832 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. CYCLANTHERA . 
denseque echinato, ad apicem in rostrum brevem acutum producto. 
— C. dissecta A. Gray! Pl. Wright. part. 1, p. 75, part. 2, p. 61 (non 
Arn.!); Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 6, p. 16; Seem.! Herald. 
p. 128. 
Caulis gracilis, angulato-suleatus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, sub- 
glaber, 1 */,-2 cent. longus; petioluli seepius alati, 3-8 mill. longi vel 
interdum subnulli. Foliola utrinque punctato-scabra, læte viridia, 
medianum ad basim breviter attenuatum, 3-5 cent. longum, 1-2 cent. 
latum, lateralia paulo breviora, crenulata lobata vel 2-3-partita. 
Cirrhi graciles, sulcati, subglabri, rarius trifidi vel simplices. Pedun- 
culus communis paniculæ masculz gracilis, glaber, 10-40-florus, 4-12 
cent. longus; rami patuli, 4-5 mill. longi; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, 
glabri, 1-3 mill. longi. Calycis tubus glaber, 2 mill. latus; dentes mi- 
nutissimi vel subnulli. Corollæ segmenta acuta, sparse brevissime pa- 
pilloso-glandulosa, 1 '/,-2 mill. longa, 1/, mill. lata. Anthera 1 mill. 
lata. Flores feminei quam masculis paulo majores. Pedunculus fructi- 
ferus graeilis, sulcatus, glaber, 1-2 cent. longus. Fructus oblique 
ovoideo-oblongus, basi subrotundatus, apice acutus, 20-25 mill. lon- 
gus, 10-12 mill. crassus; aculei setiformes, leviter compressi, 3-5 mill. 
longi. Semina fusca, angulato-sublobata, utrinque verruculosa, apice 
appendiculata, 5-6 mill. longa, 3-3 !/, mill. lata, 1 */, mill. crassa. 
In Texas (Lindheimer n. 398 in herb. Boiss., Francav., Flor., Vin- 
dob., Benth.; Kew.; Hance n. 4394 in herb. hort. Petrop.; Trécul 
n. 1192 in herb. Mus. Par.); in Neo-Mexico (Wright n. 219 in herb. 
DC., n. 1089 in herb. Boiss. et Mus. Par.; Fendler n. 259 in herb. 
Kew. ; Bell n. 127); Rio Grande (Mexican boundary survey D. 396 1n 
herb. Kew. et Berol.); in Mexico (Pavon in herb. Boiss. et Webb. : 
Mocino et Sessé in herb. Webb.); ad Zacoalco prope Mexico (Bour- 
geau n. 786 in herb. Boiss., DC., Brux., hort. Petrop., n. 787 in herb. 
Kew., n. 1479 part., 3264 part.) ; ad Zimapan (Coulter n. 46 in herb. 
Kew.); in Guatemala et Costa-Rica (Warscewiez in herb. Boiss.); 11 
Panama (Duchassaing in herb. Mus. Par.; Seemann n. 111 in herb. 
Kew.). 
B, tenuifolia. Petiolus 3-6 mill. longus. Foliola rigidiuscula, 
lato-linearia, 2-2 ‘/, cent. longa. get 
In Mexico prope Orizaba (Fr. Müller n. 589 in herb. Kew. et hort. 
Petrop.). 
lance0- 
10. C. Langæi (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 2, p- 67); ar 
glabro, ad nodos longe denseque villoso; petiolo ad apicem longe * 
