:!<; 56. CUCUKBITACE/K. 



divaricate from the central nerve at an angle 90, abruptly reflexed 

 with 4-5 -secondary veins, central nerve straight with 3-4 secondary 

 veins on each side, anastomosing near the margin, veinlets reticulate, tendrils 

 solitary opposite to the leaves, simple, petioles 4 cm. long. Flowers dioecious ; 

 fl. J : solitary opposite to the leaves, long pedunculate, peduncles 4 crn. long. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-dentate, tube 3 mm. long, 8 mm. in diameter, teeth 

 lanceolate 5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad ; corolla 5-parted, segments broadly lanceolate 

 17 mm. long 5 mm. broad. Stamens 5, 4 mm. long ; rudiment of ovary 

 convex. Bracts 0. 



HAB. Shintiku : Goshizan. 



Thladiantha taiwaniana HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa 

 p. 119. Scandent, stem striate, subglabrous, internodes 7 cm. long, tendrils op- 

 posite the leaves, simple. Leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong-cordate in out- 

 line, 10 cm. long 8 cm. broad, acute at the apex, profoundly cordate at the base, 

 irregularly dentate, or obscurely or slightly tri-lobed, terminal lobe oblong 

 6 cm. long 3 cm. broad, obscurely and remotely mucronately repandate, lateral 

 lobes irregularly dentate, teeth round or mucronate at the apex, strigosely 

 punctate above, very much scabrous on the costa, beneath slightly hispid on 

 the nerves, otherwise subglabrous, triuerved, central nerve straight with o- 

 secondary veins on each side, lateral nerves divaricate 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 cm/ long. Racemes J axillary solitary 

 6-7 cm. long, floriferous at the apex, bracts broadly obovate embracing flower 

 buds, 7 mm. long 5 mm. broad, pubescent. Calyx-tube concave 4mm. broad, 

 pubescent, lobes 5, triangularly ovate, 4 mm. long 2| mm. broad, acuminate. 

 Petals 5, oblong, obtuse at the apex, truncate at the base, nervose. Stamens 

 5, filaments distinct. 



HAB. Kishito. 



Very neary T. calcarata DC., but differs from it by the broad lobes of 

 the calyx. T. calcarata has linear narrower lol)es. 



