860 DICOTYLEDONEA. ELATERIUM. 
tab. 154, Ic. pict. p. 118, tab. 232; Linn. Spec. ed. 2, p. 1375; Willd. 
Spec. 4, p. 192; Lam. Ill. tab. 743; Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. 
gen. 2, p. 95; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 310; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 81. 
Rami graciles, striati, glabri. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, glaber, 
1-4 cent. longus. Folia utrinque leete viridia, acuta et mucronata, 
margine minute remoteque denticulata vel subintegerrima, 7-10 cent. 
longa, 5-9 cent. lata; nervi tenues, subtus vix prominentes, duo late- 
rales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum non marginantes; sinus basi- 
laris rotundatus, sepe angustus, 1 !/,-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi gra- 
ciles, breves, sulcati, glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, 
striatus, glaber, 1-5 cent. longus; pedicelli erecto-patuli, 2-6 mill. 
longi. Calyx glaber, tubo basi truncato, ad apicem non dilatato, 7-9 
mill. longo, 2 mill. crasso; dentes minutissimi, triangulares, patuli. 
Petala patula, utrinque leviter papillosa, 5-nervia, 10-12 mill. longa. 
Stamina tubo calycis subæqualia; filamentum ad basim glandulosum, 
ad apicem glabrum; capitulum antherarum ovato-oblongum, 1*/, mill. 
longum. Flores feminei breviter pedunculati. Ovarium ovatum, dense 
hirsutum, 6-7 mill. longum. Pedunculus fructiferus crassus, 4-12 mill. 
longus. Fruetus oblique ovoideo-oblongus, apice obtusus, basi brevi- 
ter attenuatus, omnino longe setosus, 24-26 mill. longus, 14-15 mill. 
crassus. 
In Venezuela prov. Caracas (Gollmer in herb. Berol. ; Bonpland in 
herb. Kunth, nunc Berol. ; Humboldt n. 733 in herb. Berol. ; Plée n. 95 
in herb. Mus. Par.); ad Barranguilla (Balbis in herb. Berol.): ad S. 
Martha (Bertero in herb. Endl. nunc Vindob.); in Nova Granata secus 
amnem Dagna altit. cire. 600 metr. (Ed. André in herb. suo); in Isla 
Brava ad rip. flum. Magdalena (Ed. André n. 389 in herb. suo); 1 
Ecuadore ad Rio de Santa Rosa (Ed. André n. 4267 in herb. suo); M 
insula Cube (Wright n. 2594 in herb. DC., Boiss., hort. Petrop-). 
3. E. quinquelobum (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2. p. 59); 
foliis utrinque leviter villoso-asperis, ultra medium 5-lobatis, lobis 
lanceolatis; floribus masculis in racemos breves subumbelliformes 
10-20-floros digestis; calycis tubo brevi, late lineari, petalis breviore. 
Rami graciles, profunde sulcati, glabri. Petiolus filiformis, leviter 
pubescens, striatus, 2 '/,-3 cent. longus. Folia utrinque lite virili: 
5-10 cent. longa, 6-8 cent. lata, lobis acutis, margine leviter undulat* 
vel denticulatis, lateralibus ovato-oblongis, mediano anguste lance” 
lato, duplo longiori; nervi tenues, non prominentes, duo laterales 
basilares bifurcati, imum sinum non marginantes; sinus basilaris 
