CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 7147 
nantes. Cirrhirobusti, breves, elabri. Fl li majusculi, solitarii 
Pedunculus gracilis, 3 cent. longus. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, 
basi acutus, 10-nervius, 8-9 mill. longus, 9-10 mill. latus; segmenta 
trinervia, 9-10 mill. longa, ad basim 1 !/,-2 mill. et ad medium 4 '/, 
mill. lata. Corolla late campanulata, utrinque papillosa; segmentis 
profundis, oblongis, breviter acuminatis, 7-nerviis, 18-20 mill. longis, 
8-9 mill. latis. Staminum filamenta villosa præcipue ad basim, 4 mill. 
longa; antheræ in capitulum 9 mill. longum, 4 mill. latum cohæ- 
rentes. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Yucatan, prope Hacienda Sara-Grossa (Schott n. 901 in herb. 
Brit. Mus.). 
6. €. excisa; foliis utrinque glabris levibusque, profunde pal- 
mato-5-lobatis; petiolis non alatis ; cirrhis trifidis; calyce subglabro, 
segmentis erecto-patulis, remotis, oblongo-lanceolatis, apice breviter 
mucronatis, ad basim valde constrictis; staminum filamentis ad basim 
leviter dilatatis; antheris magnis, leviter cohærentibus. — Sicana 
excisa Griseb. ! Cat. pl. Cub. p. 112. 
Rami graciles, glabri, leeves, striati. Petiolus satis gracilis, glaber 
vel subglaber, 3-4 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus 
pallidiora, ad basim sinu lato subemarginata, 10-12 cent. longa et 
lata; lobi oblongi, margine minutissime remoteque denticulati, apice 
subacuti et breviter mucronati; nervi tenues, vix prominentes, duo 
laterales basilares 2-3-furcati, imum sinum submarginantes. Cirrhi 
satis graciles, elongati, glabri, sulcati. Flores masculi majusculi, soli- 
tarii, Peduneulus gracilis, striatus, leviter villosus, 2-3 cent. longus, 
ad apicem leviter dilatatus et articulatus. Calycis tubus anguste 
“ampanulatus, basi attenuatus, 10-nervius, 12-14 mill. longus, 8-9 mill. 
latus ; segmenta 3-5-nervia, 13-14 mill. longa, ad basim 1 */,-3 mill. 
*t ad medium 5-8 mill. lata. Corolla campanulata, utrinque papillosa 
Præcipue extra; segmentis profundis, oblongis, subobtusis, multiner- 
viis, 20-22 mill. longis. Staminum filamenta 5-6 mill. longa, ad basim 
leviter villosa; antherz 9-10 mill. longæ, 4 mili. late. Pistillodium 
nullum, — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Cuba (C, Wright n. 2593 in herb. Mus. Par., DC., Kew.). 
3. Calycis segmenta tubo breviora vel ad summum æqualia. Spec. 7-21. 
2. Folia ad basim emarginata, non glandulosa; nervi laterales basilares imum 
sinum marginantes. Spec. 7-14. 
7. €. tomentosa; foliis ovatis, supra punctato-scabris, subtus 
