ANISOSPERMA . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 945 
trum floris incurvis. Staminodia nulla. Stamina 5, libera, fundo caly- 
cis inserta, filamentis brevibus, basi approximatis, apice divergenti- 
bus; antheræ elliptico-oblongæ, spurie biloculares, loculis rectis, sulco 
unico longitudinali dehiscentibus, connectivo angusto ultra loculos 
non producto. Pollen læve, siccum ovoideum, trisulcum, humefactum 
globosum poris apertum. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores feminei : 
Calyx supra ovarium in columnam parvam constrietus, subeampanu- 
latus; lobi corollaque maris. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium oblongum, 
structura interna ut in Feuillea. Styli 3, erecti, superne dilatati in 
laminam planam, utraque facie stigmatosam ; ovula pro loculo 8 vel 
abortu pauciora, a marginibus carpellorum pendula, partem superio- 
rem loculorum occupantia, in series duas verticales disposita. Fructus 
magnus, calycis limbo haud zonatus, indehiscens, semitrilocularis, 
loculis sub-8-spermis. Semina magna, a marginibus placentarum in 
parte superiore loculi pendentia, deorsum imbricata, orbiculata, com- 
pressa, ala membranacea circumcincta, testa crassa crustacea granu- 
loso-punctulata ; cotyledones maximæ, orbiculares. 
Frutex scandens, Brasiliæ incola. Folia petiolata, integerrima, mem- 
branacea, ovato-oblonga, petiolo apice biglanduloso. Cirrhi laterales, 
apice bifidi. Pedunculus inter cirrhum et petiolum insertus ; pedicelli 
bracteati, artieulati. Flores parvi, albi, pendentes. Semina intense 
amara, nec in pulpa nec in substantia fibrosa involuta. 
A. Passiflora, Manso l. c.; Mart. Mat. med. veg. Bras. p. 20; 
J. Correa de Mello, 1. c.; Cogn. 1. e. tab. 38. — Fevillea Passiflora 
Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, tab. 104; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 116. 
Caulis suecosus, circiter 4-5 cent. diametro, superficie rugulosus, 
dense lenticellatus, colore cinerascenti-virescente, supra arbores scan- 
ens et in ramos longos tenuesque divisus ramulosque longissimos 
| ferens, Rami teretes, 7-sulcati, novelli fulvo-purpurei tenuiterque 
pilis argenteis adpressis pubescentes, vetustiores virides glabrique. 
Petiolus glaber, 1-2 cent. longus, basi teres, superne vix sulcatus; 
slandulæ ovatæ, acutæ, minute depresso-punctatæ, in foliis novellis 
Patentes, in adultis ad faciem dorsalem declinatæ, ad utrumque latus 
Margini laminæ juxta petiolum insertæ. Folia 10-15 cent. longa, 5-8 
‘ent. lata, intense viridia, juventute utrinque pubescentia, demum 
bra, apice breviter acuminata et penninervia, basi rotundata vel 
“ngustata, ibidemque triplinervia, costa media et nervi 2 laterales ad 
basim vix prominentes, cæteri impressi reti venorum inconspicuo. 
Cirrhi filiformes. breves, glabri, lateraliter paulloque supra basim 
Surres au Prodromus 111. 60 
