886 DICOTYLEDONE.E. SICYOS . 
rioribus 12-15 cent. longus, in foliis superioribus multo brevior et 
interdum subnullus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus pallida, apice 
acuta et breviter mucronata, margine minutissime remoteque denti- 
culata vel integerrima, 8-12 cent. longa lataque, superiora gradatim 
decrescentia, lobis lateralibus plerumque obtusis, interdum subnullis : 
sinus basilaris plus minusve rotundatus, 1-2 */, cent. profundus. 
Cirrhi graciles, elongati, striati, breviter pubescentes, interdum tri- 
fidi. Racemi masculi graciles, primo pauciflori mox 12-15-flori ; pedun- 
eulus communis filiformis, suleatus, breviter pubescens, 2-5 cent. 
longus; pedicelli capillares, patuli, vix 1 mill. longi. Calycis tubus 
campanulatus, glaber, 1 mill. latus; dentes patuli, subulati, '/j-'/; 
mill. longi. Corolla albescens, sparse papilloso-glandulosa, segmentis 
patulis, triangularibus, acutis, 5-7-nerviis, 1-1 */, mill. longis et latis. 
Columna staminea gracilis, glabra, ?/, mill. longa; capitulum anthe- 
rarum depressum, apice leviter papillosum, “/,-?/, mill. latum. Flores 
feminei quam masculi minores. Pedunculus communis filiformis. 
1 cent. longus, 5-10-florus. Ovarium oblongum, longe sparseque pilo- 
sum; stylus filiformis, glaber, longe exsertus, 2-2 '/, mill. longus: 
stigmate sepius trilobato. Fructus pallide cinereus, triangulari-ovoi- 
deus, compressus, apice obtusus, 5-6 mill. longus, 4-5 mill. latus. 
1 7/; mill. crassus, brevissime denseque villosus. 
In Mexico (herb. Willd. fol. n. 18070 part. ; Bourgeau in herb. Mus. 
Par.; Hahn in herb. Mus. Par. et Brux.; Schaffner n. 346 in herb. 
Berol.; Pavon in herb. Boiss.); ad Santa-Fé prope Mexico (Bourgeau 
n. 973 in herb. hort. Petrop.; Hahn n. 199 in herb. Mus. Par.); in 
mont. Cotopaxi, altit. 2600 metr. (Wagner in herb. Monac.); ad Re- 
gla (Ehrenberg n. 561 in herb. Berol.). 
15. S. gracillimus; foliis subsessilibus, ovato-cordatis, basi le- 
viter emarginatis, apice acutis, integris, subangulatis, utrinque gla- 
bris et subleevibus; cirrhis 2-3-fidis; racemis masculis simplicibus y 
gracillimis, subspicatis, paucifloris, folio longioribus; floribus minutis: 
fructu ovoideo, primum longe villoso demum subglabro, tuberculato- 
Caulis gracillimus, subsimplex, striatus, subglaber. Petiolus satis 
gracilis, vix striatus, breviter villosus, 4-8 mill. longus. Folia tenuiter 
membranacea, supra lete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, api“ 
acuta, margine integerrima vel vix denticulata, 4-5 cent. longa et 
fere totidem lata; sinus basilaris acutus, angustissimus, 1-1 '/; cent. 
profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, breves, striati, leviter pubescentes. Pe- 
dunculus communis masculus filiformis, striatus, dense villosus ric 
