40 56. CUCUREITAC157E. 



DiSTRiB. India, Malay archipelago, central and eastern China, Japan 

 and the Loo-choo islands. 



16. Actinostemnia Geiff. 



Key to tM Fcnnnosan Species. 



Eacemes shorter, leaves 5-lobed A. lobatnrn. 



Itacemes very much longer, leaves not lobed or, if any, very sHghtly at the 

 base A. racemosuia. 



Actinostemma lobatum Maxim.; Matsum. et Hayata Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 165. 



Hab. Taihoku, Bankinsing. 



DiSTEiB. From Mandshuria to Japan and China. 



Actinostemma racemosum Maxim. ; Matsum. ot Hayata Ennm. PI. 

 ]'"ormo3. p. 165. 



Hab. Taihoku. 



DiSTEiB. Japan and China. 



17. Alsoniitra Riem. 



Alsomitra integrifoliola Hayata Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 121 ; and Ic. PI. 

 Formos. Fasc. I. PI. XXXYHI and XXXIX. A twining herb, branches very 

 slender, distinctly fvuTOwed, more or less complanate, nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, 7 cm. distant, pedately 5-foliolate, common petioles 3 cm. long, 

 ternately branched, terminal one bearing a terminal leaflet, lateral ones 

 furcately branched, each branches bearing lateral leaflets, terminal leaflets 

 a little larger than the lateral ones, oblong, or elongatelv oblong, 8 cm. 

 long 3 cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, shortly aristate on the summit, 

 shortly attenuate at the base, 2-glanduliferous at the base, glands black or- 

 bicular, margin nearly entire or slightly undulate slightly cinrved, crasso- 

 membranaceous, nerves and veins prominent on both surfaces, lateral leaflets 

 smaller, basal ones smallest, unequal at the base, more or less obliquely 

 falcate towards the apex ; tendrils opposite the leaves, more than 10 cm. long, 

 2-fid at the apex. Flowers direeious in long panicles axillary or terminal, 



