PLATE 2223, 
THLADIANTHA ? HENRYI, Hemsi. 
Cucursirace. Tribe CUCUMERINEA, 
mo % 1 teis in race 
axillaribus sepe paniculatim aggregatis dispositis, pedic 
wpe 2-3-plo longi 
g : a 
pedunculatis, corolla maris, staminodiis 5 parvis setuloso-hirsntis, 
Stylo brevi crasso, stigmate dilatato 3-fido segmentis medio sulcatis 
apice obtuse bidentatis, ovario ovali-oblongo basi intruso tomentello- 
puberulo et interdum etiam parce setuloso-pilosulo, fractu ellipsoideo 
pericarpio transversim plicato, seminibus compressis oblongo-obovoideis 
testa crustacea subleve per margines bivalve. 
Has. China, Prov. Hupeh, districts of Patung, Chienshih and 
Hsingshan, Dr. A. Henry (Nos. 1,757, 5.900, 5,936, 6,563), apparently 
also a form of the same from Szechuen, Mount Omei, Fuber. 
Folia inferiora 4-8 poll. longa, 34-6 poll. lata; petiolus 2-5 poll. 
longus. Flores ¢ 14 poll. diam.; fl. 2 cum ovario 14-2 poll. longi. 
‘ructus 24-4 poll. diametro. Sencina } poll. longa. 
Th named by Mr. 
Hemsley, though my friend M. Cogniaux, on his first inspection of 
Henry’s specimens, referred it to Momordica, I believe on the 
further examination, however, 
M. Cogniaux proposes to base a new genus, ines to regard 
Thladiantha ? Henryi as a congener, may probably publish it 
Thladianthopsis. An ovary with the 
rs in Thladiantha longifolia, T. verrucosa, 
d 1. glabra, Cogn. T. Oliveri, Cogn., has a broad truncate base, 
and T. maculata, Cogn., a narrow base, terminating abruptly These 
specific names are still in manuscript in M. Cogniaux’s determinations 
of Dr. Henry’s Chinese Cucurbitaces.—D. OLIvEr. 
Fig. 1. Portion of calyx-tube, showing insertion of stamens and calycine squame. 
2. Anther, back and front view. 3. Ovary, with staminodia, style, and stigmas, 
4. Seed. 5. Embryo. 6, Fruit. Excepting No. 6, enlarged. 
