SICYOS , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX J. 873 
fructu parvo Pluk. Phyt. tab. 26. f. 4. — Cucumis canadensis mono- 
spermos fructu echinato Herm. Parad. tab. 35. — Bryonioides flore et 
fructu minore Dill. Hort. Elth. p. 58, fab. 51. — Sicyoides ameri- 
cana, fructu echinato, foliis angulatis Tourn. Inst. p. 103, tab. 28. — 
Sicyos acutus Rafin. Fl. Ludow. p. 113; DC. Prodr. l. c. ; Reem. 1. e. 
p. 104. — Micrampelis echinata Rafin.! in Med. Rep. 5, p. 351 et in 
Desv. Journ. Bot. 1809, 2, p. 167. 
Caulis satis gracilis, alte scandens, angulato-suleatus, satis dense 
horizontaliterque villosus. Petiolus satis gracilis, tenuiter striatus, 
longe albo villosus vel subtomentosus, 3-8 cent. longus. Folia supra 
kete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, apice acuta vel breviter acumi- 
nata, margine minutissime remoteque denticulata, 10-20 cent. longa 
lataque; nervi tenues, subtus leviter prominentes, duo laterales basi- 
lares bifurcati, imum sinum non marginantes; sinus basilaris sub- 
triangularis, angustus, 2-5 cent. profundus. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, 
leviter suleati, brevissime denseque villosi, szepissime 5-fidi. Flores 
masculi pro genere magni, subcorymboso-capitati. Pedunculus com- 
munis gracilis, striatus, leviter villosus, ad apicem longe albo-pilosus 
vel. tomentosus, 19-30 cent. longus; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, subver- 
ticillati, longe villosi, 5-15 mill. longi. Calycis tubus subrotatus, 
sparse longeque pilosus, 4-5 mill. latus ; dentes patuli, anguste trian- 
gulares vel subulati, 1 mill. longi. Corolla flavescens, nervis venisque 
virididus percursa, leviter villosa, segmentis patulis, ovato-oblongis, 
apice obtusis, sub-7-nerviis, 3-4 mill. longis, 2*/,-3 mill. latis. Columna 
Staminea satis crassa, glabra, 1 mill. longa; capitulum antherarum 
depressum, 1 !/ mill. latum. Flores feminei quam masculi multo 
minores, Pedunculus communis gracilis, 1-2 cent. longus, apice capi- 
tato-10-15-florus. Fructus flavescens, basi rotundatus, 12-14 mill. 
longus, 7-8 mill. latus, 2Y,-3 mill. crassus; setæ persistentes, ad 
basim leviter tuberculatæ, 4-6 mill. longae. 
In Texas (Lindheimer n. 397; Berlandier n. 2375 et 2401; Matthes 
1. M1; C. Wright); in California (Xantus n. 306); in Pensylvania 
(Muhlenberg n. 429); in Missouri (Martens in herb. Monac. ; Drum- 
Mond n. 145 in herb. Kew.); prope Mobile (Mohr in herb. hort. 
Petr.); in Ohio (Frank in mult. herb.); in Arkansas (Engelmann in 
herb, Berol.); in Alabama (Rafinesque in herb. hort. Petr.); in Ken- 
tucky (Griswold in herb. hort. Petr.; Short in herb. Kew.); in Ten- 
léssee prope Dandridge (Rugel in herb. DC. et Boiss.); in Illinois 
(Breudel in herb. Berol.); in Delaware (Cauby in herb. Flor.) ; prope 
New-York (Geubel in herb. Francav. et hort. Petr.); in Rhode Islands 
