MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 117 



Cucurbitaeeee. 

 TricJiosanthes Linx. 



Trichosanthes cucumeroides Maxim. ; Matsum. et Hayata Enum. 

 PI. Formos. p. 157. 



Hab. Kiiipöi'i, leg. G. Nakahara, Juli. 1905. 



DisTRiB. Japan. 



Observ. Scandens, caulibus striatis pubescentibus, puis strigosis 

 patentibus, internodiis 7 cm. longis, cirrhis simplicibus. Folia 

 alterna petiolata, oblongo-cordata, 9 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, apice acuta 

 vel acuminata, basi profunde cordata, margine remote obscureque 

 serrata, serris mucronatis, 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus reflexis, venis 

 secondariis ad apicem serrarum attingentibus, supra hispidula 

 scabra, subtus villoso-pubescentia, ad nervös hispidula, petiolis 

 2 cm. longis. Fl. J : racemosi, racemis axillaribus 10 cm. longis, 

 bracteis minutis ; flores tubiformes 8 cm. longi. Calyces longe tubuli- 

 formes apice campanulati, tubis 7 cm. longis 5-dentatis, dentibus 

 minutis lanceolatis 3 mm. longis, corollse ö-partitae, 1 cm. longse. 



Trichosanthes laceribractea Hayata sp. iiov. Scandens sub- 

 glabra striata sulcata, internodiis 12 cm. longa, cirrhis oppositifoliis 

 2-fidis. Folia alterna petiolata, late cordata, 15 cm. longa totiusque 

 lata, apice acuta, basi profunde lateque cordata tenuiter 3-5-lobata, 

 (lobo terminali triangulari, G cm. longo, totiusque lato), margine 

 obscure remoteque mucronato-serrata, 5-nervia, nervis 3 centralibus 

 orectis, 2 basilaribus reflexis, nervis omnibus ad apicem loborum 

 attingcntilms, pagine supra in exsiccato nigricantia albo-punctata 

 scaberrima, subtus breve hispidula, petiolis 4 cm. longis. Racemi 

 axiUarcs secus apicem florigeri, floribus bracteatis, bracteis magnis 



