ELATERIUM . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 861 
rotundatus, 1*/,-2 cent. profundus, 5-7 mill. latus. Cirrhi graciles, 
breves, subglabri, inzequaliter bifidi. Pedunculus communis masculus 
gracilis, suleatus, glaber, 1-2'/, cent. longus; pedicelli capillares, 
patuli, glabri, 4-7 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo basi truncato, prope 
apicem leviter dilatato, 8-9 mill. longo, ad medium 1 '/, mill. et prope 
apicem 2 mill. lato; dentes patuli, anguste triangulares, '/, mill. 
longi. Petala patula vel reflexa, 5-7-nervia, undulata, utrinque leviter 
papillosa, linearia, longe subulata, 8-11 mill. longa, 1 mill. lata. 
Stamina tubo calycis sublongiora ; filamentum filiforme, ad basim 
rugosum, ad medium et ad apicem lieve; capitulum antherarum ovato- 
oblongum, 1'/, mill. longum. Pedunculus femineus 1 cent. longus. 
Ovarium ovato-oblongum, rostratum, 6 mill. longum, longe denseque 
hispidum. 
In Venezuela, prope Caracas (Moritz n. 174 in herb. Berol.). 
4. E. trilobatum (Schlecht. ! in Linnæa, 24, p. 639); foliis latio- 
ribus quam longis, supra sparse pilosis, subtus brevissime denseque 
villosis, usque ad medium trilobatis, lobis late ovatis divergentibus ; 
floribus masculis in racemos brevissimos 10-15-floros digestis ; calycis 
tubo elongato, lineari, petalis duplo longiore. 
Rami satis graciles, angulato-suleati, glabri. Petiolus satis gracilis, 
sulcatus, breviter villosus, 3-4 cent. longus. Folia supra intense viri- 
dia, subtus pallidiora, 7-10 cent. longa, 10-12 cent. lata, margine 
minute remoteque denticulata, lobis obtusis vel subacutis ; nervi gra- 
tiles, non prominentes, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum 
marginantes ; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 1 '/,-2 cent. latus pro- 
fundusque, Cirrhi gracillimi, elongati, subglabri, inzequaliter bifidi. 
edunculus communis masculus gracillimus, glaber, 1-2 cent. longus ; 
Pedicelli patuli, 4-6 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo basi truncato, 
Prope apicem leviter dilatato, 10-11 mill. longo, ad medium 1-1 +/, 
uill, et prope apicem 1 */, mill. lato; dentes subnulli. Petala 5-nervia, 
erecta, 6-7 mill. longa. Staminum filamentum 8-9 mill. longum, ad 
asim rugosum, ad apicem leve; capitulum antherarum 1*/, mill. 
ngum, */ mill. crassum. Pedunculus femineus filiformis, glaber, 
* ' cent. longus. Ovarium ovoideum, 3 mill. longum, dense brevi- 
terque hirsutum. 
In locis humidis Colombiæ prope Maiquetia, altit. circ. 300 metr. 
(Wagener n. 236 sec. Schlechtendal, 1. c. — In Mexico : Schiede 
n. 236 in herb. Berol.). 
