ALSOMITRA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 981 
In Brasilia meridionali loco haud indicato (St-Hilaire in herb. Mus. 
Par.); ? in Peruvia (Pavon in herb. Webb.). 
B, pubescens Griseb.! Symb. ad fl. Argent. p. 136. — Foliola supra 
glabra, subtus pilis brevibus adpressis satis densis vestita. Flores 
masculi paniculati; pedunculus communis satis gracilis, puberulus, 
12-20 cent. longus; rami patuli, 1-2 cent. longi; pedicelli filiformes, 
1-4 mill. longi, basi bracteolati ; bracteolæ subulatæ, villosæ, 1-2 mill. 
longæ. Petala subrotunda, oblique biloba. — Feuillea triphylla Gri- 
seb.! olim in litt.; 1. c.; Lorentz, Veg. del Nordeste prov. Entre- 
Rios, p. 117. 
In prov. Argentinæ Jus; prope S. Lorenzo cesa in herb. Got- 
ting., Brux., Kew.). 
4. A. clavigera (Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 118); foliis breviter 
petiolatis, trifoliolatis; foliolis petiolulatis, basi sæpissime biglandu- 
losis, membranaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, 
utrinque glabris, penninerviis ; cirrhis apice bifidis ; fructu leevi; semi- 
nibus pallide fulvis, utrinque leviter rugulosis. — Clarke in Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 634. — Zanonia clavigera Wall.! List, n. 3725; PI. 
As. rar. 2, p. 28; Walp. Rep. 2, p. 194. — Z. integerrima Wall.! 
List, n. 3725. 
Rami graciles, elongati, ramosi, glabri, sulcati. Petiolus satis gra- 
cilis, vix striatus, glaber, 1 !/,-2 cent. longus ; petioluli interdum levi- 
ter puberuli, 5-7 mill. longi. Foliola utrinque intense viridia, lævia, 
lateralia 5-10 cent. longa, 1'/,-3!/, cent. lata, paulo asymmetrica, 
extrinsecus rotunda vel subacuta, intermedium 7-12 cent. longum, 
2-5 cent. latum, basi acutum ; nervi tenues, subtus leviter prominen- 
tes et interdum puberuli. Cirrhi satis graciles, longissimi, sulcati, 
glabri. Paniculæ masculæ valde multifloræ. Pedunculus communis 
lateralis vel terminalis, gracilis, flexuosus, sulcatus, glaber, 12-30 
cent. longus ; rami 10-15 cent. longi; pedicelli capillares, glabri vel 
puberuli, 48 mill. longi, inferne sæpius bracteolati; bracteolæ subu- 
late, 1/,-2 mill. longæ. Calyx puberulus, segmentis lanceolato-linea- 
ribus, acutis, 1*/,-2 mill. longis, */, mill. latis. Corolla brevissime 
Puberula, segmentis ovatis, acutis, 5-nerviis, 2 '/, mill. longis. Stami- 
num filamenta ?/,-1 mill. longa; antheræ suborbiculares, ‘/, mill. late. 
Ovarium clavatum, breviter puberulum, basi longe attenuatum. 
Fructus fulvus, subcylindrieus, ab apice ad basim leviter attenuatus, 
apice truncatus, basi subrotundatus, 7 cent. longus, 1 */,-2 cent. cras- 
Sus. Semina ambitu subtriangularia, margine profunde lobata, basi 
oblique attenuata, apice leviter emarginata, 12 mill. longa, 7 mill. 
