CYCLANTHERA. CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 833 
loso; foliis 5-7-foliolatis; foliolis petiolulatis, lanceolatis, mucronatis, 
dentatis, dentibus acutis; cirrhis 2-3-fidis ; floribus masculis satis 
magnis, in panieulas multifloras angustissimas folio æquales vel supe- 
rantes digestis; fructu longe pedunculato, longe echinato, ad apicem 
in rostrum acutum satis brevem producto. 
Caulis satis gracilis, angulato-sulcatus, elongatus, ramosus. Petio- 
lus gracilis, striatus, subglaber, 2-5 cent. longus; petioluli sparse 
pilosi, 4-12 mill. longi, laterales paulo breviores, 2-3-foliolati, inter- 
dum subulati, ad apicem sæpe fasciculato-pilosi. Foliola utrinque te- 
nuiter punctato-scabriuscula, supra intense viridia et ad nervos vil- 
losa, subtus leete viridia, ad basim breviter attenuata, ad apicem 
acuta, 5-10 cent. longa, 2-3'/, cent. lata, exteriora multo minora. 
Cirrhi graciles, elongati, striati, glabri. Pedunculus communis mas- 
` culus satis robustus, sulcatus, glaber, 8-25 cent. longus, ssepius fere 
usque ad basim floriferus; rami patuli, 1-3 mill. longi; pedicelli fili- 
formes, patuli vel reflexi, sparse villosi vel subglabri, 1-5 mill. longi. 
Calyx brevissime sparseque villosus, tubo 3 mill. lato, dentibus trian- 
gularibus, minutissimis vel subnullis. Corolla albescens, segmentis 
ovato-triangularibus, acutis, 3-sub-5-nerviis, utrinque brevissime 
sparseque papilloso-glandulosis, 2-2 '/, mill. longis, 1 '/,-2 mill. latis. 
Anthera 1 !/, mill. lata. Pedunculus fructiferus satis robustus, stria- 
tus, 3-6 cent. longus. Fructus ovatus vel oblongus, valde gibbosus, ad 
basim subrotundatus, ad apicem abrupte rostratus, 2 !/,-3 cent. lon- 
gus, 12-18 mill. crassus; rostrum 3-4 mill. longum; aculei rigidi, 
"ompressi, 4-6 mill. longi, */,-*/, mill. lati. Semina cinerea, subpeñta- 
sona, valde compressa, 5-6 mill. longa, 4-5 mill. lata, ?/, mill. crassa, 
margine subincrassata. 
In Mexico (Sessé in herb. Brux.; Virlet d'Aoust n. 1058 in herb. 
Mus, Par.); prope Orizaba (Bourgeau n. 3049 in herb. Mus. Par., 
Brux., DC., Boiss., hort. Petrop., Kew: et n. 3264 pro parte in herb. 
Mus, Par., Brux., DC., Boiss.; Botteri n. 155 in herb. Cosson et 
Van H., n. 562 in herb. DC., Mus. Par., Kew., Brit. Mus.); inter 
5. Andres et S. Miguel (Liebmann n. 10 in herb. Haun.); prope Cor- 
lova (Bourgeau n. 1479 pro parte in herb. hort. Petrop.) ; prope Xa- 
lapa (Galeotti n. 1883 in herb. Mus. Par. ; Hahn in herb. Mus. Par.); 
Prope Santa-Maria (Hahn n. 439 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
hes C. integrifoliola (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 65); 
"^ glabro, prope nodos villoso; foliis 5-foliolatis; foliolis parvis. 
Petiolulatis, ovato-lanceolatis, breviter mucronatis, integris vel subin- 
urtes au Prodromus 111. 9 
