CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 177 
In Canariis (Aiton in herb Brit. Mus.); in mont. Cameroon, altit. 
300 metr. (Mann n. 1253 in herb. Kew.); ? in Senegambia ad Albrida 
(Perrottet in herb. Deless.). 
Z'. Cirrhi 2-5-fidi; folia ovata vel suborbicularia, plus minusve profunde 3-7-lobata. 
a”. Fructus globosus, viridis, longitudiualiter flavo-10- vittatus. 
40. €. Martiana; foliis longe petiolatis, utrinque breviter pu- 
bescenti-scabris præcipue subtus, basi sinu lato parum profundo 
' emarginatis, profunde palmato-3-5-7-lobatis; cirrhis trifidis vel ad 
ramos simplicibus bifidisve; floribus parvis, in paniculas androgynas 
multifloras foliosas cirrhosasque dispositis ; calyce leviter villoso, den- 
tibus minimis paulo remotis, triangularibus. — ? Momordica cordati- 
folia Godoy Torres in Patriota, 3, p. 71; Manso, Enum. subst. Brazil., 
p. 34. — Bryonia Tayuya Mart.! in Linnæa, 12, Litt. Ber. p. 86 (non 
Vell.) et in Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 248 (pro parte). — Trianosperma fici- 
folia Mart. ! Syst. mat. med. Brasil. p. 79 (excl. syn., non Cogn. — 
Non Bryonia ficifolia Lam. nec B. bonariensis ficifolia Dill. 1); Naud. 
in Ann. se. nat, ser. 4, v. 16, p. 190. — Trianosperma Martiana 
Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 87, tab. 25. 
Monoica. Radix perennis. Caules plures, graciles, sulcati, ramosi, 
subelabri. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, leviter pubescens vel scaber, 
^8 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora, 
9-15 cent. longa, 10-20 cent. lata, subtus reticulata, lobis oblongis 
lanceolatisve, acutis vel obtusis, denticulatis vel leviter crenulatis ; 
nervi satis tenues, utrinque leviter prominentes, duo laterales basi- 
lares 2-3-furcati, imum sinum non marginantes; sinus inter lobos an- 
susti, acuti vel subobtusi; sinus basilaris 2-4 cent. latus, 1 '/,-3 cent. 
Profundus, Folia superiora minora, trilobata, ad basim vix emargi- 
"ata. Cirrhi robusti, elongati. Panicula longitudine valde variabilis ; 
rami flexuosi, divaricati; pedicelli patuli vel reflexi, fasciculati, fili- 
formes, pubescentes, 2-5 mill. longi, ssepe bracteolati. Calycis tubus 
forum maseulorum virescens, anguste campanulatus, basi attenua- 
tus, lO-striatus, 3-4 mill. longus, 1 */, mill. latus; dentes l-nervii, 
! mill, longi. Corolla albescens, extus papilloso-villosa, segmentis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, 7-nerviis, 5-6 mill. longis, 2 mill. latis. Staminum 
"menta ad basim villosa, superne glabra, 2-3 mill. longa ; antheræ 
oblongæ, in capitulum 1 */, mill. longum, 1 mill. latum leviter cohæ- 
rentes. Pistillodium glanduliforme, oblongum. Flores feminei quam 
