892 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. SICYOS 
Alte scandens. Caulis ramique graciles, striati, sparse pilosi, ad 
nodos longe villosi ; pili ad nodos albescentes, crispuli, 2-3 mill. longi. 
Petiolus gracilis, striatus, 3-6 cent. longus, pilis coopertus quorum 
alii longi albi sparsi recti, alii breviores densi ac crispi. Folia mem- 
branacea, 8-10 cent. longa, 9-12 cent. lata, usque ad ?/, lobata ; lobus 
terminalis 5-7 cent. longus, 2-3 cent. latus; lobi intermedii 4-6 cent. 
longi, 2 cent. lati, exteriores 2-3 cent. longi, 1-1!/, cent. lati; sinus 
basilaris latissimus, !/,-1'/, cent. profundus, 3-5 cent. latus; nervi 
laterales basilares imum sinum marginantes vel submarginantes. 
Cirrhi graciles, elongati, profunde sulcati, brevissime villoso-scabe- 
ruli. Inflorescentia mascula 5-7 cent. longa, interdum androgyna : 
peduneulus communis filiformis, breviter villosus; pedicelli capillares, 
glabri, divaricati vel sæpius reflexi. Flores minutissimi. Calycis tubus 
glaber, campanulatus, */,-1 mill. longus, */, mill. latus; dentes erecto- 
patuli, subulati, */, mill. longi. Corolla albescens, segmentis ovato- 
triangularibus, acutis, 3-sub-5-nerviis, breviter papilloso-zlandulosis. 
erecto-patulis, 1 mill. longis, ?/,-?/, mill. latis. Peduneulus fructiferus 
filiformis, glaber, 8-10 cent. longus. Fructus 2 cent. longus, 2 '/, mill. 
latus, 1 '/, mill. crassus; aculei 2-3 mill. longi. 
Ad fluvium Daule prope Guayaquil (Spruce n. 6328 in herb. DC.. 
Boiss., Van H., Mus. Par., hort. Petrop., Edin., Kew., Brit. Mus.). 
22. S. quinquelobatus (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 18, 
p. 109); foliis utrinque scaberrimis, basi profunde emarginatis, pro 
funde 5-lobatis, lobis acutis, subtiliter denticulatis, superiore lanceo- 
lato, intermediis oblongo-lanceolatis, exterioribus triangularibus ; 
cirrhis trifidis; racemis masculis simplicibus, 10-20-floris, folio aequa- 
libus; antheris capitato-connatis; floribus femineis solitariis ad apr 
cem peduneuli petiolo æqualis ; fructu fusiformi, utrinque longe atte- 
nuato, ad trientem inferiorem gibboso, ad basim aculeis 2 ac in gibbo- 
sitate iis 2-3 setaceis adpressis cum reliquo fructu reflexo-exasperatis 
instructo. 
Alte scandens. Caulis ramique graciles, striati, glabri, ad nodos 
longe villosi ; pili rufi, crispi, 4-6 mill. longi. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, 
leviter pubescenti-seaber, 4-5 cent. longus. Folia membranacea, 1-9 
cent. longa, 8-10 cent. lata, usque ad */, lobata; lobus terminalis 
cent. longus, 1*/, cent. latus; lobi intermedii 3-4 cent. longi, 2 cent. 
lati ; exteriores */,-1*/, cent. longi, 1-13/, cent. lati; sinus basilaris 
1*/, cent. profundus, 1*/,-2*/, cent. latus; nervi laterales basilares 
imum sinum 2-3 mill. distantes. Cirrhi graciles, puberuli. Pedunculu* 
