ECHINOCYSTIS . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 809 
In Brasilia loco haud indicato (Pohl n. 1996 in herb. Brux.); in 
prov. Minas Geraes (St-Hilaire D, n. 466, d, in herb. Mus. Par.); ad 
Caldas (Regnell III, n. 163 in herb. Brux. et Holm.) ; in prov. Goyaz, 
ad ripas Ribeiro das Cassas (St-Hilaire C* n. 683, o, in herb. Mus. 
Par.); in prov. Ceara ad Caza da Felha (Pohl n. 2820 in herb. Vin- 
dob.); in regione Para Surinamiæ (Wullschlaegel n. 980 in herb. 
Brux.); in Andibus Pastoensibus Novæ Granate ad viam Barbacoas 
altit. cireiter 2000 metr. (Ed. André in herb. suo). 
10. E. polycarpa (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 90); foliis 
late cordato-suborbicularibus, angulato-sub-5-lobatis, basi leviter 
emarginatis, apice breviter acuminatis; cirrhis trifidis; floribus mas- 
culis mediocribus, in racemos paucifloros foliis paulo longiores diges- 
tis; ealyce leviter villoso, late campanulato ; floribus femineis in race- 
mos breves 5-6-floros digestis; fructu longiuscule rostrato, aculeis 
densis longiusculis leviter villosis echinato. 
Caulis gracilis, suleatus, sparse longeque villosus, scabriuseulus. 
Petiolus gracilis, striatus, longissime et densiuscule villoso-hirsutus, 
4-5 cent. longus. Folia utrinque leete viridia, sparse villoso-hirsuta 
precipue supra, demum albo-punctata et scaberrima, 7-8 cent. longa, 
9-10 cent. lata, margine minutissime remoteque denticulata ; sinus 
basilaris late rotundatus, 3-4 cent. latus, 1-1 */, cent. profundus. 
Cirrhi robusti, elongati, profunde sulcati, sparse villosi. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracilis, striatus, longe sparseque pilosus, 12-15 
tent. longus, 10-15-florus; pedicelli patuli, sparse villosi, 4-7 mill. 
longi. Calyx virescens, dense villosus, tubo 2-3 mill. longo, 4 mill. 
lato, dentibus subulatis, patulis, 2-2 */, mill. longis. Corolla albescens, 
Intus Sparse glandulosa, extus villosa, segmentis obtusis, 5-nerviis, 
5 mill. longis, 2 mill. latis. Columna staminea glabra, 2 mill. longa ; 
capitulum antherarum glabrum, sphzericum, 1 */, mill. crassum. Pe- 
dunculus communis florum femineorum 5-7 cent. longus; pedicelli 
brevissimi. Ovarium ovoideum, dense tomentosum, apice in rostrum 
*quilongum inerme constrictum. Fructus oblongus, 4-5 cent. longus, 
%18 mill. crassus ; rostrum conicum, basi aculeatum, sparse pilo- 
Sum, 12-15 mill. longum; aculei insequales, basi leviter incrassati, 
#14 mill. longi, Semina cinerea vel fuscescentia, ovato-oblonga, basi 
leviter bidentata, apice rotundata, utrinque leviter verruculosa, 6 mill. 
longa, 3 1/,-4 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
Venezuela (Ernst n. 940 in herb. Brit. Mus.); prope coloniam 
Tovar (Fendler n. 503 in herb. DC., Boiss., Francav., Kew.); in Nova 
