CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 775 
Monoica. Caulis gracillimus, striatus, ramosus, leviter villosus. 
Petiolus gracilis, leviter striatus, villoso-hirsutus, 2-4 cent. longus. 
Folia supra lete viridia, subtus pallidiora, margine tenuissime remo- 
teque denticulata, apice breviter acuminata, 7-9 cent. longa, ad basim 
5-6 cent. lata; nervi tenues, subtus vix prominentes; sinus basilaris 
subrectangularis, 1-2 cent. latus, 7-15 mill. profundus. Cirrhi gracil- 
limi, breves, striati, breviter villosi. Pedunculus florum maseulorum 
filiformis, striatus, leviter villosus, 2-3 cent. longus. Calycis tubus 
campanulatus, ab apice ad basim attenuatus, 4 mill. longus, ad api- 
cem 3 mill. latus; dentes 1-nervii, 1-1'/, mill. longi, ad basim 1 mill. 
lati. Corolla breviter villoso-tomentosa, segmentis ovato-oblongis, 
5-7-nerviis, margine prope apicem inflexis, 2-3 mill. longis, 1 '/,-2 mill. 
latis. Stamina ad medium tubi calycis inserta, filamentis filiformibus, 
glabris, non dilatatis, 1 mill. longis; antherc in capitulum 2 mill. 
longum latumque cohærentes. Pistillodium minutum, glanduliforme, 
trilobatum. Flores feminei quam masculi minores gracilioresque, ad 
apicem pedunculi brevis solitarii vel in racemos breves paucifloros 
digesti. Peduneulus communis gracilis, leviter villoso-hirsurtus, stria- 
tus, 4-6 cent. longus; pedicelli filiformes, subglabri, patuli vel reflexi, 
bracteolati ; bracteolæ lanceolato-lineares, tomentosæ, 2-3 mill. lon- 
ge. Calyx anguste campanulatus, dentibus linearibus, tubo dimidio 
brevioribus, Corollæ segmenta oblonga. Staminodia parvula, setifur- 
mia. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, leviter pubescens, apice in collum 
angustum attenuatum; stylus filiformis, erectus, 3-4 mill. longus. 
Fruetus ignotus. 
In Surinamia (Wullschleegel n. 207 part. in herb. Brux.). 
38. €. micrantha (Cogn. in Bull. Acad. Belg. ser. 2, v. 49, 
P. 196); foliis brevissime petiolatis, supra brevissime hirsuto-scabris, 
subtus breviter villoso-hirsutis, basi sinu lato et paulo profundo emar- 
ginatis, nervis lateralibus basilaribus imum sinum non marginantibus ; 
floribus masculis minimis, solitariis, pedunculis petiolo longioribus ; 
calyce dense villoso, dentibus conniventibus, triangularibus, tubo . 
dimidio brevioribus. | 
Monoica. Caulis eracillimus, sulcatus, leviter ramosus, sparse vil- 
9?8us. Petiolus satis gracilis, striatus, breviter denseque villosus, 1/42 
"ent. longus. Folia integra vel plus minusve trilobata, supra intense 
viridia, subtus viridi-cinerea, apice acuta mucronataque, 7-9 cent. 
longa, ab basim 5-7 cent. lata; nervi tenues, subtus leviter promi- 
nentes ; sinus basilaris '/,-1 '/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, bre- 
