120 ART. I.—B. HAYATA: 
subglabra, trinervia, nervo centrali recto cum venis secundariis utrin- 
que 5, nervis lateralibus nervo centrali angulo 60° divaricatis, subito 
reflexis venis secundariis utrinque 6, ad apicem dentium attingenti- 
bus, petiolis 3 cm. longis. Racemi § axillares solitarii, 6-7 em. longi, 
ad apicem florigeri, bracteis late obovatis alabastrum amplectantibus 
7 mm. longis 5 mm. latis, pubescentibus. Calycis tubus concavus 
4mm. latus, pubescens, lobis 5, triangulari-ovatis 4 mm. longis 
24 mm. latis acuminatis. Petala 5, oblonga apice obtusa, basi 
truncata nervosa. Stamina 5, filamentis liberis. 
Has. Kishito, leg. G. Nakanara, Aug. 1905, (No. 340). 
Very near 7. calcarata C. DC.; but differs from it in having 
broad lobes of the calyx. 7. calcarata has usually linear narrower 
lobes. 
Lujja Lin. 
_ Luffa cylindrica Raw.; Coaniavx in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. III. 
p- 456; Forses et Hemsz. Ind. Fl. Sin. I..p. 315. 
Has. Kego, Hosan, leg. G. Nakanara, 1906, Feb. (No. 836). 
Distris. Cultivated throughout the tropics. 
Melothria Lin. 
Melothria formosana Hayata sp.nov. Glabra scandens, striata, 
cirrhis simplicibus apice papilliferis. Folia alterna, petiolata sagittato- 
cordata, vel triangulari-cordata, 24 cm. longa totiusque lata, basi 
sagittato-cordata apice acuta ad summum obtusa, margine irre- 
gulariter dentata, dentibus obtusis mucronatis, vel lobulata, supra 
scaberrimo-punctata, subtus ad nervum hispidula, 5-nervia, charta- 
ceo-membranacea, ad marginem crassiuscula, petiolis scabriusculis 
1 cm. longis. Racemi 2-3 florati, axillares, pedicellis 3 em. longis. 
