intus puberula, segmentis oblongis, acutis, 5-nerviis, 4 cent. 
ongis, 1*/, cent. latis, Staminum filamenta 5-6 mill. longa, ad basim 
villosa; antheræ 8-10 mill. longæ et fere totidem latæ. Pistillodium 
nullum. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Mexico (Ervendberg n. 354 in herb. Mus. Par. et Kew.; Liebmann 
n. 40 et 41 in herb. Haun.); ad Chiconamel prope Huejutla (Karwinsky 
^. 1226 in herb. hort. Petrop.); ad Misantla (Hahn in herb. Mus. Par.). 
2. Calycis segmenta tubo 2-3-plo longiora. Spec. 4-6. 
4. €. cordifolia (Cogn. in Fl. Bras. l. c. p. 77, tab. 21); foliis 
utrinque leviter villoso-hirsutis, ovato-cordatis, integris vel subinte- 
7/55; cirrhis simplicibus vel inæqualiter bifidis ; calyce pubescente vel 
`ubtomentoso, segmentis patulis, basi subconniventibus, oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis vel lanceolato-linearibus, acuminatis, ad basim leviter con- 
strictis ; Staminum filamentis ad basim non dilatatis; antheris parvis 
tohærentibus. 
