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of the Bureau of Science, P. I., when we were together looking over the For- 

 mosan collections in the Herbarium at Tokyo, told me that he thought the 

 plant to be identical with Gynostemma integrifdida COGN. To what species 

 the present plant should be definitely referred was a very difficult question 

 for me, until I saw the types of HOOKER'S and COGNIAUX'S species and 

 HENRY'S specimen, all preserved in the Kew Herbarium. A comparison 

 of my plant with the specimens above mentioned showed me clearly that it 

 is exactly the same as the specimen in HENRY'S collection, (which lacks 

 flowers), but quite different from HOOKER'S plant. I also found that 

 my flowering specimen accords very well with Gynostemma integrifdida COGN., 

 the specimen of which lacks fruit. In the original description of COGNIAUX, 

 there is mentioned "fractus fuscus glaber vel leviter puberulus, 7-8 mill., 

 crassus." The description must, I infer, have drawn up from a premature 

 fruit, as there is given no account about seeds. The fruits of this species are, 

 as is seen in my specimen, as long as 4 cm. and have numerous winged 

 seeds. The Gynostemma of COGNIAUX, as far as my collections with flowers 

 and fruits are concerned, does not accord with the general characters of 

 Gynostemma, but quite agrees with those of Alsomitra. My plant and also 

 COGNIAUX'S plant, therefore, should be referred to the latter genus. Accord- 

 ingly, the new combination, A. integrifdida HAYATA is much to be desired 

 for the present plant. It comes very near to A. davigera HOOK, f., but dif- 

 fers from it in having much smaller pods which are only half the size of those 

 of the latter plant, and also in having much smaller seeds with thin wings, 

 which seeds are bluntly and obscurely indented on the margin. The seeds 

 of HOOKER'S plant are much larger, and acutely and grossly indented.* 



* Owing to a negligence when reading proofs, three lines in my " Materials " p. 122, line 

 9-7 from bottom, are misprinted. They should lie corrected sis " also in having much smaller 

 seeds with thin wings, which seeds are bluntly and ol>scurely indented on the margin. The 

 seeds of HOOKER'S plant are acutely, clearly and grossly indented." 



