﻿HEMSLEYA CHINENSIS, Cogn. 



Cucuebitacej). Tribe Zanoniejs. 



Hemsleya, Cogniaux (gen. novum). Flares dioici, paniculati. Fl. 

 masculi: Calyx rotafcus 5-gibbosus profunde 5-partitus segmentis 

 lanceolatis elongatis satis insequalibus. Corolla rotata fauce villosa 

 tenuiter membranacea usque ad basin 5 -partita, segmentis oblongis 

 apice rotundatis. Stamina 5 libera per paria leviter approximata, 

 filamentis subnuliis, basi paulo distantibus •, anther© minut© lineari- 

 oblongse uniloculars dorso paolo supra basin insert©. FL feminei 

 minores : (Calyx lobis deltoideo-subulatis petalis brevioii 

 oblongo-ellipticis breviter acuminatis 2 lin. longis ; ovarium clavato- 

 cylindricum apice subtruncatum ; styli brevissimi dissiti, stigmatibus 

 rcvibus angusfce linearibus. — D. 0.) Fructus late clavatus 

 nt videtur teres, apice late truncato, trivalvis polyspcrmus. Semitia 

 pendnla dense imbricata, anguste ovata, compressa utrinque facie 

 minute tuberculata, ala membranacea basi apiceque dilatata cincta ; 

 testa crustacea. — Herba scandens, fere glaberrima. Poll 

 pedato-7-foliolata foliolis eglanduhsis remote crenulatis. Cirrbi trim- 



Fructus mediocris. 



H. chinensis, Cogniaux (sp. unica). 



Had. China, Prov. Hupoh, Patung and Nan-t'o districts, Br. A. 

 Henry (Nos. 2436, 4452, 4771). 7,000 ft., Mount Omei, Szechwan, 

 Rev. E, Faher (No. 275). 



Hamuli gracillimi, profunde sulcati. Petiolus gracilis 1-2| poll. 

 longus; potioluli £-£ poll, longi. Foliola tenuiter m. 

 oblonga v. lanceolate, breviter acuminata, basi acuta, medianum 3-4£ 

 poll, longum, 1-li poll, latum, lateralia satis minora. PamcuUB 

 . iflor», Umuissime puberulro; pedicelli (fl. S) H H 

 !on u n r\,'„ .cgmentis trinervulosis, acuminatis, %-\ \ 

 Petala multinervulosa, & poll, longa, £-£ poll. lata. Anti 

 gentes. Fructus pallidus longitudin L-14 poll 



longus, superne 4 poll, crassus, basi in pedicellum attenuates. 8t m*na 

 fuscescentia, ala pallida plus minnsve translucens, basi sropius pro- 

 funde bifida, apice rotundata £ poll. longa. 



The genus Hemsleya is allied to Ahomitra, from which it differs in 

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