826 DICOTYLEDONE.E. CYCLANTHERA. 
caule glabro; foliis pedato-5-7-foliolatis ; foliolis sessilibus vel subses- 
silibus, lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, ad basim attenuatis, apice 
acutis vel subobtusis et mucronatis, denticulatis vel subcrenulatis: 
cirrhis 3-4-fidis; floribus masculis parvis, in paniculas subverticillatim 
ramulosas multifloras foliis ssepius superantes digestis; calycis denti- 
bus setaceis, minimis; fructu subsessili, sparse echinato vel levi, ad 
apicem in rostrum acutum recurvatum producto. — Schrad. in Lin- 
nea, 8, p. 23 et v. 12, p. 408; Spach Vég. phan. 6, p. 223; Walp. 
Repert. 5, p. 761; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 101; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. 
ser. 4, v. 12, p. 159; The Garden, 12 (1877), p. 617, cum. icone; 
Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 63. 
Caulis scandens, satis robustus, longissimus, ramosissimus, angu- 
latus, levis. Petiolus robustus, suleatus, glaber, 5-15 cent. longus. 
Foliola supra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora, utrinque punctato-sta- 
briuscula præcipue supra, terminale 7-16 cent. longum, 2-6 cent. 
latum; lateralia paulo minora, exteriora ssepius profunde 2-3-lobata. 
Cirrhi robusti, elongatissimi, süleati, glabri. Pedunculus communis 
masculus gracilis, angulato-suleatus, glaber, lzvis, 10-20 cent. lon- 
gus, 25-50-florus; rami brevissimi, distantes; pedicelli filiformes, pa- 
tuli, fasciculati, subglabri, 4-10 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo 34 
mill. lato, dentibus patulis, interdum leviter flexuosis, ‘a-" mil. 
longis. Corolla flavescens, segmentis late ovato-triangularibus, acutis, 
3-sub-5-nerviis, utrinque brevissime sparseque pubes centi-glandulosis, 
1 */,-2 mill. longis, 2-2 '/, mill. latis, prope apicem papillosis. Pedun- 
culus femineus 1-3 mill. longus. Calyx et corolla maris sed paulo ma- 
jores. Ovarium oblique oblongum, ad apicem attenuatum et rostra- 
tum; stylus crassus, ‘/,-3/, mill. longus, stigmate sublobulato, 2 mill. 
lato. Fructus leviter gibbosus, oblongus, basi attenuatus, seepius 
sparse echinatus, primum viridis dein flavescenti-albus, biloculari* 
S-10-spermus, 5-7 cent. longus, 2 !/,-3 cent. crassus. Semina fuste" 
centia, subquadrata, basi truncata, apice appendiculata, marginibus 
muricata, faciebus duabus interdum gibberibus duobus cruciformibU* 
quasi exsculpta, 10-12 mill. longa, 7-8 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
In Mexico (Herb. Schrad.! nunc hort. Petrop.; Pavon in herb. 
Boiss. ; Schiede in herb. Lenorm.); in America centrali prope Cartag” 
(Oersted n. 59 et 60 in herb. Haun.); in Guatemala (Sauvage in herb. 
Mus. Par.); in sepibus prope Panama (Ed. André in herb. suo). 
&, edulis. C. edulis Naud.! in Cat. Ch. Huber; Belg. bort. 1872, 
p. 360. — Momordica fructu striato levi, Feuill. Journ. obs. phy*- 
Pérou, 2, p. 754, tab. XLI. — M. pedata L. Spec. p. 1434; La 
