814 DICOTYLEDONEJE. ECHINOCYSTIS. 
robusti, elongati, profunde sulcati, breviter pubescentes. Peduneulus 
communis masculus gracilis, striatus, breviter denseque villoso-hir- 
sutus, fere usque ad basim floriferus, 40-80-florus, 10-15 cent. longus; 
pedicelli capillares, flexuosi, subtomentosi, 1 '/,-2*/, cent. longi. Ca- 
lyeis tubus sordide albescens, subglaber, apice leviter constrictus. 
4-5 mill. longus, 3 mill. latus; dentes patuli, subulati, */-1 mill. 
longi. Corolla albescens, segmentis utrinque sparse papilloso-glandu- 
losis, leviter pilosis precipue ad apicem, 7-9 mill. longis, ad basim 
1-1 */, mill. et ad medium 2 mill. latis. Columna staminea 1-1 */, mill. 
longa, leviter villosa præcipue ad apicem; capitulum antherarum ob- 
longum, subglabrum, 2 mill. longum, 1 mill. crassum. Flores: feminei 
subsessiles. Ovarium oblongum, tomentosum, apice in rostrum fere 
æquilongum inerme constrictum. Fructus oblongus, 3 */, cent. longus, 
12 mill. crassus; rostrum conicum, subinerme, leviter tomentosum, 
6-7 mill. longum ; aculei valde inæquales, basi vix dilatati, 2-15 mill. 
longi. Semina cinerea, ovato-oblonga, basi appendiculata, apice trun- 
cata, utrinque verruculosa, 6 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata, 9-2*/, mill. 
crassa. 
In Mexico (Pavon in herb. Boiss. et Webb.); ad Oaxaca (Galeotti 
n. 1890 in herb. Kew., Mus. Par., Deless., Vindob., Acad. Petrop.); 
ad Oaxaca et Ocotlan (Liebmann n. 53 in herb. Haun.); ad Comal- 
tepec, Santa-Maria et Tule (Liebmann n. 28 et 54 in herb. Haun.). 
16. E. pubescens (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p. 88); foliis 
longe petiolatis, late ovato-cordatis, longe acuminatis, 5-7-angulatis 
vel leviter trilobatis ; cirrhis trifidis; floribus masculis majusculis, 
erectis, in racemos paucifloros foliis paulo longiores digestis ; calycis 
tubo anguste campanulato; corollæ segmentis sub-5-nerviis ; fructu 
breviter rostrato, aculeis densis longiusculis sparse pilosis echinato. 
— Elaterium pubescens Benth. ! Pl. Hartw. p. 6. É 
Caulis satis robustus, angulato-sulcatus, brevissime villosus. Petio- 
lus satis robustus, tenuiter striatus, breviter villoso-subtomentosus. 
6-8 cent. longus. Folia leete viridia, utrinque breviter pubescenti-sCa" 
briuscula, 8-10 cent. longa, 6-8 cent. lata, margine leviter undulata, 
integerrima vel minutissime remoteque denticulata ; sinus bas aris 
subrotundatus, 1-2*/, cent. latus et profundus. Cirrhi robusti, elon- 
gatissimi, sulcati, breviter pubescentes. Pedunculus communis 14% 
culus satis robustus, sulcatus, breviter pubescens, apice 15-20-florus, 
12-20 cent. longus; pedicelli capillares, erecto-patuli, vix flexuosh 
subtomentosi, 1 '/,-2 cent. longi. Calycis tubus albescens, Sparse 
