SICYOS . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 889 
prope Guaranda ad ped. mont. Chimborazo altit. 2668 metr. (Ed. 
André in herb. suo). " 
I5. S. montanus (Popp. et Endl.! Nov. gen. ac sp., 2, p. 53, 
tab. 172); foliis longe petiolatis, late ovatis, basi profunde emargi- 
natis; apice breviter acuminatis, 5-angulatis vel sublobatis, supra 
brevissime villosis, subtus breviter denseque tomentosis; cirrhis 3-4- 
fidis: racemis masculis compositis, multifloris, folio longioribus; flori- 
bus parvis; calyce anguste campanulato; fructu ovoideo-oblongo, bre- 
viter tomentoso, 4-5-aculeato. — Rom. Syn. fase. 9, p. 104: non 
Griseb. : 
Caulis inter herbas prostratus vel in fruticibus scandens, satis gra- 
cilis, obtuse sulcatus, brevissime villosus, 3 metr. longus. Petiolus 
satis gracilis, tenuiter striatus, breviter denseque villosus, 6-11 cent. 
longus, Folia membranacea, supra læte viridia, subtus cinerea, mar- 
gine minute remoteque denticulata, 10-15 cent. longa lataque, lobis 
late triangularibus, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, terminali majore: 
sinus basilaris angustissimus, fundo rotundus, 2-3 cent. profundus. 
Cirrhi robusti, elongati, sulcati, breviter villosi. Pedunculus commu- 
nis masculus robustus, striatus, breviter villosus præcipue ad basim, 
15-20 cent. longus; rami sæpius 3-4, divaricati; pedicelli capillares, 
Patuli vel reflexi, brevissime villosi, 7-12 mill. longi. Calycis tubus 
glaber vel Sparsé pilosus, basi subobtusus, 2 '/, mill. longus, 2 mill. 
latus: dentes patuli, subulati, */, mill. longi. Corolla virescens, bre- 
vissime papillosa, segmentis erecto-patulis, late ovato-triangularibus. 
pice acutis, 5-nerviis, 1*/, mill. longis, 1*/, mill. latis. Columna 
Staminea satis eracilis, glabra, 2 mill. longa; antheræ liberæ, in capi- 
tulum subelobosum 1 1/,-1 Y, mill. crassum approximatæ, loculis 
flexuosis, in antheris bilocularibus counectivo latiusculo separatis. 
edunculus communis femineus subfiliformis, striatus, breviter villo- 
US, 3-4 cent. longus, apice 3-8-florus. Fructus fuscescens, superiore 
pie iatus, apice truncatus, compressus, 7-9 mill. longus, 4 mill. 
atus. 
In Sylvis depressis Peruviæ convallis Quebrada de Chinchao (Poep- 
pig n. 4, 8, 1698 in herb. suo et herb. Endl. nunc Vindob., DC., Boiss.. 
Berol., Mus. Par., hort. et Acad. Petrop.); in Nova Granata propter 
urbem Pasto altit. 9638 metr. in sepibus et ruderatis frequens 
(Ed, André in herb. suo); ad El Moral in decliv. orient. mont. Quin- 
llo altit. 1960 metr. (Ed. André n. 2156 in herb. suo). 
