316 61. CUCURBIT A ce^:. 



1. Thladiantha dubia, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 29 ; 

 Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 me serie, xii. p. 150, t. 10, et 5 me serie, v. 

 p. 11 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5469 (excl. pi. fern, et fr.) ; Cogn. in DC. 

 Mbnogr. in. p. 422, non Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., vide 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 126 ; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 135. 



Chihli : near Peking {Bunge ! and others). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



We have seen no wild specimens that we could refer to this 

 species with certainty. The large solitary male flowers charac- 

 terize this species. It has been confused svith the Indian T. cal- 

 carata, Clarke, which has racemose male flowers subtended by 

 large deeply-cut bracts. 



2. Thladiantha ? Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Planta scandens, fere undique glabra, ramulis angulatis, cirrhis 

 2-partitis. Folia longiuscule petiolata, tenuia, rotundato-cordata 

 (sinu profundo lobis contiguis), usque 5 poll, longa et 5 poll, lata, 

 acuminata, calloso-denticulata, subtus glabra vel glabrescentia, 

 supra scabrida ; petiolus gracilis, scabridus, usque 3 poll, longus. 

 Flores ( c? tantum adsuut) lutei (Henry), glabrescentes, l|-2 poll, 

 diametro, laxe corymbosi, graciliter pedicellati, corymbis longe 

 graciliterque pedunculatis ; calycis tubus brevissiinus, lobis lan- 

 ceolatis subacutis petalis brevioribus ; petala patentia, striata ; 

 stamina 5, libera. Fructus 4 poll, diametro (Henry). 



Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



The genus of this plant is a little doubtful, but, so far as the 

 material goes, the characters are nearly those of Thladiantha. 

 Dr. Henry describes the fruit as four inches in diameter, but he 

 does not send any. The fruit of all the known species is, how- 

 ever, much smaller. 



3. Thladiantha nudiflora, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate VIII.) 

 Planta scandens, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis sulcatis parce 



pilosis, cirrhis 2-partitis. Folia petiolata, crassiuscula nee coriacea, 

 rotundato-cordata vel ovato-cordata (lobis latis contiguis), 2g-5 

 poll, longa, 2-4 poll, lata, acute acuminata, denticulata, supra 

 scabrida, subtus puberula; petiolus parce pilosus, 1-2 J poll, longus. 

 Floreslute'i (Henry), -pxxhevuW, $ solitarii, <3 racemosi, racemis pe- 

 tiolis vix longioribus bracteis parvis cito deciduis ; calycis tubus 

 brevis campanulatus, lobis ovato-lanceolatis ; petala ovato-lanceo- 



