822 DICOTYLEDONE.E. CYCLANTHERA , 
LXII. CYCLANTHERA, Schrad. Index sem. hort. Gotting. 1851, 
Linnea, 8, Litt. p. 23 et Reliq. in Linnea, 12, p. 408; Meissn. 
Gen. Plant. p. 127 (92); Spach, Vég. phan. 6, p. 222; Endl. Gen. 
Plant. n. 5143; Arn. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 280; Ram. 
Syn. fasc. 2, p. 101; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 12, p. 158; 
ser. 5, v. 6, p. 15; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1, p. 836; Cogn. 
Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 61 et in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 101. 
— Momordica Pæpp. et Endl. Nov. gen. ac sp. 2, p. 54 (non 
Linn.) — Discanthera Torr. et Gr. Fl. North. Amer. 1, p. 696 
(1840); Endl. Gen. Plant. suppl. 1, p. 1421; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, 
p. 100. — Elateriopsis Ernst in Flora, 56, p. 257 (1873); Cogn. 
Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 82. — Momordicæ, Elaterii et Anguri® 
species Auct. 
Flores monoici. Masculi racemosi vel paniculati. Calycis tubus pa- 
teriformis vel cupularis, dentibus 5, subulatis vel filiformibus, inter- 
dum nullis. Corolla rotata, profunde 5-partita, segmentis late ovato- 
oblongis, ssepe acutis. Stamina in columnam centralem coalita. 
filamento brevissimo; antheris in capitulum connatis, loculis lineari- 
bus conduplicatis vel longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, vel sepius à" 
thera horizontaliter annulari uniloculari ambitu dehiscente. Pollen 
siccum ovoideum, 4-5-suleum, humefactum globosum poris tot quot 
sulcilongitudinales apertum. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores feminei 
in eadem axilla cum masculis solitarii. Calyx et corolla maris. Stami- 
nodia nulla. Ovarium oblique ovoideum, rostratum, 1-3-loculare vel 
2-multilocellatum, sæpe triloculare, loculis 2 septis tenuibus in locellos 
l-ovulatos divisis tertio vacuo; stylus brevissimus, stigmate mago, 
hemisphærico; ovula in ovariis 1-2-locularis plura, in ovariis multilo- 
cellatis solitaria pro loculo, erecta vel oblique adscendentia. Fructus 
oblique ovoideus, gibbus aut reniformis, vix carnosus, echinatus vel 
spinosus rarissime levis, 1-multilocularis, 5-polyspermus, elastice 
ruptus, columnam centralem vel lateralem placentiferam nudans. Se- 
mina complanata, angulata, testa crustacea levi aut exasperat": 
apice vel basi sæpe bifida vel bicuspidata. 
Herbæ Americæ calidæ vel tropicæ incolæ, scandentes, plerumque 
glabræ vel subglabræ, radice annua vel perennante. Folia Ine di 
tobata vel pedatim 3-13-foliolata. Cirrhi simplices vel 2multifi: 
Flores sæpius minuti, flavi virescentes vel albi, interdum 6-mer!- 
