26 56. QCUCURLBITACEX. 
divarieate from the central nerve at an angle 90?, abruptly reflexed 
with 4-5-secondary veins, central nerve  strüght with 3-4 secondary 
veins on each side, anastomosing near the margin, veinlets retieulate, tendrils 
solitary opposite to the leaves, simple, petioles 4 em. long. Flowers dicecious ; 
fl. $: solitary opposite to the leaves, long pedunculate, peduncles 4 em. long. 
Calyx ecampanulate, 5-dentate, tube 3 mm.long, 8 mm.in diameter, teeth 
lanceolate 5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad ; corolla 5-parted, segments broadly Innceolate 
lí mm. long 5 mm.broad.  Stamens 5, 4mm.long; rudiment of ovary 
convex. Draets 0. 
Har. Shintiku: Goshizan. 
Thladiantha taiwaniana Haxar4 Materials for a. Flora of Formosa 
p. 119. Seandent, stem striate, subglabrous, internodes 7 em. long, tendrils op- 
posite the leaves, simple. Leaves alternate. petiolate, oblong-cordate in out- 
line, 10 em. long 8 em. broad, acute at the apex, profoundly cordate at the base, 
imeeularly dentate, or obscurely or slightly tri-lobed, terminal lobe oblong 
6 em. long 53 em. broad, obscurely and remotely mueronately repandate, lateral 
lobes irregularly dentate, teeth round or mueronate at the apex, strigosely 
punetate above, very much scabrous on the costa, beneath slightly hispid on 
the nerves, otherwise subglabrous, trinerved, central nerve straight with 5— 
secondary veins on each side, lateral nerves divarieate from the central one 
at an angle 60?, suddenly reflexed, secondary veins 6 on each side, reach- 
ing the apex of the teeth, petioles 3 em,long.  Racemes $ axillary solitary 
6-1 em.long, floriferous at the apex, braets broadly obovate embracing flower 
buds, 7 mm.long 5 mm. broad, pubescent.  Calyx-tube coneave 4 mum. broad, 
pubescent, lobes 5, triangularly ovate, 4 mm.long 21 mm.broad, acuminate. 
Petals 5, oblong, obtuse at the apex, truncate at the base, nervose.  Stiumnens 
5, filaments distinct. 
Has. Kishito. 
Very neary 7. caleereta: DC., but differs from it by the broad lobes of 
the calyx. — T. eelearata: has linear narrower lobes. 
