SICYOS. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 881 
14-2 mill. latum vix cohærentes, loculis triplicatis. Flores feminei 
minuti. Pedunculus communis gracilis, dense longeque villosus, !/,-1 
cent. longus, apice 10-15-florus. Fructus cinereus, leviter ruguloso- 
tuberculatus, 6 mill. longus, 4 '/, mill. latus, 3 mill. crassus; setze 
tenuissimæ, fragiles, 2-3 mill. longæ. 
In prov. Cordoba prope San Roque (Hieronymus n. 360 in herb. 
Gotting. et Brux.); in vieinis Sorata prope Poquerani, prov. Lare- 
caja, in sepibus, altit. 2650 metr. (Mandon n. 1050 in herb. DC., 
Boiss., Francav., Vindob., Kew.); in Peruvia (Cl. Gay n. 2172 in 
herb. Mus. Par.). : 
J. S. polyacanthus (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 107); 
foliis breviter petiolatis, ovato-suborbicularibus, palmato-angulatis 
aut sub-3-5-lobatis, utrinque subglabris vel leviter pubescenti-sca- 
bris; cirrhis 5-fidis ; racemis masculis compositis, 40-100-floris, folium 
longe superantibus ; fructu ovoideo-compresso, acuto, glabro, aculeis 
setaceis rufis tenuissimis numerosissimis brevibus densissime operto. 
Alte scandens. Caulis gracilis, angulatus, pubescenti-scaber vel sub- 
villosus. Petiolus robustus, striatus, longe denseque villoso-hirsutus 
vel tomentosus. Folia membranacea, 8-12 cent. longa lataque; lobi 
parum profundi nune subnulli, margine minute denticulati, terminalis 
major, acutus vel acuminatus ; nervi laterales imum sinum non vel vix 
Marginantes ; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 2 '/,-3 cent. profundus; lobi 
basilares plus minusve convergentes et invicem superpositi. Cirrhi 
robusti, longissimi, pubescentes. Flores masculi parvi. Pedunculus 
communis satis robustus, suleatus, pubescens vel plus minusve to- 
Mentosus, 10-30 cent. longus; rami subverticillati, patuli; pedicelli 
tomentosi, ad apicem ramorum fascieulati. Calycis tubus late campa- 
nulatus: dentes minuti, lineares. Corolla flavo-viridis, segmentis pa- 
tulis, triangulari-lanceolatis, 5-7-nerviis, leviter glanduloso-papillosis, 
^4 mill. longis, 1 Y/,-2 mill. latis. Antheræ capitato-connatæ, loculis 
NEmoideo-flexuosis. Flores feminei 15-20 capitati ad apicem pedun- 
"uli communis petiolo brevioris. Pedunculus fructiferus satis robus- 
tus, striatus, tomentosus, '/,-1 Y, cent. longus. Fructus 1 cent. lon- 
BUS, 5-6 mill. latus, 3 mill. crassus; setze rufee, 2-3 mill. longze. 
In prov. Goyaz Brasiliæ ad Villa de Arrayas (Gardner n. 3744 in 
herb, Kew., Brit. Mus., Webb.); in prov. Minas Geraes ad Caldas 
‘Regnell IIT, n. 632 in herb. Brux., Holm.); ad S. Catharina (Fritz 
Müller n. 181 in herb. Kew.); in prov. Rio Grande do Sul (St-Hilaire 
C? n. 2753 in herb, Mus. Par.); ad Buenos-Ayres (Tweedie n. 741 in 
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