SICYOS , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 887 
pue ad apicem, 5-7 cent. longus, 15-25-florus; pedicelli capillares, 
patuli, villosi, 1-2 mill. longi. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, gla- 
ber, 2-2'/, mill. latus; dentes patuli vel reflexi, subulati, '/, mill. 
longi. Corolla virescens, sparse glandulosa, segmentis patulis, trian- 
gularibus, acutis, 5-nerviis, 1 '/,-2 mill. longis, 1-1 */, mill. latis. Co- 
lumna staminea gracilis, glabra, 1-1 */, mill. longa; capitulum anthe- 
rarum subglobosum, */, mill. crassum. Pedunculus communis femineus 
filiformis, 1 cent. longus. Fructus cinereus, leviter compressus, apice 
subacutus, 4 mill. longus, 3-3 */, mill. latus, 2-2 */, mill. erassus. 
In Peruvia prope Lima (Wawra n. 2640 in herb. Vindob.). 
16. S. subcorymbosus; foliis longissime petiolatis, late ovatis, 
basi profunde emarginatis, apice acutis vel breviter acuminatis, inte- 
gris vel angulato-subtrilobatis, supra glabris et sublævibus, subtus 
brevissime sparseque hirsutis; cirrhis 3-4-fidis; racemis masculis 
simplieibus, subcorymbosis, paucifloris, folio multo longioribus; flori- 
bus parvis; calyce late campanulato; fructu oblongo-triangulari, bre- 
vissime denseque villoso, ad basim 3-6 aculeos setaceos basi tubercu- 
latos saepius adpressos gerente, rarius leevi. 
Caulis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, suleatus, leviter villosus præci- 
pue ad nodos. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, leviter villosus, 10-15 cent. 
longus. Folia tenuiter membranacea, supra intense viridia, subtus 
pallidiora, margine integerrima vel vix denticulata, 12-20 cent. longa, 
10-18 cent. lata; sinus basilaris angustus, subacutus, 2-5 cent. pro- 
fundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, striati, leviter villosi. Pedunculus 
communis masculus gracilis, sparse longeque villosus præcipue ad 
apicem, 12-25 cent. longus, apice 15-25-florus, pilis patulis, albis, 
3-4 mill. longis; pedicelli capillares, subglabri, inferiores 12-16 mill. 
longi, superiores breviores. Calycis tubus subglaber, 3 mill. latus; 
dentes subulati, brevissimi vel subnulli. Corolla virescens, sparse pa- 
pilloso-glandulosa præcipue ad apicem, segmentis. ovato-triangulari- 
us, acutis, 5-nerviis, 2-2 '/, mill. longis, 1 */, mill. latis. Columna 
staminea gracillima, glabra, 1 '/, mill. longa ; capitulum antherarum 
subglobosum, 1 mill. crassum. Flores feminei quam masculi multo 
minores. Pedunculus communis gracillimus, leviter villosus, 2-3 cent. 
longus, 8-15-florus. Corollæ segmenta oblonga, trinervia, 1 '/, mill. 
longa, */, mill. lata. Ovarium oblongum, 1 '/2 mill. longum ; sty- 
lus eapillaris, glaber, 1 '/, mill. longus, stigmate obscure trilobato. 
Pedunculus fructiferus 3-5 cent. longus. Fruetus cinereus, apice suba- 
cutus, transverse rugosus, 8-9 mill. longus, 4-5 mill. latus, 1 */, mill. 
crassus; aculei rigidi, 2-3 mill. longi. 
