808 P DICOTYLEDONEJE. ECHINOCYSTIS, 
Deless.); ad S. Martin et prope Mirador (Liebmann n. 26 et 27 in 
herb. Haun.); in America centrali (Oersted n. 21 in herb. Haun.); ad 
San José (Oersted n. 4 in herb. Haun.). 
9. E, muricata (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 88); foliis late 
ovato-suborbieularibus vel subtriangularibus, pedato-3-nerviis, plus 
minusve 3-5-lobatis, basi satis profunde emarginatis, apice acutis vel 
acuminatis ; cirrhis trifidis; floribus masculis in racemos multifloros 
subunilaterales foliis longiores digestis ; calyce late campanulato, vil- 
loso; floribus femineis subsessilibus, solitariis vel geminatis; fructu 
majusculo, oblongo, longiuscule rostrato, aculeis longis robustis den- 
sisque sparse pilosis echinato. — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fase. 18, 
p. 98, tab. 30. — Momordica muricata Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, tab. 94 
(non Willd.). — M. racemosa Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, v. 2, p. 195: 
Item. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 53. 
Caulis gracilis, sulcatus, longe villosus, ad altitudine 7-8 metr. as- 
surgens. Petiolus robustiusculus, striatus, longe villoso-subtomento- 
sus, 5-9 cent. longus. Folia membranacea, 10-12 cent. longa et fere 
tantumdem lata, pallide viridia, utrinque longe villosa pr æcipue popes 
et in nerviis subtus, lobis margine denticulatis, lateralibus breviori- 
bus acutis vel subobtusis, terminali triangulari; sinus basilaris sub- 
rectangularis, 2-3 cent. latus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi robustius- 
culi, elongati, villosi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, ak 
catus, villosus, erectus, 12-25 cent. longus, in dimidio superiore 
floriferus; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, remoti vel subfasciculati, dense | 
villosi, */,-1 cent. longi. Calyx albescens, 10-nervius, nervis viridibus, 
intus glandulosus, tubo 3-4 mill. longo, 4-5 mill. lato, dentibus lingas 
ribus, patulis, 2-3 mill. longis. Corolla alba, extus leviter villosa, 
intus glandulosa, 1 */, cent. lata, segmentis ovato-triangularibus, 
acutis, multinerviis, erecto-patulis, 5 mill. longis, 4 mill. latis. C 
lumna staminea gracilis, 2-3 mill. longa ; capitulum antherarum "» 
sphæricum, 2-3 mill. longum. Pedunculus femineus gracilis, 25 E 
longus. Ovarium oblongum, tomentosum et aculeis setaceis longis p 
ferne tomentosis contectum, apice in rostrum fere zequilongum — 
constrictum, loculis 6-ovulatis; stylus filiformis, 1 '/ mill. ong 
Fructus 4-5 cent. longus, 1*/, cent. crassus, loculis 4-6-spermis, : 
apicem poris 2 dehiscens; rostrum leviter tomentosum, 1-1 L et 
longum ; aculei inæquales, basi paulo dilatati, */,-2 cent. longi. ? 
mina cinerea vel albescentia, 5-6 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata, DEN 
crassa. 
