842 DICOTYLEDONEÆ.. CYOLANTHERA. 
20. €. brachystachya (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p. 64): 
foliis breviter petiolatis, longe villosis, basi vix emarginatis, usque ad 
medium trilobatis, margine integerrimis; cirrhis bifidis; floribus 
masculis parvis, in racemos paucifloros petiolo longiores digestis: 
fructu ovato-oblongo, curvato, apice rotundato et oblique breviterque 
rostrato, brevissime pedunculato, dorso sparse breviterque echinato. 
— Elaterium brachystachyum Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 310; Moc. et 
Sessé, Icon. fl. Mex. ined. tab. XXXVIII, fig. F. 
Caulis petioli cirrhique pilis longis patentibus vestiti. Petiolus gra- 
cilis, 1 cent. longus. Folia ambitu triangularia, 6 cent. longa, 4 '/ 
cent. lata; lobis lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, mediano 
duplo longiore. Cirrhi robustiuseuli, satis breves. Pedunculus com- 
munis masculus gracillimus, 15-20-florus, 2 '/, cent. longus; pedicelli 
capillares, subfasciculati, 2-3 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late cupuli- 
formis, glaber, 2 mill. latus; dentes minutissimi vel nulli. Corollæ 
segmenta patula, triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, 2-2 '/, mill. longa. 
1-1'/, mill. lata. Anthera 1 mill. lata. Flores feminei quam masculi 
paulo majores. Pedunculus fructiferus */,-1 cent. longus, 2 mill. cras- 
sus. Fructus 2*/,-3 cent. longus, 1 !/, cent. crassus; aculei 7-9 mill. 
longi, 1 */, mill. lati. Semina oblonga, basi appendiculata, apice pro- 
funde trilobata, margine bicrenulata, 14 mill. longa, 8 mill. latà 
(Deser. ex icon. cit.). 
In Mexico (Mocino et Sessé, l. c.). 
21. C. Hystrix (Arn.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 280); foliis 
brevissime petiolatis, utrinque glabris et sublævibus, basi satis pro- 
funde emarginatis, superioribus truncatis, plus minusve profunde 
3-5-lobatis; eirrhis simplicibus vel rarius bifidis; floribus masculi 
minimis, in racemos simplices vel compositos gracillimos paucifloros 
foliis multo breviores digestis ; fructu brevissime pedunculato, ad api- 
cem acuto et in rostrum rectum vix obliquum producto, toto aculels 
brevibus distantibus obtecto. — Walp. Repert. 5, p. 762; Rem. Syn. 
fasc. 2, p. 101; Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fase. 2, p. 63 et in Mart. ^* 
Bras. fasc. 78, p. 104. — Momordica Hystrix Gill! in Hook. Bot- 
Miscell. 3, p. 324; Walp. Repert. 2, p. 200. 
Caulis gracillimus, glaber, striatus. Petiolus glaber, striatus, a 
mill. longus. Folia utrinque lete viridia, 3-7 cent. longa lataque, 
basim trinervia, lobis lanceolatis oblongo-lanceolatis vel rarius 
gularibus, acutis mucromulatisque, undulato-crenulatis vel interdun! 
lobulatis, terminali majore ad basim sæpius constricto ; nervi lat 
basilares bifurcati, imum sinum marginantes; sinus inter lobos an” 
