CAYAPONIA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 759 
In Nova Granata ad Llano de S. Martin, prope Villavicencio, prov. 
Bogota, altit. 400 metr. (Triana n. 3995 in herb. Mus. Par., BE., 
Kew.; Karsten in herb. Vindob.); in Guatemala ad Mazatenanso 
(Bernouilli n. 1206 in herb. Kew. et Berol.). 
21. €. calycina (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 78); foliis 
supra Scaberrimis, subtus pubescenti-scabris, ovato-triangularibus, 
plus minusve profunde trilobatis; cirrhis trifidis; calyce glabro, tubo 
late campanulato, segmentis conniventibus, brevissimis latissimisque; 
staminum filamentis inferne leviter dilatatis et villosis, quam antheræ 
libere vix brevioribus. 
Caulis alte scandens, flexuosus, junior pubescenti-hispidus, adul- 
tior glaber, ramosus; rami graciles, profunde sulcati, glabri, leeves. 
Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, compressus, superne alatus, leviter 
pubescens vel subglaber, 5-10 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, 
subtus pallidiora, 10-15 cent. longa et fere totidem lata, subtus te- 
nuissime reticulata, ad basim truncata, in petiolum ab 1 ad 2 cent. 
decurrentia ; lobi ovati vel ovato-oblongi, apice sæpe acuti, margine 
dentieulati, terminalis major; folia ramea minores, integra ; nervi vix 
prominentes, Cirrhi robusti, elongati, glabri, sulcati. Flores masculi 
majusculi, solitarii vel rarius in racemos breves laxos 2-3-floros col- 
lecti. Pedunculus communis gracilis, striatus, glaber, 2-8 cent. lon- 
sus; pedicelli bracteolati, erecto-patuli, glabri, 5-8 mill. longi. Calyx 
pallide viridis, tubo ad basim constricto, 10-15 mill. longo, 15-18 mill. 
lato; segmentis obtusis, erecto-patulis, 5-nerviis, 3-4 mill. longis, 
5-10 mill. latis. Corolla paulo supra medium tubi calycis inserta, 
extus viridis, intus alba; segmentis profundissimis, erectis, oblongo- 
lanceolatis, acutis, extus breviter papillosis, intus tomentosis, 15-20 
mil]. longis, 6-8 mill. latis. Staminum filamenta 8-9 mill. longa ; an- 
there biloculares 9-10 mill. longz, 3 mill. latze. Pistillodium nullum. 
— Fructus oblongus, viridis, levis, 3-3 '/, cent. longus, 15-18 mill. 
crassus. Semina rufa, ovoideo-compressa, utrinque leviter verrucosa, 
ad basim breviter appendiculata, 7 mill. longa, 5 mill. lata, 2-2 '/, 
Till. crassa 
In margine fl. Madeira prov. do Alto Amazonas (Martius in herb. 
"Ux. et Monae.) in Surinamia (Leschenault in herb. Mus. Par.); ad 
Paramaribo (Wullschlægel n. 978 in herb. Brux.). 
