866 DICOTYLEDONEJE. ELATERIUM. 
bri, inferiores 6-8 cent. longi, superiores subnulli. Folia utrinque lite 
viridia, inferiora ovato-cordiformia, superiora quadrangularia, minu- 
tissime remoteque denticulata, 6-8 cent. longa, 5-7 cent. lata ; nervi 
tenuissimi, subtus vix prominentes, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, 
imum sinum non marginantes; sinus basilaris sæpius angustissimus, 
1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi bifidi, graciles, elongati, subglabri. Pe- 
dunculus maseulus gracilis, suleatus, primum leviter pubescens, de- 
mum glaber, 10-20 cent. longus ; pedicelli filiformes, erecti, subglabri, 
3-8 mill. longi. Calyx glaber, tubo basi attenuato, prope apicem lev 
ter dilatato, 18-20 mill. longo, ad medium 1 mill. et prope apicem 
2 mill. lato; dentes patuli,'/, mill. longi. Petala glabra, patula, 
linearia, longe subulata, 12-15 mill. longa, ad basim */, mill. lata. 
Stamina tubo calycis :qualia; filamentum filiforme, ad basim leviter 
glandulosum, ad medium sparse villosum, ad apicem glabrum; tapi- 
tulum antherarum 2 mill. longum, */, mill. crassum. Flores femme 
subsessiles, quam masculi paulo majores. Calyx breviter stipitatus, 
basi truncatus. Ovarium oblongum, 4-5 mill. longum, longissime 
denseque hirsutum; stylus inferne rugosus, calycis tubo paulo bre- 
vior; stigma ovoideum, 1 */, mill. longum. Pedunculus fructiferus satis 
gracilis, 10-12 mill. longus. Fructus reniformis, compressus, obtusus, 
primum breviter setosus demum glaber, 12-16-spermus, 9-91], cent. 
longus. 14-16 mill. erassus. Semina quadrangularia, ad basim dilatata 
et appendieulata, apice tridentata, 6-7 mill. longa, ad basim 4-5 mill. 
et ad apicem 2-2 '/, mill. lata, ?/, mill. crassa. 
In Guatemala ad Mazatenango (Bernouilli n. 1186 in herb. DC. 
Berol., Kew.); in mont. Agua (Oersted n. 14, 15 in herb. Haun-); ? 
Tacaquiilo ad Ujaras (Oersted n. 64, 65 in herb. Haun.). | 
8, major, Cogn. 1. c. — Planta major; folia trilobata; pedicelli flo- 
riferi 1 '/,-2 cent. longi. ES 
In sylvis Nicaraguæ prope Grenade, altit. 40-60 metr. (P. Lev? 
n. 165 in herb. DC., Mus. Par., Fourn., Boiss., Van H.). 
B. Flores tetrameri. 
10. E. quadrifidum (Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 310); foliis (07 
dato-suborbicularibus, 7-angulatis, angulis acutis; floribus mascu? 
in racemos subumbelliformes 6-floros foliis breviores digestis ; — 
tubo elongato, lineari, petalis duplo longiore. — Moc. et Sessé, 1. 
tl. Mex. ined. tab. XXXVIII, fig. D. 
Rami petioli peduneuli cirrhique pubescentes. Petiolus robustus, 
