CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 763 
majusculi, solitarii vel geminati. Peduneulus robustus, striatus, dense 
villosus, 5-12 mill. longus. Calyx intense fuscus (sice.), pilis rufis 
obteetus, in exemplaribus nostris imperfecte evolutus (8-10 mill. lon- 
gus et 15-17 mill. latus secundum iconem Vellozii); dentes parum 
remoti, triangulari-acuti, tubo duplo vel triplo breviores. Corolla tubo 
calycis duplo vel triplo longior, campanulata, extrinsecus dense 
tomentosa, segmentis parum profundis. — Flores feminei solitarii vel 
fasciculati, subsessiles. Ovarium ovoideum, villoso-hirsutum. Pedun- 
culus fructiferus robustus, */,-1 cent. longus. Fructus subglobulosus, 
olivaceus, suberosus, lævis. subnitidus, 22-25 mill. longus et crassus. 
Semina ovato-oblonga, valde compressa, 12-13 mill. longa, 6-7 mill. 
lata, 3 mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia (Sello in herb. Berol.); in prov. S. Paulo (Gaudichaud 
n. 986 in herb. Mus. Par.); in prov. Rio de Janeiro, sec. Vellozo. 
2. Calycis segmenta tubum æquantia vel paulo longiora; folia utrinque 
ense villoso-hirsuta. 
26. C. pedata (Cogn. in Fl. Bras. l. c., p. 80, tab. 23); foliolis 
brevissime petiolulatis, membranaceis, utrinque villoso-hirsutis præ- 
cipue subtus, integerrimis vel leviter undulatis denticulatisque, exte- 
"oribus asymmetricis extrinsecus auriculatis ; cirrhis simplicibus ; 
calycis tubo anguste campanulato, dense rufo-tomentoso, segmentis 
pubescentibus vel leviter tomentosis. ; 
Rami graciles, angulato-sulcati, leviter villosi subscabri. Petiolus 
Satis robustus, sulcatus, dense villosus, 2-5 cent. longus; petioluli 
dense villosi, 2-5 mill. longi. Folia inferiora sub-5-foliolata, inter- 
media trifoliolata, superiora interdum simplicia et trilobata. Foliola 
anguste lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, supra intense viridia, subtus 
pallidiora et reticulata, terminale ad basim longe attenuatum, 11-20 
“ent. longum, 2-3 1/, cent. latum; lateralia 7-15 cent. longa, 2-3 cent. 
lata; exteriora (in foliis 5-foliolatis) interdum subobtusis, semper bis 
vel ter cæteris breviora ; nervi tenues, subtus vix prominentes. Cirrhi 
sracillimi, elongati, sulcati, pubescentes. Flores masculi parvuli, 2 
racemos subspiciformes elongatos pendulos multifloros inferne foliatos 
Uspositi. Peduneulus communis 25-30 cent. longus, pubescens, pra 
"llis, angulosus; pedicelli remoti, subalterni, bracteolati, vix 1-2 mill. 
"Xi bracteolæ subulatæ, 3-5 mill. longa. Calyx in sicco nigro- 
» tubo ad basim attenuato, 6-7 mill. longo, 5-6 mill. lato; seg- 
entis lanceolato-linearibus, conniventibus, 8-10 mill. longis, 2-3 mill. 
