CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 825 
Secr. I. — EUCYCLANTHERA. 
Genus Cyclanthera et Discanthera Auct. supra cit. Spec. 1-33. 
A. Folia pedata vel digitata. Spec. 1-13. 
1° Petiolus apice 5-petiolulatus. 
l. €. tenuisepala (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 2, p. 64); caule ' 
subglabro; foliis 5-7-foliolatis; foliolis subsessilibus, lanceolatis, ad 
basim longe attenuatis, apice acutis et longe mueronatis, tenuiter 
denticulatis; cirrhis trifidis; floribus masculis parvis, in racemos 
breves paucifloros foliis paululum superantes digestis ; calycis dentibus 
capillaribus corolla longioribus; fructu subsessili, longe denseque 
echinato, ad apicem in rostrum aeutum brevemque producto. 
Caulis gracilis, angulosus. Petiolus gracillimus, leviter striatus, 
subelaber, 2-3 cent. longus. Foliola utrinque leviter pubescenti-sca- 
berula precipue subtus, supra leete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 4-5 cent. 
longa, 1-1 */, cent. lata, exteriora paulo minora. Cirrhi graciles, elon- 
gati, subelabri. Pedunculus communis masculus eracillimus, glaber, 
striatus, 5-8 cent. longus, 15-20-florus; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, 
subfaseieulati, brevissime sparseque pilosi, 3-4 mill. longi. Calyx gla- 
T, tubo 1 */,-2 mill. lato, dentibus patulis, leviter flexuosis, 2 '/,-3 
mill. longis. Corolla flavo-viridis, segmentis ovato-triangularibus, 
acutis, 5-nerviis, utrinque sparse breviterque pubescenti-glandulosis, 
l'/ mill longis, 1 '/, mill. latis. Pedunculus fructiferus gracilis, 
3-4 mill. longus. Fructus leviter gibbosus, ovato-oblongus, 15-17 mill. 
longus, 8-9 mill. crassus, rostro recto, 2-3 mill. longo; aculei setacei, 
Sparse breviterque pubescentes, 3-5 mill. longi. 
In sylvis Peruviæ inter Guaranda et Bodegas (J. Remy in herb. Mus. 
Par.); in Ecuadore ad Tigre Grande (Ed. André in herb. suo); in 
dedliv. occid. mont. Chimborazo ad Balsapamba et Rio Cristal, 
altit. 320-350 metr. (Ed. André n. 4033 et 4039 part. in herb. suo). 
b; integerrima. Planta gracillima, foliolis minoribus, margine inte- 
errimis, 
. In Ecuadore ad Peripa in montibus Colorados (Ed. André n. 4206 
In herb, suo) 
2. €. pedata (Schrad.! Index sem. hort. Gotting. anno 1831); 
