CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 751 
fructiferus gracilis, flexuosus, villoso-hirsutus, 3-7 cent. longus. 
Fructus ovoideus, rubescens, leviter pubescens vel subglaber, lævis, 
10-12-spermus, 25-28 mill. longus, 18-20 mill. crassus. Semina fusca, 
albo marginata, irregulariter oblonga, lzvia, basi leviter appendicu- 
lata, apice angustiora, compressa, una facie subplana altera valde 
convexa, 11-12 mill. longa, 6 mill. lata, 2 /,-3 mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia ad Caldas prov. Minas Geraes (Regnell, III, n. 628 in 
herb. Brux. et Holm.); in prov. Rio de Janeiro (Vellozo; Glaziou 
n. 8716 in herb. Warm.). 
11. €. Cabocla (Mart. Syst. mat. med. veg. Brasil. p. 81); foliis 
ovato-suborbieularibus, utrinque pubescenti-scabris præcipue supra, 
subintegris vel leviter trilobatis, lobis triangularibus ; cirrhis trifidis ; 
calyce pubescente, tubo campanulato basi rotundato, segmentis ova- 
tis vel ovato-lanceolatis, 5-nerviis, paulo remotis, tubo dimidio bre- 
vioribus; staminum filamentis filiformibus, ad basim leviter dilatatis 
et villosis, antheris subæqualibus. — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 
fasc. 78, p. 73. — Bryonia Cabocla Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, tab. 88 ; Rem. 
Syn. fasc. 2, p. 35. — Cayaponia globosa Manso Enum. subst. Brazil. 
p. 32; Rœm. 1. c. p. 48. | | 
Rami graciles, sulcati, villoso-hirsuti precipue ad nodos. Petiolus 
striatus, villoso-hirsutus, 6-10 cent. lengus. Folia supra læte viridia, 
subtus pallidiora, 14-20 cent. longa, 12-18 cent. lata; lobi divergentes. 
Integerrimi ve] minutissime remoteque denticulati, laterales brevissimi 
acuti vel obtusi, terminalis major, acutus vel breviter acuminatus : 
nervi tenues, subtus vix prominentes ; sinus basilaris acutus, 2-4 cent. 
profundus ; lobi basilares valde approximati, nonnunquam superpo- 
siti. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, suleati, villoso-hirsuti. Flores masculi 
magni, solitarii vel rarius geminati ternative. Pedunculus gracillimus, 
dense villoso-hirsutus, 8-15 mill. longus. Calyx pallide viridis, tubo 
13-16 mill. longo, 12-13 mill. lato, segmentis 7-8 mill. longis, 4-5 mill. 
latis, Corolla flavo-viridis, utrinque tomentosa, 2 cent. longa, seg- 
mentis parum profundis, ovato-orbicularibus, margine intus replicatis, 
multinervis, Staminum filamenta 6-7 mill. longa; antheræ in capitu- 
um oblongum 7-8 mill. longum, 4 mill. crassum leviter cohærentes. 
Pistillodium parvum, cupuliforme. — Flores feminei solitarii, quam 
masculi multo minores, Staminodia minima, liguliformia. Ovarium 
Subglobosum, villoso-hirsutum ; stylus gracilis, flexuosus, villosus, 
6 mill, longus. Fructus ovoideus, flavescens, leviter pubescens vel de- 
mum sublævis, subnitidus, 2 */,-3 cent. longus, 2-2 */, cent. crassus. 
