PLATE 2622. 
ACTINOSTEMMA BIGLANDULOSUM, JHemsl. 
CUCURBITACES. 
A. bi iglandulosum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species foliorum lobis 2 basi- 
laribus conspicue 1-glandulosis facile distinguitur 
Herba gracillima, alte scandens, fere eee glaberrima, ramulis 
floriferis elongatis fere filiformibus. Folia longe petiolata, subcarnosa, 
eevia, cordato-rotundata, absque petiolo 2-3 poll. longa lataque, apice 
plus minusve trilobata, cetera integra, basi sepius auriculato-bilobata, 
interdum rotundato-lobata, lobis glandula parva clavata instructis; 
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axillares, peu folia pages disposi Calycis et corolla segmenta 
similia, lineari lanceolata, acutissima patentia. Stamina 5 quam 
corolla breviora, quorum 4 filamentis crassiusculis per paria co- 
herentia, quintum liberum ; anthere biloculares, Joculis discretis, con- 
nectivo incrassato, supra loculo os in caudam tenuem elongato. ores 
Jeminet ignoti, sed manifeste axillares, solitarii, breviter pedunculati, 
pedunculis 3-6 lin. longis. Fructus capsularis, prope apicem circum- 
scisse dehiscens, demum siccus, cylindraceus, 14-1} poll. longus et 
6-9 latus, aculeis numeros longis erecto-patentibus 
armatus ; 3 calyptra appendice axili deorsum usque ad capsule basin 
producta munita ; semina circiter 4-6, compressa, margine irregulariter 
lobulata, apice alata, cum ala circiter 10: lin. longa. 
Cina: in woods Mengtze plain, Yunnan, Hancock, 346 ; 4. Henry, 
9390, sia 9390, A. and B. The flowering branch was dra awn from a 
pla nt raised in the Royal Gardens, Kew, from seed sent by Dr. A. 
Henry ; the fruit and seed from his dried specimens. 
A. biglandulosum presents several peculiarities that require further 
elucidation. The glands on the basal lobes of the leaves are very 
Ewoclgy 
Fig. 1, male flowers; 2, andrecium; 3, dorsal view of anther a fruit; 5, 
ealyptra of the same; 6, a seed; 7, ane embryo. 1-3 enlarged; 4-7 iced size. 
