CYCLANTHERA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 853 
Sect. IL. — ELATERIOPSIS. 
Genus Elateriopsis Ernst, loc. cit. Spec. 34-39. 
24. €. macropoda; foliis basi leviter emarginatis vel truncatis, 
fere usque ad medium 3-5-lobatis; cirrhis trifidis; floribus masculis 
parvis, in racemos paucifloros foliis longiores digestis; calycis denti- 
bus triangularibus, ad basim conniventibus. — Momordica macro- 
poda Poepp. et Endl.! Nov. gen. ac spec. 2, p. 54, tab. 173; Walp. 
Repert. 2, p. 200; Roem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 54. — Elateriopsis macro- - 
poda Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 84. 
Caulis altissime scandens; rami numerosi, sulcati, glabri, graciles. 
Petiolus compressus, striatus, glaber vel brevissime villosus, 5-10 cent. 
longus. Folia membranacea, ambitu suborbicularia vel subtriangu- 
laria, utrinque lzte viridia, glabra et tenuissime punctato-scabrius- 
cula, 10-17 cent. longa, 12-20 cent. lata; lobis triangularibus, acutis, 
margine integerrimis, terminali longiore; nervi tenues, vix promi- 
nentes, supra ad basim leviter hirtelli. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, angu- 
lati, glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus robustus, angulatus, 
glaber, 20-39 cent. longus, 10-20-florus ; pedicelli filiformes, patuli vel 
reflexi, glabri, 3-6 mill: longi. Calycis tubus cupuliformis, glaber, 
^ 5 mill. latus; dentes acuti vel breviter acuminati, brevissime 
villosi, subtrinervii, erecto-patuli, 2 mill. longi, 1 */, mill. lati. 
Corolla virescens, late campanulata, utrinque brevissime papillosa, 
segmentis ovatis, acutis vel subobtusis, 5-7-nerviis, 2-2 */, mill. lon- 
gis, 15-2 mill. latis. Antherz in capitulum subsphæricum, 2-2 */, 
mill. crassum coherentes. Flores feminei quam masculi paulo ma- 
Jores. Pedunculus gracilis, 8-12 mill. longus. Ovarium oblongum, gla- 
brum, utrinque attenuatum, 8-10 mill. longum. Fructus ovato-oblon- 
gus, basi rotundatus, cæterum sensim attenuatus, apice acutus, 
curvatus, glaber, succulentus, 12-15 cent. longus, 5-6 cent. crassus. 
Semina pallide brunnea, obtuse triangularia, basi appendiculata, 
“pice retusa, margine leviter undulata, utrinque sublævia, 19-20 mill. 
longa, 15-16 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
1 sylvis primævis Peruviæ ad Missionem Tocache, prov. Maynas 
(Peppig n. 1966 in herb. suo nunc Vindob. et Berol.). 
n C. tamnifolia (Griseb.! Pl. Lorentz. p. 147): foliis inte- 
sns, late ovato-cordatis, basi leviter emarginatis vel subtruncatis ; 
