CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). , 827 
Encycl. 4, p. 604; Poepp. et Endl.! Nov. gen. et sp. 2, p. 54; Rom. 
Syn. fase. 2, p. 57. — M. pedisecta Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 319. — 
Anguria pedatisecta Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 319 (non Nees et Mart.!); 
hem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 25. — Cyclanthera digitata Arn.! in Hook. 
Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 280. — Planta major. Fructus magnus, levis, 
edulis. 
In Peruvia (Ruiz in herb. Berol.; Pavon in herb. Boiss. et Flor. ; 
Mathews n. 298 in herb. Kew.; Cl. Gay n. 825 et 2176 in herb. Mus. 
Par.; Cavanilles in herb. Brit. Mus.); in sepibus Peruviæ ad Pam- 
payaco et Cuchero (Poeppig n. 1612 in herb. suo et Endl. nune Yin- 
dob., Acad. Petrop., hort. Petrop.); in Bolivia colitur (Mandon 
n. 1052 in herb. DC., Boiss., Mus. Par., Kew., Br. Mus.). 
3. €. elegans (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 70); caule gla- 
bro; foliis palmato-5-foliolatis; foliolis 1-2-pinnatisectis, segmentis 
obtusis acutisve, mucronatis; cirrhis bi- vel raro trifidis; floribus 
masculis parvis, in paniculas subverticillatim ramulosas paucifloras 
foliis saepius superantes digestis; calycis dentibus setaceis, corolla 
paulo brevioribus; fructu breviter pedunculato, dense echinato, ad 
apicem in rostrum acutum recurvatum producto. — Cogn. in Mart. 
Fl. Bras., fase. 78, p. 102, tab. 32, fig. 1. 
Caulis gracilis, angulosus, ramosus. Petiolus glaber vel leviter pu- 
bescens, gracilis, striatus, 1-2 cent. longus; petioluli */,-2 cent. longi. 
Folia utrinque scabrella, supra subglabra læte viridia, subtus palli- 
diora ad nervos tomentosa, 8-15 cent. longa et lata. Cirrhi glabri, 
gracillimi, elongati, striati. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilli- 
mus, striatus, glaber, 8-20 cent. longus; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, 
glabri, 6-10 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo 1 ‘/,-2 mill. lato, dentibus 
patulis, 1-2 mill. longis, deciduis. Corolla flavo-viridis, segmentis 
triangularibus, acutis, 7-nerviis, 2-2 '/, mill. longis, 1 */, mill. latis. 
Peduneulus fructiferus robustus, striatus, glaber, 1-2 cent. longus. 
ictus gibbosus, 3 cent. longus, 10-12 mill. crassus, rostro vix 
obliquo, 5-8 mill. longo; aculei 3-5 mill. longi, '/, mill. lati. Semina 
“Merea, subquadrangula, ad basim valde appendiculata, apice denti- 
rt margine truncata, 8-9 mill. longa, 5 mill. lata, 1'/, mill. 
+ genuina, Cogn. Diagn. l. c. et in Mart. 1. c. — Foliola subbipin- | 
latisecta, segmentis acutis, longe mucronatis. 
^n Brasilia meridionali loco haud indicato (Sello n. 4516 p. p. in 
herb. Berol.); in prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 5874 in herb. Kew., 
