SICYDIUM. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 905 
Cirrhi filiformes, glabri. Inflorescentia mascula 3-7 cent. longa, 
aphylla vel microphylla, foliis iis caulis continectibus obviam; rami 
numerosi, breves, non flexuosi, pubescentes ; pedicelli racemulosi, fili- 
formes, pubescentes, 2 mill. longi, subapice leviter inflati et articu- 
lati; bracteole filiformes, 1 mill. longze. Calyx patulus, segmentis 
'/, mill. longis. Corolla rotata, segmentis patulis, 1-1'/, mill. longis, 
l mill. latis. Antherz subsessiles, ez stantinum biloeularium */, mill. 
longe, */, mill. latae. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In sylvis Brasiliæ (Sello in herb. Berol.). 
3. S. tamnifolium ; foliis ovatis, supra breviter villosis vel sub- 
tomentosis, subtus dense tomentosis; floribus masculis in paniculam 
amplam foliis multo longiorem digestis; calyce dense villoso, seg- 
mentis oblongo-triangularibus ; corolle segmentis lanceolato-lineari- 
bus, trinervatis, villosis, margine fimbriato-dentieulatis, dentes caly- 
cis 2-3-plo longioribus; antheris subsessilibus. — Fevillea tamnifolia 
Kunth! in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et sp. pl. 7, p. 175, tab. 640 
et Syn. 4, p. 208; Rom. Syn. mon. part. 2, p. 116; Seem. Herald, 
p. 127. — Triceratia bryonioides A. Rich.! in Ramon de la Sagra, 
Hist. nat. Cuba, 10, p. 299, tab. 44*. 
Caulis gracilis, striatus, ramosus, breviter denseque villosus. Petio- 
lus satis robustus, striatus, cinereo-tomentosus, 2-5 cent. longus. 
Folia membranacea, pedato-5-7-nervia, integra vel rarissime angu- 
lato-sublobata, margine integerrima, apice acuta vel subacuminata, 
1-10 cent. longa, 5-8 cent. lata, supra læte viridia et breviter tomen- 
tosa, subtus cinerea, dense tomentosa ; sinus basilaris subrectangula- 
tis, 2-12 mill. latus, 10-18 mill. profundus; nervi tenues, utrinque 
leviter prominentes, subtus vix reticulati. Cirrhi gracillimi, elongati, 
ad basim striati, hirtelli. Inflorescentia mascula 10-25 cent. longa, 
sepius aphylla, rarius foliis minimis sessilibus ad basim non emargi- 
natis instructa ; rami numerosi, divarieati, elongati, graciles, dense 
hirtelli; pedicelli capillares, dense villosi vel tomentosi, prope basim 
articulati, 3-5 mill. longi; bracteolæ subulatæ, longe villosæ, 1-2 mill. 
long, Calycis segmenta acuta, */, mill. longa. Corolla albo-viridis, 
segmentis patulis, apice plus minusve incurvatis, 1*/, mill. longis, 
‘hh mill. latis. Staminum filamenta crassa, subnulla ; antheræ bilo- 
culares Y, mill. longæ, */, mill. latæ, connectivo apice subemarginato. 
Inflorescentia feminea 6-12 cent. longa; rami breves, divaricati, dense 
tomentosi ; pedicelli subnulli. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, tomento- 
Sun, 17/ mill. longum; styli glabri, capillares, basi approximati, 
