CAYAPONIA . CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 795 
integerrimi vel vix denticulati, intermedius ad basim constrictus ; 
nervi satis robusti, subtus leviter prominentes, duo laterales basilares 
bifidi, imum sinum marginantes. Cirrhi gracillimi, breves, villosi, 
suleati. Flores ignoti. Pedunculus fructiferus simplicis, robustissimus, 
vix striatus, densissime longeque villosus, 25 mill. longus. Fructus 
glaber, Iævis, nitidus, olivaceus. 
In Peruvia (Ruiz in herb. Berol. ; Pavon in herb. Boiss.). 
58. €. Peruviana; foliis longule petiolatis, basi profunde emar- 
ginatis, fere usque ad basim 5-lobatis, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acu- 
minatis; cirrhis bifidis ; pedunculis breviter tomentosis ; fructu magno, 
Sphærico. — Sechium Peruvianum Poepp. et Endl.! Nov. gen. ac sp. 
v. 2, p. 56, tab. 176; Rœm. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 106. 
* Caules sæpe vigintipedales, teretiusculi, tortuosi. » Rami satis 
graciles, profunde sulcati, leviter pubescentes, scabriusculi. Petiolus 
robustus, Striatus, breviter pubescens, 5-7 cent. longus. Folia mem- 
branacea, Supra intense viridia, tenuiter albo-punctata et sparse pu- 
descenti-scabriuscula, subtus pallidiora breviter pubescentia et leviter 
reticulata, 12-16 cent. longa lataque; lobi minutissime remoteque 
denticulati, ad basim constricti, exteriores breviores; nervi satis ro- 
busti, subtus prominentes, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, imum 
sinum Marginantes. Cirrhi satis graciles, elongati, sulcati, leviter 
Dubescentes. Flores masculi majusculi, in racemos 3-5-floros bracteo- 
latos digesti, rarius solitarii. Pedunculus robustus, striatus, dense 
villosus, 3-10 cent. longus; pedicelli dense tomentosi, patuli vel re- 
flexi, 6-10 mill. longi; bracteolæ subulatæ, tomentosæ, 1-2 cent. 
longæ. Calyx dense breviterque fusco-tomentosus; tubo ventricoso, 
basi attenuato-clavato, apice constricto, 2 */, cent. longo, 8-10 mill. 
lato; segmentis triangulari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, erectis, 3-4 mill. 
longis. Corolla pallide flavescens, extus dense tomentosa, intus vil- 
‘Sa, segmentis profundis, ovatis, acutis, margine ciliatis, 5-6 mill. 
longis, Staminum filamenta basi dilatata et villosa, 2 mill. longa ; an- 
there in capitulum 12-15 mill. longum, 6-7 mill. crassum cohærentes. 
Flores feminei solitarii in eadem axilla cum masculis. Pedunculus 
24 cent. longus. Ovarium globosum, dense tomentosum ; stylus ime 
“US, rectus, 8-10 mill. longus. Fructus « pomi minoris magnitudine, 
exacte globosus, coriaceus, extus viridis, apice sulcis nonnullis oblite- 
Is notatus, cæterum glaberrimus, lævigatus, siccus, intus pulpa 
SPongiosa alba exsucca repletus. Semen pepone paullo minus, 5 cent. 
longum, subglobosum, lateribus paulisper compressum, testa crassa, 
limi duritie, castanea, lævigata. » 
