CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 839 
brevissime pedunculati, quam masculi paulo majores. Pedunculus 
fructiferus 1!/, cent. longus, 2 mill. erassus. Fructus oblique oblon- 
eus, 20-22 mill. longus, 8-10 mill. crassus; aculei 25-30, patuli, 5-7 
mill. longi, 1-1 */, mill. lati. 
In Costarica ad San José (Oersted n. 23 in herb. Haun.). 
8, angustiloba, Cogn. 1. e. — Folia fere usque ad basim trilobata ; 
lobis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis. 
In Costarica ad Ujaras (Oersted n. 24 in herb. Haun.). 
17, €. ribiflora (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p. 63); foliis bre- 
viter petiolatis, utrinque tenuiter punctato-scaberulis, supra secus 
nervos breviter pubescentibus, plus minusve trilobatis, lobis apice 
plerumque obtusis mucronatisque, margine minutissime remoteque 
denticulatis; cirrhis bifidis; floribus masculis minimis, in racemos 
multifloros foliis breviores digestis ; fructu oblique ovoideo, apice acuto 
vel subobtuso, non rostrato, breviter pedunculato, sparse echinato. — 
Elaterium ribifloram Sehleeht.! in Linnæa, 7, p. 388; Rom. Syn. 
fase. 2, p. 82. — E. biflorum Dietr. Syn. plant. 5, p. 372. — Sieyos 
muricatus Galeotti, exsiec. n. 1892. 
Caulis gracilis, suleatus, subglaber, ad nodos breviter villosus. Pe- 
tiolus striatus, brevissime denseque villosus, 2-20 mill. longus. Folia 
supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 5-7 cent. longa et fere 
totidem lata, rarius subintegra, seepius profundissime trilobata, lobis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel subobtusis, longe mucronatis, ad basim 
plerumque constrictis, lateralibus paulo brevioribus et latioribus, 
extrinsecus auriculatis, interdum bilobatis; sinus basilaris subrotun- 
dus, 1-2 cent. latus, '/,-1!/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, satis 
breves, subglabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracillimus, bre- 
Vissime sparseque villosus, usque ad basim floriferus, 3-5 cent. longus; 
pedicelli capillares, leviter villosi, 1-4 mill. longi, inferiores plerumque 
ramosi. Calycis tubus rotatus, glaber, 2-2 !/, mill. latus; dentes nulli 
Vel subnulli. Corolla flavo-virescens, utrinque brevissime sparseque 
Papilloso-glandulosa, segmentis ovato-triangularibus, acutis, 5-ner- 
vus, 1*/,-2 mill. longis, 1 ?/,-1?/, mill. latis. Anthera */,-?/, mill. lata. 
ni feminei brevissime pedunculati, quam masculi duplo majores. 
luneulus fructiferus */,-2 cent. longus, 1 !/,-2 mill. crassus. Fructus 
"iridis, carnosus, plus minusve curvatus, 2-2*/, cent. longus, 12-13 
mill. Crassus; aculei numerosi, patuli, 3-4 mill. longi, 1 mill. lati. 
Semina fusca, subquadrangularia, apice truncata et bidenticulata, 
b Coats margine obtusa, utrinque leviter rugulosa, 6-7 
: longa, 5-4 !/, mill. lata, 1?/, mill. crassa. 
