SICYOS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 579 
herb. Mus. Par.) ; prope Mexico (Schmitz n. 85 in herb. Brit. Mus.): 
« patria ignota, verisimiliter in Mexico; culta in hort. Berol. » (herb. 
Willd. fol. n. 18071, herb. Berol. et hort. Petr.). 
T. S. laciniatus (Linn. Spec. edit. 1, p. 1013, edit. 2, p. 1459); 
foliis parvis, inferioribus longe petiolatis, superioribus breviter petio- 
latis, late ovato-cordatis, plus minusve 5-lobatis, utrinque breviter 
villoso-subhirsutis demum scabris; nervis lateralibus imum sinum 
marginantibus; cirrhis 3-4-fidis; racemis masculis simplicibus, pauci- 
floris, petiolo brevioribus; fructu ovoideo, vix compresso, subacuto, 
subglabro, tenuissime sparseque setoso, demum nudo. — Willd. Spec. 
4, p. 623; Descourt. Fl. pit. et med. Antil. 5, tab. 13 (non text. 
p. 103); DC. Prodr. 3, p. 309; Roem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 105. — Sicyoi- 
des fructu echinato, foliis laciniatis Plum. Cat. pl. Amer. p. 3; 
Tourn. Instit. p. 103. — Sicyos foliis laeiniatis Plum. Pl. Amer. edid. 
Burm. fasc. 10, p. 239, tab. 243. — Sicyos parviflorus A. Gr. ! PI. 
Wright. part. 2, p. 62 (non Willd.). — S. parvifolius A. Gr.! mss. : 
Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 6, p.:22, 
Caulis gracillimus, dense ramosus, angulato-sulcatus, sparse lon- 
geque villosus, demum scaberulus, 7-10 metr. longus. Petiolus gracil- 
limus, tenuiter striatus, dense breviterque villosus, 1-7 cent. longus. 
Folia utrinque leete viridia vel subtus paulo pallidiora, margine den- 
ticulato-suberenulata, 4-8 cent. longa lataque vel paulo angustiora : 
lobis triangularibus vel oblongis, interdum lobulatis, lateralibus acutis 
mucronatisque, terminali majore, longe mucronato vel acuminato : 
nervi supra leviter villosi, subtus leviter prominentes; sinus basilaris 
Subrectangularis, */,-1 */, cent. profundus, 1-2 cent. latus. Cirrhi 
Satis graciles, breves, striati, leviter villoso-hirsuti. Flores maseuli 
minuti, Peduneulus communis filiformis, brevissime denseque villosus, 
1-15-florus, 1-3 cent. longus; pedicelli capillares, patuli, leviter vil- 
loso-glandulosi, 3-5 mill. longi. Calycis tubus latissime campanulatus, 
Subglaber, 2-2 1}, mill. latus; dentes patuli, subulati, '/, mill. longi. 
Corolla pallescens, utrinque densiuscule papillosa, segmentis patulis. 
Wato-triangularibus, apice subacutis, 5-7-nerviis, 2 mill. longis, 1 */, 
mill. latis; Columna staminea gracilis, glabra, 1-1 '/, mill. longa: 
antherg in eapitulum leviter depressum 1 mill. latum coherentes, 
loculis arcuatis, non flexuosis. Flores feminei minutissimi. Pedunculus 
communis gracilis, breviter villosus, ‘/,-2 cent. longus, apice capitato- 
5-l5-lorus. Fructus fuscus, basi rotundatus vel subacutus, leviter 
tuberculatus, 6 mill. longus, 3-3 '/ mill. latus, 2 '/, mill. crassus; 
Sete fragiles, caducæ, 1-2 mill. longæ. 
