840 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. CYCLANTHERA , 
In saccharatis Mexicæ prope La Laguna frequens (Schiede n. 52 in 
herb. Mus. Par., Berol., hort. Petrop.); prope Gilotepec (Schiede in 
herb. Berol.); prope Oaxaca (Galeotti n. 1888 in herb. Acad. Petrop., 
Deless., Vindob., Kew., n. 1892 in herb. Vindob., Acad. Petrop., 
Mus. Par., Deless.); ad Consoquitla (Liebmann n. 21 in herb. Haun.): 
ad Fortin (Liebmann n. 31 in herb. Haun.); prope Cordova (Bour- 
geau n. 1479 part. in herb. DC., Mus. Par., Cosson.); ad Zimapan 
(Coulter n. 47 in herb. Kew.) ; ad Belem et Tacubaya (Schaffner n. 29 
in herb. Kew.); prope Orizaba (Fr. Müller n. 620 in herb. hort. Pe- 
trop.); ad Santa Anna prope Orizaba (Bourgeau n. 3264, part., in 
herb. hort. Petrop.); prope Mexico (Sehmitz n. 88 et 89 in herb. 
Brit. Mus.). 
18. €. Brasiliensis (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 74); foliis 
longule petiolatis, supra leviter scabris et ad nervos pubescentibus, 
subtus pubescenti-scabris, ad basim profunde emarginatis, 3-5-loba- : 
tis, margine integerrimis vel tenuissime denticulatis ; cirrhis bifidis : 
floribus masculis minimis, in racemos compositos multifloros foliis 
breviores digestis; fructu breviuscule pedunculato, apice obtuso, toto 
aculeis brevibus distantibus obtecto; seminibus magnis, sordide albis, 
Jate alatis. — Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 105. 
Caulis gracilis, striatus, leviter pubescens. Petiolus satis robustus, 
pubescens, striatus, supra canaliculatus, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia supra 
leete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 8-11 cent. longa lataque, ad basim 
trinervia, lobis triangulari-acutis, terminali majore; nervi duo late- 
rales basilares 2-3-furcati, imum sinum non marginantes ; sinus inter 
lobos lati, obtusi, basilaris rectangularis, 2-3 '/, cent. latus, 17? 
cent. profundus. Cirrhi elongati, satis robusti, striati, leviter pubes- 
centes. Pedunculus communis masculus 3-5 cent. longus, pubescens. 
striatus; pedicelli filiformes, subfasciculati, plerumque ramulos. 
2-5 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo 1 */,-2 mill. lato, dentibus subnu- 
lis. Corolla flavo-viridis, segmentis triangularibus, acutis, 1 '/« I^ 
longis, 1 mill. latis. Pedunculus fructiferus robustus, striatus, leviter 
pubescens, 1*/,-2 cent. longus. Fructus gibbosus, 20-22 mill. longus. 
12-15 mill. crassus, rostro obliquo, subnullo, aculeis 5 mill. longis. 
1-1 */, mill. latis. Semina basi longe appendiculata, apice trilobata. 
margine undulata, 13-14 mill. longa, 9-10 mill. lata, 1 mill. crassa- 
In Brasilia ad Petropolim prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 3987 m 
herb. Eichler et Warming); prope Rio de Janeiro (Lund in ue" 
Warming). 
