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OUCUEBITACE^. 



Near Trichosanthes iniegrifoUa in 

 the leaves •which are ovate, acuminate 

 and entire, "but totally different from it 

 in the long racemes of the male flowers. 



Trichosanthes koshunensis 

 Hayata sp. nov. Scandentissima ; 

 caulis mtilti-sulcatus teres glaber. 

 Folia altema chartacea in ambitu 

 reniformia 9 cm. longa 12 cm. lata 

 apice in ambitu rotundata basi reni- 

 forme cordata alte 6-7-lobata, lobis 

 in ambitu spathulatis 6 cm. longis 

 3 cm. latis sursum lobulatis deorsum 

 attenuatis partibus attenuatis 1 cm. 

 latis, 5-ner^da utraque glabra sed supra 

 puuctata margine remote mucronibus 

 instructa, petiolis 2 cra. longis, cirrhis 

 axillaribus trifidis. Fructus globosus 

 3 cm. in diametro, pedunculo 1 cm. 

 longo soHtario. 



Hab. Koshun, Kiu*aru, Garan- 

 bi, leg. B. Hayata, Jan. 1912. 



Near Trlcliosantlies multiloba MiQ. 

 Trichosanthes Matsudai Ha- 

 YATA sp. nov. Scandentissima ; caulis 

 breve dense hirsutus multi-sulcatus. 

 Foha alterna membranacea in ambitu 

 triangulari-cordata 7-8 cm. longa 8-9 

 cm. lata apice obtusissima basi alte 

 auriculato-cordata in circumscriptione 3-lobata, lobo terminaH 5 cm. longo 3|^ 

 cm. lato, margine remote mucronibus instructa supra parce subtus dense 

 brevissime hirsuta 5-nervia, petioHs 2 cm. longis. Fructus oblongo-eUipsoideus 

 7-8 cm. iongus 3-4 cm. latus apiculatus glaber, pedimculo ci'assiusculo 1 cm. 



Fig. 5, Trlchosaiiihes homopftylla Hayxta; 

 1, a lea-f ; 2, a corolla-lobe of a male flower, 

 marginal portions taken oflE. 



