40 56. fTTc'TTpj'.iT.UT T 



PISTIUT;. India, Malay archipelago, central and extern China, Japan 

 rind tho Loo-choo islands. 



16, Actinostemma GTITFF. 



Kc;i in UK /'0/-///O.V'/// Species. 



Racemes shorter, loaves 5-lohed ............................. A. liJ><'t/>/in. 



liacemes very much longer, leaves not lobed or, if any, very slightly at the 

 base ............................................... A. rftcriiioxtiiii. 



Actinostemma lobatum MAXIM. ; MATSF-M. et HAY ATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. lfii. 



HAH. Taihoku, Bankinsing. 



PISTHII;. From Mandshuria to Japan and China, 



Actinostemma racemosum ^FAXTM. ; MATSFM. et HAYATA Ennm. PI. 

 J-'onnos. ]>. If55. 



HAH. Taihokn. 



DJSTIUI;. Ja]>an and China. 



17. A?SOiif)'Ct lv(EM. 



Alsomitra integrifoliola HAVATA Mater. Fl. Formos. ]>. 121 ; and Ic. PI. 

 Formos. Fasc. T. PI. XXXYIII and XXXIX. A twining herb, branches very 

 slender, distinctly furrowed, more or less complanate, nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, 7 cm. distant, pedutely 5-foliolate, common ]>etioles 3 cm. long, 

 ternately branched, terminal one bearing a terminal leaflet, lateral ones 

 Fmcately branched, each branches bearing lateral leaflets, terminal leaflets 

 a little larger than the lateral ones, oblong, or elongate] y oblong, 8 cm. 

 long 3cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, shortly aristate on the summit. 

 shortly attenuate at the base, 2-glaiirlnliferons at the base, glands black or- 

 bicular, margin nearly entire or slightly undulate slightly carved, crasso- 

 membranaceouSj nerves and veins prominent on both surfaces, lateral leaflets 

 smaller, basal ones smallest, unequal at the base, more or less obliquely 

 falcate towards the apex ; tendrils opposite the leaves, more than 10 cm. long, 

 2-fid at the apex. Flowers dioecious in long panicles axillary or terminal, 



