120 ART. I. — B. HAY ATA : 



snbglabra, trinervia, nervo central! recto cnm venis secundariis ntrin- 

 qne 5, nervis lateralibns nervo centrali angnlo 60' divaricatis, snbito 

 reflexis venis secundariis utrinqne 6, ad apicem dentium attingenti- 

 bns, petiolis 3 cm. longis. Eacemi J axillares solitarii, 6-7 cm. longi, 

 ad apicem florigeri, bracteis late obovatis alabastrnm amplectantibns 

 7 mm. longis 5 mm. latis, pnbescentibns. Calycis tubus concavus 

 4 mm. latus, pubescens, lobis 5, triangulari-ovatis 4 mm. longis 

 2J mm. latis acuminatis. Petala 5, oblonga apice obtusa, basi 

 truncata nervosa. Stamina 5, filamentis liberis. 



Hab. Kishitö, leg. G. Nakahaea, Aug. 1905, (No. 340). 



Very near T. calcarata C. DC. ; but differs from it in having 

 broad lobes of the calyx. T. calcarata has usually linear narrower 

 lobes. 



Luffa Linn. 



Luffa cylindrica Eœm.; Cogniaux in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. III. 

 p. 456 ; FoEBEs et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 315. 



Hab. Kego, Hosan, leg. Gr. Nakahaea, 1906, Feb. (No. 836). 

 DisTRiB. Cultivated throughout the tropics. 



Melothria Linn. 



Melothria formosana Hayata sp. nov. Glabra scandons, striata, 

 cirrhis simplicibus apice papilliferis. Folia alterna, petiolata sagittato- 

 cordata, vel triangulari-cordata, 2J cm. longa totiusque lata, basi 

 sagittate -cordata apice acuta ad summum obtusa, margine irre- 

 gulariter dentata, dentibus obtusis mucronatis, vel lobulata, supra 

 scaberrimo-punctata, subtus ad nervum hispidula, 5-nervia, charta- 

 ceo-membranacea, ad marginem crassiuscula, petiolis scabriuscuhs 

 1 cm. longis. Eacemi 2-3 florati, axillares, pedicellis 3 cm. longis. 



