FEUILLEA , CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 941 
« Arbor trunco brevi, erassitie femoris et crassiore, cortice cinereo- 
albo obtecto, mox in ramos plurimos sarmentosos adscendentes longe 
lateque vagantes acute angulatos suleatosque, virides ad angulos 
interdum purpurascentes diviso » (Martius, mss.). Rami graciles, sul- 
cati, scandentes, primum leviter pubescentes, demum glabri. Petiolus 
striatus, superne canaliculatus, tenuissime pubescens, 3-8 cent. lon- 
gus. Folia 10-13 cent. longa lataque, obscure viridia, subtus quidquam 
pallidiora ; lobi ovato-lanceolati, integerrimi, divergentes, terminalis 
paulo major, acutus vel subacuminatus, intermedii acuti vel raro 
obtusi, exteriores brevissimi sæpe obtusi interdum subnulli; nervi 
leviter prominentes praecipue subtus; sinus basilaris 1 */,-2*/, cent. 
latus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi longissimi, graciles, profunde sul- 
cati, glabri. Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, glaber, striatus, 
pauciflorus, 5-10 cent. longus, interdum folia quædam minuta gerens ; 
rami diffusi; pedicelli filiformes, puberuli, prope basim articulati, 
?-12 mill. longi; bracteæ lineares, pubescentes, 1-2 mill. longæ. Caly- 
cis lobi 2 mill. longi, 1 */, mill. lati. Petala patula, ovato-orbicularia, 
glabra, 3 */.-4 mil]. longa, 3 mill. lata. Staminum filamenta 1-1 !/, mill. 
longa. « Fruetus habitu peponem Passiflorze æmulans, bacca globosa, 
duorum pollicum diametro, viridis, maculis rotundis magnitudine 
Varia albis adspersa, tomento pubescens tenuissimo, vertice circulo, 
quo calyx adhærebat notata, atque lineis tribus excavatis; intus 
exsucca alba trilocularis, dissepimentis tenuibus, 2-4 semina in quovis 
loculamento alens. Heec sunt ossea, orbicularia, utrinque paulo con- 
vexa, margine dentato, canaliculato inter dentes omni ambitu decur- 
rente, margineque membrana testacea primum intus subpulposa, 
demum evanescente munita, venis ramosis paulo elevatis percursa » 
(Martius, mss.). 
In Brasilia prope Bahia (Blanchet n. 2380 part. in herb. DC., Boiss., 
Deless., Francav., Kew., Mus. Par.); prope Contendas, prov. Minas 
Geraes (St-Hilaire in herb. Mus. Par. ; Martius in herb. Monac.). 
3. F. eordifolia (Linn. Spec. edit. 1, p. 1013); foliis coriaceis, 
late ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, utrinque glabris, eglandulosis, ad basim 
emarginatis, pedato-5-nerviis, integris vel interdum profunde triloba- 
tis ; cirrhis apice bifidis; floribus masculis parvis; calyce ful vo, glabro, 
segmentis ovatis obtusis, 3-5-nerviis; petalis flavescentibus, 5-7-ner- 
viis ; staminibus divergentibus. — Poir. in Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. 
4, p. 418, Illustr. tab. 815 et in Diet. se. nat. 16, p. 501; Willd. Spec. 
4, p. 770 (excl. var. 8); Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 298; Spach Vég. 
