HANBURIA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 821 
` oblique ovoideus, acutus, carnosus, longe echinatus, 4-5- vel abortu 
1-2-locularis, 2-5-spermus, demum elastice ruptus et columnam pen- 
dulam crassam magnam apice dilatatam 4-5-lobam nudans, columnæ 
lobis seminiferis unguliformibus. Semina magna, orbiculata, com- 
pressa, testa coriacea, granulata. 
Herba perennis, alte scandens, subglabra, Mexicæ incola. Folia cor- 
data, indivisa. Cirrhi trifidi. Flores ampli, flavi, longe pedunculati. 
Fruetus magnus. 
H. Mexicana Seem.!, ll. ce. et Journ. of Bot. 1864, v. 2, p. 224. 
— Nietoa Mexicana Schaffner! 1. c. eum ic. 
Caulis robustus, angulato-5-suleatus, glaber, ad altitudinem 20-25 
metr. assurgens. Petiolus robustus, glaber, striatus, 6-12 cent. lon- 
gus. Folia integra, late ovata, ad basim leviter emarginata vel trun- 
Cata, apice breviter acuminata, margine integerrima, supra læte 
viridia, glabra, tenuiter punetato-aspera, subtus paulo pallidiora, 
leviter retieulata, tenuissime punctato-subaspera, ad angulos nervo- 
rum villosa, 10-18 cent. longa, 8-15 cent. lata; nervi satis robusti, 
subtus prominentes, duo laterales basilares 2-3-fureati, a margine 
limbi distantes. Cirrhi satis robusti, elongati, glabri, sulcati, trifidi 
rarissime bifidi vel simplices. Racemi masculi 3-8-flori. Pedunculus 
“ommunis satis gracilis, sulcatus, glaber, 12-20 cent. longus; pedicelli 
graciles, erecto-patuli, ebracteati, 5-15 mill. longi. Calyx glaber; 
tubus multinervius, basi rotundatus, superiore valde dilatatus, 25 mill. 
longus, ad medium 10 mill. et ad apicem 25 mill. latus; dentes re- 
moti, late triangulares, acuti, 2-3 mill. longi, ad basim 4-5 mill. lati. 
Corollæ segmenta subtriangularia, acuta, 7-nervia, utrinque glabra, 
IS mill. longa, ad basim 12-15 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta in 
columnam 22-25 mill. longam, 3 mill. crassam ; antherarum capitulum 
*-9 mill. longum, 11-13 mill. crassum. Pedunculus floribus femineo- 
Tum 4-6 cent. longus, Fructus basi rotundatus, apice acutus, 11-13 
"ent. longus, 6-8 cent. erassus; aculei densissimi, rigidi, compressi, 
in mill. lati, inferiores 3-4 cent. superiores 1-1 */, cent. longi. Semina 
USCO-cinerea, 5-6 cent. longa lataque, 1 cent. crassa. 
B In Mexico prope Orizaba (Bourgeau n. 2426 in herb. Mus. Par., 
a Boiss., DC., Kew., hort. Petrop.; Hahn n. 1 in herb. Mus. 
" B Prope Cordova (Schaffner sine n. in herb. Kew. et n. 349, 5, 
a rb. Berol, ; Bourgeau n. 1997, 2426 in herb. Mus. Par. et n. 1832 
erb. Kew. : Galeotti in herb. Brux.); inter Huejutla et Norcantas 
i Arwinsky n. 1225 in herb. hort. Petrop.); in Mexico loco non 
cato (Sallé n, 15 in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
