56. CUCURBITACE^. 35 



7. Thladiantha Bunge. 

 Kcjj to tlie Formosan Species. 



( 1 ) Leaves ovate deeply cordate, scabroiisly dotted with wliit« points, re- 



motely mucrouately serrulate on the margin T. punctata. 



Leaves more or less lobate or obscurely gi'ossly dentate. (2) 



( 2 ) Leaves softly tomentose, obscurely dentate or simply mucronately re- 



motely serrate T. formosana. 



Leaves beset with scabrous hairs, lobate T. taiwanicma. 



Thladiantha formosana Hayata F1. Mont. Formos. p. 100. Herb, 

 scandent and voluble, branchlets very slender sulcate, long hairy, tendrils 2- 

 parted. Leaves long petioled, petioles as long as blades, or shorter, pilose, 

 blades thick, membranaceous, angular, roundly cordate or ovately cordate 

 10 cm. long 7 cm. broad, acute acuminate, margin minutely remotely denti- 

 culate, scabrid above, villosely pubescent beneath. Male flowers puberulous, 

 racemose, racemes long 2-3-times longer than petioles, bracts small, deciduous. 

 Calyx-tube short broadly campanula te, lobes ovately lanceolate 5 mm. long. 

 Petals patent ovately lanceolate 11 mm. long. Stamens 5, equal, anthers 1- 

 ceUed straight, filaments free. Rudiment of ovary globose. Appendicles a short 

 petaloid obtuse. 



Hab. Tosau, Morrison. 



Very much resembles T. ntidi/lm-a Hemsl., but diflfers from it in having 

 pedancled racemes and smaller flowers which are as half as those of the al- 

 lied species. 



DiSTEiB. An allied species T. nudijiora Hemsl. occm's in Central China. 



Thladiantha punctata Hayata Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 

 119, and Ic. PI. Formos. Fasc. I. PI. XXXVII. Scandent, stems glabrous, 

 striate, interuodes 8 cm. long. Leaves alternate petiolate, oblongo- 

 cordate or ovate, 12 cm. long, 7-J cm. broad, cordately reniformed at the 

 base, 2-| cm. long below the base, the basal sinus ovate acute, margin 

 remotely mucronately serrate, albo-punctate above, very scabrous, but 

 hispid on the costa beneath, otherwise glabrous, trinerved, lateral nerves 



