SICYOS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 877 
longe petiolatis, late cordato-orbicularibus, leviter vel fere usque gd 
medium 5-7-lobatis, supra sparse hirsutis, subtus brevissime villosis, 
demum utrinque scabris, lobis late rotundatis vel triangularibus ; ner- 
vis lateralibus imum sinum non marginantibus; cirrhis plerumque 
4-fidis; racemis masculis simplicibus, multifloris, folio longioribus vel 
vix brevioribus; fructu ovoideo, leviter compresso, acuto, villosius- 
culo, densiuscule setoso, setis elongatis persistentibus. — Rem. Syn. 
fase. 2, p. 105. — S. microphyllus Kunth! in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. 
gen. et sp. 2, p. 119 (specim. imperfecte evolutus), et Syn. 1, p. 426: 
Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 309; Rœm. 1. e. p. 105. — Sicyos sp. nov. 
Schlecht. et Cham.! in Linnæa, 5, p. 88. — S. vitifolius Hook. et 
Arn. Bot. Beech. voy. p. 292 (non Willd.). — S. glandulosus Rcem. 
l. c. p. 105. — S. Bourgæanus Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 6, 
p. 22. | 
Caulis satis gracilis, 5-angulatus, leviter villosus vel subglaber, 
ramosissimus, 10-12 metr. longus. Petiolus robustiusculus, tenuiter 
striatus, brevissime denseque villoso-hirsutus demum subglaber, 5-20 
cent. longus. Folia membranacea, supra intense viridia, subtus paulo 
pallidiora, margine remote denticulata vel subcrenulata, 7-15 cent. 
longa lataque, lobis lateralibus brevibus, acutis vel subobtusis, termi- 
nali majore, triangulari vel oblongi, sepius acuminati; nervi supra 
breviter hirtelli, subtus vix prominentes; sinus basilaris angustissi- 
mus, subacutus, 2-5 cent. profundus. Cirrhi satis robusti, elongati, 
Sulcati, subglabri, superiores interdum trifidi. Flores masculi parvi. 
eduneulus communis gracilis, sulcatus, longule villosus precipue ad 
apicem, 10-30-florus, 10-30 cent. longus; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, 
breviter villosi, 5-19 mill. longi. Calyeis tubus subrotatus, sparse 
pilosus, 3 mill. latus; dentes patuli, subulati, 1 mill. longi. Corolla 
spurco-alba, sparse breviterque papilloso-glandulosa, segmentis patu- 
lis, ovato-triangularibus, subobtusis, reticulato-5-nerviis, 3 mill. lon- 
gis, 2-2, mill. latis. Columna staminea gracilis, glabra, 1 Y, mill. 
longa ; antheræ in capitulum depressum 1*/, mill. latum vix cohæ- 
rentes, loculis triplicatis. Flores feminei quam masculi multo minores. 
Unculus communis gracilis, striatus, villosus, 1-2 cent. longus, 
apice capitato-5-10-florus. Fructus pallide fuseus, basi rotundatus, 
6-7 mill. longus, 3-4 mill. latus, 2 Y, mill. crassus; setze 4-5 mill. 
longæ, ad basim leviter tuberculatæ. 
. In Mexico (Pavon in herb. Boiss. et Webb. ; Virlet d'Aoust n. 1053 
I herb, Mus. Par. et Fourn.; Uhde n. 1075 in herb. Berol.; Aschen- 
born n, 79 in herb. Berol.); prope Mexico (Coulter n. 50 in herb. Kew.; 
