CUCURBITACEJE. 13 



HAB. Musha, leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1910. Comparable to some extent 

 to Trichosanthes dioica ROXB.; but totally different from it in the thinner 

 leaves and in the much smaller flowers. 



NOTE : Flowers pale-yellow. Leaves dark-green. 



Trichosanthes punctata HAYATA sp. nov. Scandentissima ; caulis subglaber vel minute 

 hirsutus multi-sulcatus. Folia alterna in ambitu cordata chartaceo-rnembranacea 10 cm. longa 

 totiusque lata 5-7-lobata inter lobos sinuata, lobo terminal! ovato 6cm. long) 3J cm. lato apice 

 caudato-acuminato ad centrum mucronato basi plus mimxs constricto margine remote mucronibus 

 instructo, lobis basilaribus auriculiformibus, supra albo-punctata subtus glabra 5-nervia, petiolis 4 

 cm. longis, cirrhis axillaribus bifidis. Bacerni axillares simplices 20 cm. longi 4-5-florati, brac- 

 teis late rhombicis 4 cm. longis 4* cm. latis margine laceratis prope basin integris glabris, laciniis 

 cuspidiformibus longe acuminatis. Fl. : ad axillas bractearum dispositi solitarii subsessiles ; 

 calycis tubis longissime infundibuliformibus basi stipitiformibus 6 cm. longis apice 12 mm. latis extus 

 parce glanduloso-hirsutis, lobis 5 triangulari-ovatis 2 cm. longis 1 cm. latis apice acuminatis 

 margine laciniatis utraque pagine breve hirsutis ; petalis 5 margine valde fimbriatis in ambitu 

 obovatis fimbriis exceptis 2| cm. longis totiusque latis extus hirsutis intus barbatis 3-5-nerviis, 

 fimbriis longissimis ; columna staminalis in tubo calycis inclusa cylindrica 12 mm. longa 6 mm. 

 lata apice truncata, connectives barbatis, antberis linearibus sigmoideis. 



HAB. Hainan : Hoihaw, leg. Z. KATSUMADA, Juli. 1907. 



Near Trichosanthes palmnla ROXB. ; but differs . from it in the leaves which are minutely 

 white-dotted above. 



Trichosanthes schizostroma HAYATA sp. uov. Scandentissima ; caulis 

 subglaber multi-sulcatus. Folia alterna chartaceo-membranacea in ambitu 

 cordata 7 cm. longa 7-8 cm. lata alte 5-7-lobata, lobo termiiiali longiore 

 hastato-tricuspidato 6 cm. longo 3^ cm. lato 3-lobato margiue remote serrulato vel 

 mucronibus remote iustructo, utraque pagiue plus minus scabra, petioHs 3 cm. 

 longis subglabris, cin'his axiUaribus 3-fidis. Racemi floris mascuh'ui axillares 

 10 cm. longi, bracteis ovatis 5 cm. longis 3 cm. latis apice acutis basi plus minus 

 contractis lanceolato-fimbriatis, laciniis 1-1|- cm. longis, glabris. Flores ignoti. 



Trichosanthes multlloba HAYATA Gen. Ind. p. 31. (noii MIQ.) 



HAB. Kappanzau. 



Near T. iindtiloba MIQ. ; but differs from it in the male racemes with 

 much larger fimbriate bracts. 



Zehneria EXDL. 



Zehneria kelungensis HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 7. et 8). Scandentissima; 

 caulis gracilis subglal>er multi-sulcatus flexuosus. Folia alterna triangulari- 

 peutagoua 4-4icm. longa 5-5 \ cm. lata membranacea apice ti'iangulari-acuta 



