844 DICOTYLEDONEAL. CYCLANTHERA. 
** Aculei fructuum setiformes, vix compressi. Spec. 23-28. 
.. 23. €. Trianæi (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 75); foliis 
satis breviter petiolatis, utrinque punctato-scabris, ad basim satis 
profunde emarginatis, usque ad medium et ultra trilobatis; cirrhis 
bitidis; floribus masculis minimis, in racemos paucifloros foliis æqua- 
les digestis; fructu breviter pedunculato, ovato-lanceolato, subrecto, 
acutissime longeque rostrato, dense breviterque aculeato. 
Caulis elongatus, gracilis, angulatus, glaber. Petiolus gracillimus, 
tenuiter striatus, sparse breviterque pilosus, 2-4 cent. longus. Folia 
ambitu ovato-cordata, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 
6-8 cent. longa, 5-6 cent. lata, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis vel anguste 
triangularibus, mediano acuminato, lateralibus acutis, divergentibus. 
sepius dimidio brevioribus: sinus basilaris subrotundatus, 1-2 cent. 
latus, 1 cent. profundus; nervi tenues, vix prominentes, supra leviter 
hirtelli. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, glabri, sulcati. Pedunculus com- 
munis maseulus subfiliformis, glaber, 3-6 cent. longus, 10-20-florus. 
fere usque ad basim floriferus; pedicelli capillares, patuli, glabri. 
1-2 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late eupuliformis, glaber, 1%, mill. 
latus; dentes patuli, triangulari-subulati, */, mill. longi. Corolla 
virescens, utrinque brevissime sparseque papilloso-glandulosa, Seg” 
mentis oblongo-triangularibus, acutis, trinerviis, 1 */, mill. longis. 
‘,-1 mill. latis. Anthera */, mill. lata. Flores feminei subsessiles. 
quam masculi duplo majores. Pedunculus fructiferus gracilis, glaber. 
4-10 mill. longus. Fructus 3 '/, cent. longus, 12-14 mill. crassus, basi 
rotundatus; aculei 2-3 mill. longi, '/.-'/ mill. lati. Semina pallide 
cinerea, subquadrangularia, basi appendiculata, apice truncata " 
bidentata, margine rotundata, utrinque leviter rugulosa, 7-8 mil. 
longa, 4 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
In Nova Granata, ad El Gallego, mont. Quindio, altit. 2400 metr. 
(Triana n. 3015 in herb. Mus. Par. et DC.). 
5, villosa. Folia leviter 3-5-lobata, subtus leviter villoso-subtomen- 
tosa prsecipue ad nervos. 
In Mexico prope Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght in herb. Mus. Par.). 
24. €. quinquelobata (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, P- 64); 
foliis breviter petiolatis, utrinque primum leviter pubescentibus de- 
mum glabris et sublævibus, basi profunde emarginatis, profundissim 
5-lobatis; cirrhis bifidis; floribus masculis minimis, in racemos 
