890 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. SICYOS . 
Secr. IH. — ATRACTOCARPOS. 
Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 108. 
Antheræ 3, sinuosæ, capitato-connatæ. Flores feminei solitarii 
rarius geminati. Fructus compressus, sepius fusiformis, utrinque 
longe attenuatus, ad basim 2-3 aculeos setaceos adpressos gerens: 
pericarpio tenui. — Spec. 19-24. 
19. S. fusiformis (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 105, 
tab. 34); foliis ovato-triangularibus, palmato-angulatis aut subtrilo- 
batis, basi profunde emarginatis, utrinque leviter pubescentibus sub- 
lævibusque; cirrhis trifidis; racemis masculis subsimplicibus, 12-30- 
floris, folio brevioribus ; antheris cohærentibus ; floribus femineis soli- 
tariis ad apicem pedunculi petiolo :equalis; fructu fusiformi, utrinque 
longe attenuato, non gibboso, ad basim aculeis 2-3 setaceis adpressis 
instructo. 
Alte scandens. Caulis ramique graciles, striati, leviter pubescentes. 
ad nodos villosi; pili albi, rigidi, laxiusculi, 3-4 mill. longi. Petiolus 
gracilis, striatus, 4-6 cent. longus, pilis coopertus quorum alii long! 
albi recti laxi, alii breviores ac crispi. Folia membranacea, 8-10 cent. 
longa et lata, margine subtiliter denticulata, apice breviter acum- 
nata; sinus basilaris 1 '/,-2 cent. profundus, 2-3 cent. latus. Cirrhi 
graciles, puberuli. Pedunculus communis masculus filiformis, glaber. 
6-8 cent. longus; pedicelli glabri, patuli vel reflexi, 8-15 mill. longi. 
Flores minuti. Calycis tubus glaber, late campanulatus, 1 '/; mill. 
longus et latus; dentes lineares, ?/, mill. longi. Corolla albescens, 
segmentis oblongis, subobtusis, 5-nervatis, erecto-patulis, 2 mill. 
longis, */,-1 mill. latis. Pedynculus femineus filiformis, leviter pubes- 
cens, 2-3 cent. longus, maturitate ad 4-8 cent. accrescens. Ovarium 
lineari-fusiforme, 3 mill. longum, ad basim setas 2-3 adpressas gerens. 
ceterum leviter pubescens ae fere læve. Fructus 3-3*/, cent. longus, 
3-4 mill. latus, 1*/, mill. crassus; pericarpium tenuissimum, siccum : 
aculei basilares 4-5 mill. longi. Semina cinerea, lineari-oblonga, 1 
utraque facie leviter concava, 16-17 mill. longa, 2 */,-3 mill. lata, 1 h 
mill. crassa. 
In Brasilia prope Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 7647 in herb. Eichl. 
et Kew.); ad Serra dos Organos (Glaziou in herb. Brux.). 
