BLATERIUM . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 867 
2 cent. longus. Folia 5-6 cent. longa lataque, margine sparse undu- 
lato-denticulata ; nervi laterales basilares 2-3-furcati, imum sinum 
non marginantes ; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 7-8 mill. profun- 
dus, 1'/, cent. latus. Cirrhi robusti, breves. Pedunculus communis 
masculus robustus, 4-5 cent. longus; pedicelli erecti, graciles, 7-10 
mill. longi. Calycis tubus basi subtruncatus, ad apicem leviter dilata- 
tus, 12-15 mill. longus, ad medium 1 */, mill. et prope apicem 2 Y/,-3 
mill. latus; dentes subnulli. Petala patula, lineari-lanceolata, acumi- 
nata, 6-7 mill. longa. Flores feminei brevissime pedunculati, quam 
masculi paulo majores. Calyx stipitatus, 17-18 mill. longus. Ovarium 
oblongum, dense hirsutum (Descr. ex icone cit.). 
In Mexico sec. Mocino et Sessé. 
I. Cirrhi simplices. Inflorescentia mascula. sessilia vel subsessilia. 
ll. E. Trianzei (Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. fasc. 2, p. 57); foliis 
ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, supra scabris, subtus tomen- 
tosis, basi profunde cordatis, margine undulatis denticulatisque ; flo- 
ribus maseulis in racemos subumbelliformes 15-30-floros digestis; ca- 
lycis tubo elongato, lineari, petalis triplo longiore. 
Rami satis robusti, profunde sulcati, glabri. Petiolus gracilis, stria- 
tus, breviter denseque villosus, 1 Y/,-2 '/, cent. longus. Folia supra 
Intense viridia, subtus cinerea, 7-11 cent. longa, 5-8 cent. lata; nervi 
Satis validi, subtus leviter prominentes, duo laterales basilares 2-3- 
furcati, imum sinum vix marginantes; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 
14-2 cent. latus, 1-1 !/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, 
glabri, Pedunculus communis masculus robustus, breviter pubescens, 
2-6 mill. longus; pedicelli patuli vel reflexi, filiformes, dense brevi- 
terque villosi, 10-12 mill. longi. Calyx leviter pubescens, tubo basi 
truncato, prope apicem leviter dilatato, 20-22 mill. longo, ad medium 
? mill. et ad apicem 3 mill. lato; dentes patuli vel reflexi, triangu- 
lares, 1 mill. longi. Petala patula, 7-nervia, anguste triangularia, 
utrinque leviter papillosa, 6-7 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. Stamina tubo 
calycis æqualia ; filamentum filiforme, ad basim rugosum, ad apicem 
læve; Capitulum antherarum subglobosum, 1 '/, mill. crassum. Flores 
feminei breviter pedunculati. Pedunculus fructiferus crassus. Fructus 
oblongus, longe rostratus, basi rotundatus, sparse echinatus, 6-7 cent. 
908us, 2 !/,-3 cent. crassus. Semina cinerea, ovata, margine subinte- 
. 
Sa, 12 mill. longa, 10 mill. lata, vix 1 mill. crassa. 
