CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 847 
Caulis gracillimus, ad basim ramosissimus, striatus, subglaber vel 
levissime villosus preecipue ad nodos, 2-5 decim. longus. Petiolus gra- 
cilis, tenuiter striatus, subglaber, 2-5 cent. longus. Folia utrinque 
lete viridia, 3-5 cent. longa lataque; lobis oblongis, ad basim valde 
constrictis, apice breviter mucronulatis, mediano paulo longiore, 
exterioribus interdum leviter bilobatis; sinus basilaris subrotundatus, 
1-1'/, eent. latus, 3-8 mill. profundus; nervi tenues, non promi- 
nentes. Cirrhi filiformes, breves, glabri, suleati. Pedunculus commu- 
nis masculus filiformis, breviter pubescens, 8-20-florus, 2-3 cent. lon- 
gus; pedicelli capillares, patuli, 1-2 mill. longi. Calycis tubus subro- 
tatus, glaber, 1 mill. latus; dentes subnulli. Corolla virescens, utrinque 
brevissime sparseque papilloso-glandulosa, segmentis lanceolato- 
triangularibus, acutis, trinerviis, 1-1 /, mill. longis, */,-*/, mill. latis. 
Anthera vix */, mill. lata. Flores feminei subsessiles, quam masculi 
paulo majores. Pedunculus fructiferus gracilis, 2-5 mill. longus. 
Fruetus.basi leviter attenuatus, 12-15 mill. longus, 5-6 mill. crassus; 
aculei 2-2 1/, mill. longi. Semina fusca, tenuissime punctata, basi 
leviter attenuata, 2 */,-3 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata, 1 */, mill. crassa. 
In Peruvia (Dombey in herb. Mus. Par.; Pavon in herb. Boiss.; 
 Barelay n. 285 in herb. Brit. Mus.); prope Amancæs (Mathews n. 736 
in herb. Kew., Benth., Edin.); prope Lima (Abadia in herb. DC. ; 
W. Nation n. 19 in herb. Kew.); prope Obrajillo (sec. Asa Gray, l. c.). 
5, subintegrifolia. Folia 5-angulata, vix lobata. 
In Peruvia (Pavon in herb. Boiss.). 
27. €. microcarpa (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 75); foliis 
breviter petiolatis, utrinque glabris et scabriuseulis, ovatis, ad basim 
truncatis vel subrotundis, ad apicem acutis vel acuminatis, margine 
mtegerrimis; cirrhis simplicibus vel bifidis; floribus masculis minimis, 
m racemos simplices, paucifloros petiolo breviores digestis; fructu 
ininimo, subglobuloso-gibboso, aliquot parvas spinas ferenti. 
Caulis subfiliformis, suleatus, glaber, ramosissimus. Petiolus fili- 
formis, brevissime sparseque pilosus vel glaber, */,-2 cent. longus. 
Folia membranacea, 4-5 cent. longa, 3-4 cent. lata, supra intense 
viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora; nervi tenuissimi, non prominentes. 
Cirrhi Capillares, breves, glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus fili- 
formis, brevissime villosus, !/,-1 cent. longus; pedicelli capillares, 
patuli, breviter pubescentes, 3-4 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late cupu- 
liformis, glaber, 1-1 '/, mill. latus; dentes triangulares, subnulli. Co- 
rolla virescens, vix papillosa, segmentis triangularibus, acutis, tri- 
