SICYDIUM . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 907 
crassa, subnulla; antheræ biloculares '/, mill. longæ, !/, mill. late, 
connectivo apice emarginato. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Nova Granata ad La Mesa et rio Magdalena prov. Bogota, altit. 
1000 metr. (Triana n. 3024 in herb. Mus. Par.). 
5. S. diffusum (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., fasc. 78, p. 112); foliis 
membranaceis, ovatis, utrinque glabris sublævibusque ; floribus mas- 
culis in paniculam diffusam foliis multo longiorem digestis; calyce 
pubescente, segmentis subulatis ; corollæ seementis lanceolatis, 5-ner- 
vatis, papillosis, integris, dentes calycis duplo longioribus ; staminum 
filamentis antheris 3-4-plo longioribus. 
Caulis gracilis, profunde suleatus, ramosus, glaber. Petiolus sulea- 
tus, glaber, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia pedato-5-nervia, 6-9 cent. longa, 
4-6 cent. lata, apice breviter acuminata, lobis basilaribus divergen- 
tibus; sinus basilaris rotundatus, */,-1*/, cent. profundus, 1*/,-2 cent. 
latus; nervi utrinque tenuiter prominentes; folia inflorescentiæ mas- ` 
culæ 1*/,-3 cent. longa, Y,-2 cent. lata. Cirrhi elongati, eracillimi, 
glabri. Inflorescentia mascula 20-30 cent. longa, aphylla vel foliis 
minimis magis aeuminatis ad basim non emarginatis instrueta; rami 
paulo numerosi, longissimi, filiformes, flexuosi, glabri; pedicelli in 
fasciculos parvos dispositi, filiformes, pubescentes, 1-2 mill. longi, 
bracteæ subæquilongæ. Calyx erecto-patulus, segmentis 1 mill. longis. 
Corolle segmenta erecto-patula, 1*/,-2 mill. longa, */, mill. lata. 
Staminum filamenta 1-1 '/, mill. longa; antheræ staminum bilocula- 
rium ?/, mill. longe, !/, mill. late. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In Brasilia prope Manaos prov. do Alto Amazonas (Spruce n. 1539 
in herb. Brux., DC., Boiss, Deless., Francav., Kew., Benth., 
Van H.). 
‚Secr, II. — PTEROPEPON Cogn. in Mart. 1. €., p. 112. 
Flores monoici? Flores masculi paniculati, feminei solitarii vel 
geminati? Fructus magnus, valde compressus, alatus, fibrosus. Semen 
“ompressum, breviter marginatum. — Folia ad basim truncata vel 
leviter emarginata. 
9:85. monospermum (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras., fase. 78, p. 114, 
Mb. 36, fig. 1); foliis membranaceis, triangularibus vel triangulari- 
vatis, utrinque lævibus et subglabris ; floribus masculis in paniculam 
