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JlAE. Suibi, r.-K-hinn. Shintiku, Taihokn, : Byoko-ha. Tam^ui. Takow. 

 DISTT.IB. Throughout India arid Malaya to North Australia. 



14. ILclothria Lixx. 



K> // if i ///. Fnrmf^'ii'i >>'/' 



(1) Leaves triangular-eordatf obtn-ly oVnt.-itr. slightly lolxvl. .M. formal, m. 

 more or less cordate entire or somewhat 3-lobed. . . .17. odorata. 



Melothria formosana HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa, p. 120. 

 (Hal in Hi-, soandeut. striate, tendrils sini]>le, ]^pillifeit)iis at the apex. Leaves 

 alternate, petiolate, sagittately cxmlate, or ti-iangularly cordate, 24 cm. long 

 as broad, sagittately cordate at the base, acute at the apex, obtuse at 

 the extremity, margin irregularly dentate, teeth obtusely mucronate or tabu- 

 late, very scabmus and punctate alcove, hispid on the nerves lieneath, i>- 

 nerred, herlmceo-membranaeptii<. somewliat thick at the margin, petioles scabrous 

 1 cm. long. Racemes 2-3-flowered, axillary, pedicels 3 cm. long. Flowers 

 iliiecious? fl. ^: 11 mm. long, calyx campanulate 3mm. in diameter, shortly 

 5-toothed, teeth 1 mm. long. Corolla "> -parted, segments ovate, obtuse, 3mm. 

 long, 2.} mm. bnxid, patent, yellowish. Ovary oblong, 4mm. long 3 mm. in 

 diameter, rostrate at the apex, l>eak H mm. long, style 3 mm. long, inserted 

 on a annular di<c, stigma 3, capitate. 2-lobed. Male flowers not yet known. 

 Px-n-y globose, 1 cm. in diameter, many-seeded, stipes very Blender thi-ead- 

 lik.-. 2-3 cm. long. Seeds ovate, complanate all>escent 4 mm. long, glabrous. 



HAI;. Banchuryo, Rokkirisha. 



Melothria odorata HHK. f. et TIK-MS. : MATSI.M. ct HAVATA Enum. PI. 



. p. 164. 



HATJ. Bankinsing. 

 DISTRIB. India, Malay, the Philippines. 



15. Gi/itosfentntft P.TJ-.ME. 



Gynostemma pedatum Br.TMi. ; HAYATA VI. Mont. Formo*. ]>. 100. 

 Arisan. 



