40 56. GUOURDITACEX. 
Disrnm. India, Malay arehipelago, central and eastern China, Japan 
and the Loo-choo islands. 
16. Actinostemama Gnirr, 
Key to the. l'ormosan. Species. 
Fincemes shorter, leases 5-Jobede e eee e ree Tee SEITE S ZA, loben, 
ltacemes very mueh longer, leaves not lobed or, if any, very slightly at the 
Base: Wende RIECTCENE Teen E EE 4. vrecemosum. 
Actinostemma lobatum Maxmw.; Morsuw. et HavarA Enum. PI. 
l'ormos. p. 165. 
Har. "Paihoku, Bankinsing. 
Disrgm, From Mandshuria to Japan and China. 
Actinostemma racemosum Maxrw.; Marscw, et. Havara. Enum. Pl. 
lormos. p. 165. 
Har. "Taihoku. 
Disrum. Japan and China. 
17. Alsomitra haw. 
Alsomitra integrifoliola HavarA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 121 ; and Te. PI. 
Formos. Fase. T. Pl. XXXVIII and XXXIX... & twining herb, branches very 
slender, distinetly furrowed, more or less complanate, nearly glabrous. | Leaves 
alternate, 7 em. distant, pedately 5-foliolate, common  petioles 5 em. long, 
iernately branched, terminal one bearing a terminal leaflet, lateral ones 
furentely branched, each branches bearing lateral leaffets, terminal leaflets 
n little larger than the lateral ones, oblone, or elongately obloneg, 8 em. 
long 3 em. broad, aeuminate at the apex, shortly aristate on the summit, 
shortly attenuate at the base, 2-elanduliferous at the base, glands black or- 
bieulu, margin nearly entire or slightly undulate slightly eurved, erasso- 
membranaeeous, nerves and veis prominent on both surfaces, lateral leaflets 
smaller, basal ones smallest, unequal at the base, more or less obliquely 
faleate towards the apex; tendrils opposite the leaves, more than 10 em. long, 
2-fid at the apex. Flowers dicecious in long panieles axillary or terminal, 
