CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 837 
In Venezuela regione temperata prov. Caracas (Moritz n. 1967 in 
herb. Francav. et Mus. Par.); prope La Victoria (Fendler n. 1880 in 
herb. Gotting.). 
8, angustiloba, Cogn. 1. e. — Folia fere usque ad basim trilobata, 
lobis angustis, oblongo-lanceolatis, apice acutis vel obtusis, subæqua- 
libus. 
In prov. Caracas (Moritz n. 1967 in herb. Vindob.) 
15. €. brachybotrys (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb., fase. 2, p. 73); 
foliis breviter petiolatis, utrinque tenuiter punctato-scaberulis, supra 
secus nervos puberulis, plus minusve trilobatis, margine leviter obere- 
nulatis; cirrhis bifidis ; floribus masculis minimis, in racemos pauci- 
floros petiolo multo breviores digestis; fructu oblique ovoideo, apice 
acuto non rostrato, breviter pedunculato, sparse echinato. — Momor- 
dica brachybotrys Popp. et Endl.! Nov. gen. ac spec. 2, p. 54; Rœm. 
Syn. fasc. 2, p. 53. 
Caulis gracilis, anguloso-sulcatus, glaber, ad nodos leviter villosus, - 
2-3 metr. longus. Petiolus gracilis, compressus, tenuiter striatus, sub- 
glaber, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora 
interdum cinerea, basi paulo profunde emarginata, 7-12 cent. longa, 
6-10 cent. lata, lobis plerumque triangularibus, acutis et mucronula- 
tis, lateralibus brevioribus, divergentibus ; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 
2-3 cent. latus, 1-1'/, cent. profundus; nervi tenues, subtus vix pro- 
minentes. Cirrhi graciles, breves, striati, glabri. Pedunculus commu- 
nis masculus filiformis, glaber, 8-25-florus, usque ad basim floriferus, 
l-1 */, cent. longus; pedicelli capillares, leviter villosi, divaricati, 
1-2 mill. longi, inferiores sæpe ramosi. Calycis tubus rotatus, glaber, 
1*/, mill. latus; dentes nulli vel subnulli. Corolla flavescens, utrinque 
brevissime sparseque papilloso-glandulosa, segmentis late ovatis, 
apice rotundatis vel rarius subacutis, trinerviis, */,-1 mill. longis, ad 
asim 1-1 */, mill. latis. Anthera ?/, mill. lata. Flores feminei subses- 
siles, quam masculi majores. Pedunculus fructiferus 3-6 mill. longus, - 
dn mill. erassus. Fructus valde gibbosus, pallide viridis vel flavescens, 
^'h-3 cent. longus, 28-30 mill. crassus; aculei valde compressi, 
%4 mill. longi, 1-17/, mill. lati. Semina pallide cinerea, ovato-trian- 
gularia, sublævia, valde compressa, basi trilobata, apice truncata vel 
dentieulata, margine integra et rotundata, 10 mill. longa, 6-7 mill. 
lata, 1 mill. crassa. 
a, Achocchilla, Cogn. 1. e. — C. Achocchilla Spruce, exsice. n.4980. 
— Folia leviter trilobata, lobis leviter oberenatis. 
