CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 831 
tus, glaber, 12-15 mill. longus. Fructus gibbosus, 18-20 mill. longus, 
12-14 mill. crassus, rostro subnullo, aculeis 3-4 mill. longis, '/,-'/, 
mill. latis. Semina atrogrisea, subovata, margine angulata, 6-7 mill. 
longa, 4-5 mill. lata, */,-1 mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia meridionali (Sello n. 4516 p. p. in herb. Berol.). 
8. C. dissecta (Arn.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 280); caule 
glabro; foliis 5-sub-7-foliolatis ; foliolis longe petiolulatis, oblongis vel 
oblongo-lanceolatis, mediano tripartito; cirrhis simplicibus; floribus 
masculis minimis in paniculas diffusas multifloras foliis longe supe- 
rantes digestis; corollze sezmentis oblongis vel lanceolatis, trinerviis, 
non glandulosis; fructu breviter pedunculato, longe denseque echi- 
nato, ad apicem in rostrum brevem acutum producto. — Walp. Re- 
pert. 5, p. 762. — Discanthera disseeta Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. Amer. 1, 
p.697; Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 100. — Echinocystis pedata Scheele ! 
in Linnæa, 21, p. 587. 
Caulis gracillimus, sulcatus. Petiolus subfiliformis, striatus, glaber, 
3-5 cent. longus; petioluli patuli, 2-4 cent. longi, laterales bifurcati. 
Foliola utrinque tenuiter punctato-scabriuscula, supra læte viridia, 
subtus paulo pallidiora, acuta vel subobtusa et mucronulata, omnia 
dissecta, segmentis crenulatis, ad basim sepius valde constrictis, 
oblongo-lanceolatis. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, glabri, ad basim sul- 
cati. Peduneulus communis panicule mascule filiformis, leviter pu- 
bescens demum glaber, 60-100-florus, 15-25 cent. longus; rami diva- 
ricati, 2-3 cent. longi; pedicelli capillares, glabri vel leviter pubes- 
centes, 2-4 mill. longi. Calycis tubus 1 */, mill. latus; dentes subnulli. 
orollæ segmenta glabra vel leviter papillosa, 2-2 */, mill. longa, 
*/, mill. lata. Anthera */,-*/, mill. lata. Pedunculus fructiferus angu- 
latus, gracilis, 1 */,-2 cent. longus. Fructus oblique ovato-oblongus, 
basi leviter attenuatus, apice acutus, 20-25 mill. longus, 9-12 mill. 
crassus ; aculei setiformes, 5-7 mill. longi. 
In Texas (Drummond n. 39 in herb. Boiss., Vindob., Flor., Benth., 
Kew.); in Louisiana (Drummond n. 87 in herb. Boiss. et Kew.). 
A * C. Naudiniana; caule glabro; foliis 3-5-foliolatis; foliolis 
sæpius petiolulatis, lanceolatis vel oblongis, acutis vel acuminatis, 
mediano leviter lobato vel crenulato; cirrhis inzequaliter bifidis; flori- 
US masculis minimis, in paniculas compactas paucifloras foliis bre- 
Viores vel paulo longiores digestis ; corollæ segmentis ovatis vel ovato- 
oblongis, 5-nerviis, glandulosis; fructu breviter pedunculato, longe 
