CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 835 
Caulis subfiliformis, elongatus, ramosus, angulato-suleatus. Petiolus 
filiformis, striatus, glaber, 3-5 cent. longus; petioluli leviter pubes- 
centes, erecto-patuli, 5-8 mill. longi, laterales paulo breviores. Foliola 
utrinque brevissime pubescenti-scabra, supra intense viridia, subtus 
pallidiora, apice acuta et ssepius breviter mucronata, terminale 
3-6 cent. longum, 1-2 cent. latum, ad basim breviter attenuatum ; 
lateralia 2 Y, -4 cent. longa, 12-25 mill. lata, margine interdum leviter 
crenulata. Cirrhi filiformes, sulcati, subglabri, elongati. Pedunculus 
communis masculus filiformis, striatus, glaber, superiore floriferus, 
5-8 cent. longus; rami pauci, erecto-patuli, brevissimi; pedicelli ca- 
pilares, glabri, 1-3 mill. longi. Calyx rotatus, glaber, tubo 2 mill. 
lato, dentibus subulatis, patulis, */,-*/, mill. longis. Corolla albescens, 
segmentis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, acutis vel subobtusis, 3-sub-5- 
nerviis, utrinque brevissime papillosis, 1‘/, mill. longis, 1-1 '/, mill. 
latis. Anthera */, mill. lata. Flores feminei quam masculi paulo ma- 
jores. Pedunculus gracilis, 1-2 mill. longus. Ovarium oblongum, 2-2 */, 
mill. longum ; rostrum glabrum, 3-3 '/, mill. longum. 
In Mexico ad Guatulco (Liebmann n. 43 et 65 in herb. Haun.). 
15. €. filifera (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fasc. 2, p. 72); caule gla- 
bro; foliis trifoliolatis ; foliolis longe attenuato-subsessilibus, margine 
remote denticulatis, ad apicem in acumen longissimum filiformem 
productis, mediano late lanceolato, lateralibus profundissime 2-4-fidis 
segmentis lanceolatis; eirrhis trifidis; floribus masculis minimis, in 
paniculas longissimas gracillimas multifloras foliis longe superantes 
digestis ; floribus femineis subsessilibus; fructu dense echinato, ad 
picem in rostrum acutum brevemque producto. 
Caulis gracilis, angulato-suleatus, ramosus. Petiolus gracilis, stria- 
tus, glaber, 4-10 cent. longus; petioluli subnulli. Foliola membra- 
nàcea, utrinque intense viridia, glabra et sublævia, ad basim longe 
attenuata, terminale 8-12 cent. longum, 3-4 cent. latum, lateralia 
vaulo breviora: acumen flexuosum, fragile, 2-4 cent. longum. Cirrhi 
iliformes, elongatissimi, glabri, ad basim sulcati. Pedunculus com- 
munis masculus gracilis, angulato-sulcatus, glaber, 15-30 cent. lon- 
gus, fere usque ad basim floriferus; rami filiformes, patuli, distan- 
tes, 3-6 mill. longi; pedicelli capillares, glabri vel leviter villosi, 2-5 
Dee Calycis tubus cupuliformis, glaber, 2-2 '/, mill. latus ; 
; triangulares, brevissimi. Corolla albescens, segmentis late 
Tiangularibus, acutis, trinerviis, utrinque brevissime papilloso-glan- 
dulogis, 1-1 ‘a mill. longis, 1 '/, mill. latis. Anthera 1-1 */, mill. lata. 
