334 DICOTYLEDONEA:. CYCLANTHERA . 
tegris; cirrhis simplicibus vel rarius bifidis ; floribus masculis minimis, 
in paniculas multifloras foliis superantes digestis; floribus femineis 
subsessilibus; fructu dense breviterque echinato, ad apicem in ros- 
trum brevem producto. 
Caulis gracilis, suleatus, ramosissimus. Petiolus gracilis, vix stria- 
tus, brevissime villosus, 1 cent. longus; petioluli dense breviterque 
villosi, 3-5 mill. longi, interdum subulati, laterales subæquales, 2-fo- 
liolati. Foliola utrinque punctata et scabra, supra intense viridia, 
subtus paulo pallidiora, ad basim acuta vel subrotundata, apice acuta, 
3-4 cent. longa, 1'/, cent. lata, exteriora multo breviora, interdum 
ovata. Cirrhi plerumque simplices, capillares, satis breves, striati. 
glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, striatus, subglaber, 
5-8 cent. longus, fere usque ad basim floriferus; rami patuli, filifor- 
mes, brevissimi ; pedicelli capillares, patuli vel refracti, recti, brevis- 
sime villosi vel subglabri, 1-3 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo cupuli- 
formi, 1-1 '/, mill. lato, dentibus setaceis, minutissimis vel subnullis. 
Corolla albo-flavescens, segmentis lanceolato-triangularibus, acutis. 
1- vel sub-3-nerviis, utrinque brevissime sparseque papilloso-glandulo- 
sis, 1 '/, mill. longis, */, mill. latis. Anthera ?/, mill. lata. Flores femine 
quam masculi majores, subsessiles. Fructus oblongus, leviter gibbo- 
sus, basi rotundatus, 15-17 mill. longus, 6-7 mill. erassus; aculei 
crassi, 1-2 mill. longi. 
In Mexico prope Morelia, altit. 2000-2500 metr. (Galeotti n. 7201 
in herb. Brux., Deless., Mus. Par., Kew.); ad Zimapan (Coulter n. 4 
in herb. Kew.). 
E, angustifolia, Cogn. 1. c. — Foliola lanceolata, longius muc" 
nata, 3-4 cent. longa, 6-7 mill. lata. 
In Mexico ad Regla prope Rio del Monte, altit. 2000 metr. (Ga- 
leotti n. 1901 bis in herb. Brux., Mus. Par., Deless.). : 
y, major. Foliola late lanceolata, 5-6 cent. longa, 2 cent. lata. " 
niculæ masculz 12-20 cent. longs; pedicelli flexuosi, 2-4 cent. longi. 
In Mexico (Pavon in herb. Boiss.). 
12. €. gracillima (Coen. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p- 11); t 
glabro; foliis trifoliolatis; foliolis petiolulatis, tenuiter ied 
mediano lanceolato, lateralibus plus minusve bilobatis, auriculat à 
cirrhis simplicibus ; floribus masculis minimis, in paniculas piod 
ciliatim ramulosas paucifloras foliis superantes digestis ; flori - - 
neis subsessilibus; ovario hispido, ad apicem in rostrum filiform? 
producto. 
