CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 755 
pallide viridia, basi breviter attenuata, apice acuta, margine integer- 
rima, 8-9 cent. longa, 5-6 cent. lata; nervi validi, utrinque vix promi- 
nentes, subtus atrovirides. Cirrhi.... Flores masculi magni, solitarii. 
Pedunculus gracilis, glaber, striatus, 2-3 cent. longus. Calyeis tubus 
ad basim acutus, 12 mill. longus, 18 mili.. latus; dentes remoti, erecto- 
patuli, 5 mill. longi, 2-2 */, mill. lati. Corolla campanulata, intus gla- 
bra, extus dense breviterque villosa; segmentis profundis, oblongis, 
5-nerviis, asymmetricis, apice rotundatis, 18-20 mill. longis, ad basim 
1-8 mill. et prope apicem 9-10 mill. latis. Staminum filamenta 2 mill. 
longa; antheræ in capitulum 10 mill. longum, 8-9 mill. latum cohæ- 
rentes. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Nova-Granata, inter Payme et Rabond (J. Goudot, in herb. 
Mus. Par.). 
16. €. Ottoniana; foliis supra scabris, subtus breviter tomen- 
tosis, usque ad medium trilobatis, superioribus subintegris ; cirrhis 
bifidis ; calyce tomentoso, tubo campanulato, segmentis basi conni- 
ventibus, late triangularibus, tubo dimidio brevioribus; staminum 
filamentis brevissimis, triangularibus, villosis. 
Rami graciles, sulcati, pubescentes. Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, 
dense pubescens, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus 
cinerea, ad basim truncata et prope petiolum breviter attenuata, 
12-15 cent. longa, 10-13 cent. lata; lobi ovati vel triangulares, acuti 
Vel breviter acuminati, margine minutissime remoteque denticulati, 
terminalis multo major, ad basim interdum constrictus : nervi tenues, 
subtus vix prominentes. Cirrhi graciles, breves, pubescentes. Flores 
masculi parvuli, in racemos paucifloros digesti. Pedunculus gracilis, 
Striatus, leviter pubescens, 3-12 cent. longus; pedicelli brevissimi, 
Subfasciculati, tomentosi. Calyx cinereus, tubo ad basim rotundato, 
intus tomentoso, 7-8 mill. longo et lato; segmentis erectis, 3-4 mill. 
longis, Corolla (imperfecte evoluta) utrinque dense tomentosa. — 
Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
M Venezuelz Valle de Aragua (E. Otto n. 851 in herb. Berol. et 
Vindob. ). 
Ho. £landulosa; foliis supra punctato-scabris, subtus glabris 
et levibus, ultra medium trilobatis, superioribus interdum integris et 
"inoribus ; cirrhis simplicibus; calyce glabro, tubo campanulato, 
“‘SMentis conniventibus, ovatis, basi leviter constrictis, tubo paulo 
brevioribus; staminum filamentis brevibus, basi leviter dilatatis et 
