ECHINOCYSTIS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 811 
2-3-nis ; fructu longe rostrato, aculeis densissimis brevibus longe den- 
seque lanatis echinato. 
Caulis gracilis, elongatus, profunde sulcatus, sparse longeque vil- 
losus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, dense longeque lanato-tomentosus, 
7-10 cent. longus. Folia utrinque breviter sparseque villosa, pallide 
viridia præcipue subtus, 12-18 cent. longa, 15-20 cent. lata, margine 
minutissime remoteque denticulata; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 
2-4 cent. latus, 3-4 cent. profundus; nervi utrinque leviter promi- 
nentes et breviter denseque villoso-hirsuti. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, 
profunde sulcati, sparse vilosi. Pedunculus communis masculus satis 
gracilis, angulato-suleatus, sparse longeque villosus ad apicem subto- 
mentosus, 15-30 cent. longus, 20-30-florus; pedicelli patuli, dense 
tomentosi, 8-12 mill. longi. Calyx albescens, longe sericeo-villosus, 
intus glandulosus, tubo 4 mill. longo, 6-7 mill. lato, dentibus trian- 
gularibus, acutis, erectis, 3 mill. longis, ad basim 2 '/, mill. latis. 
Corolla albescens; extus longe villosa, intus sparse rubro-glandulosa, 
segmentis ovato-triangularibus, acutis vel subobtusis, 5-7-nerviis, 
erecto-patulis, 4 mill. longis, 4-5 mill. latis. Columna staminea gra- 
cilis, glabra, 2-3 mill. longa; capitulum antherarum subglobosum, 
glabrum, 2-2 Y, mill. crassum. Flores feminei sessiles. Ovarium ovoi- 
deum, densissime longeque lanatum, apice in rostrum duplo longio- 
Tum constrictum. Fructus oblongus, 6 cent. longus, 2 cent. crassus; 
rostrum angustissimum, longe villoso-lanatum, non aculeatum, 2 cent. 
longum ; aculei inæquales, ad basim ingrassati, 4-15 mill. longi. Se- 
Mina atro-fusca, oblonga, basi bidentata, apice truncata et subtri- 
dentata, utrinque leviter verruculosa, 8-9 mill. longa, 6 mill. lata, 
2°}, mill. crassa. 
In Mexico, loco haud indicato (Galeotti in herb. Brux.); ad Gua- 
tulco (Liebmann n. 49 in herb. Haun.). 
TT Inflorescentia mascula paniculata, multiflora. 
13. K. longispina (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 91); foliis 
ovatis, leviter 3-5-lobatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis ; cirrhis trifidis; 
ribus masculis mediocribus, in paniculas paulo ramosas, satis com- 
Pactas digestis, ramis gracilibus, apice breviter denseque tomentosis ; 
calyce breviter villoso, late campanulato ; corolla campanulata, seg- 
mentis ovato-oblongis; fructu longe rostrato, aculeis densis longissi- 
mis longe villosis echinato. 
ulis gracillimus, sulcatus, longe villosus. Petiolus gracilis, stria- 
