38 
Indian Melothria. Pl. tr. 
Cult. See Sicyos, p. 34. for culture and propagation, The 
plants will exist through winter if kept in a stove. 
XVI. TRICHOSA’NTHES (from Spé rpcxoc, thria trichos, 
a hair, and avoc, anthos, a flower ; fringed or ciliated corollas). 
Lin. gen. no. 1476. D.C. prod. 3. p. 313.—Ceratosanthes, Juss. 
gen. p. 896.—Anguina, Mich. gen. 12. 
, Lin. syst. Monee'cia, Monadélphia. Flowers monoecious, 
white. Male flowers. Calyx rather club-shaped, 5-parted ; 
lobes appendiculated, furnished with 5 teeth on the outside, 
which alternate with the lobes. Corolla 5-parted, ciliated ; fila- 
ments 3, but probably 5, joined by twos; anthers joined, with 
very flexuous cells. Female flowers. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 
5-parted (f. 2. a.), ciliately jagged. Style trifid (f. 2. d.). Stig- 
mas oblongly subulate. Fruit oblong, 1? or 3-9-celled (f. 2. 
c.). Seeds compressed, tunicated, blunt, very much deformed ? 
1 T. anourna (Lin. spec. 
1432.) stem pentagonal ; leaves 
cordate, 3-lobed, repandly tooth- 
ed, puberulous; tendrils trifid, 
very long; male flowers race- 
mose; racemes on long pedun- , 
cles; calycine lobes very short, 
tooth-formed; lobes of corolla 
ovate, ciliately jagged ; fruit te- 
rete-oblong, ending in a long 
beak, hispid, splitting. ©. F 
Native of China. Lam. ill. t. 
794. Sims, bot. mag. 472.—Mill. 
fig. t. 82.—Mich. gen. 12. t. 9. 
Cicumis anguinus, Lin. spec. 
1437. ex Lam. dict. 2. p. 75.— 
Rumph. amb. 5. p. 407. t. 148. 
Kukukjanjang of the Hindoos. 
Flowers white. Fruit near a foot long. 
Snake-Gourd. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1755. PI. tr. 
2 T. cosra`ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 933.) leaves cordate, 3-lobed, 
denticulated, scabrous; lateral lobes somewhat 2-lobed ; male 
flowers racemose, bracteate ; female ones solitary ; fruit ovate, 
oblong-ribbed. ©.F. Native of Java, about Batavia and the 
western provinces, on the margins of rivers, where it is called 
lopan by the natives. 
Ribbed-fruited Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 
3 T. corusrina (Jacq. fil. eclog. t. 128.) stems furrowed, 
thickish ; tendrils bifid; leaves roundish, cordate, 3-5-lobed ; 
lobes short, broad, toothed ; male flowers in panicles ; common 
peduncles very long; female flowers sessile, solitary or in the 
same axils with the males; calyx very long, with a reflexed 
limb ; fruit nearly terete, very long, lined ; seeds obovate, red. 
©.F. Native country unknown. 
Viper Snake-Gourd, Pl. tr. 
4 T. NERVIFÒLIA (Lin. spec. 1432.) stem slender ; leaves cor- 
date, 3-nerved, toothed; petiole short; tendrils bifid; male 
flowers racemose; racemes on long peduncles; lobes of corolla 
oblong, ciliately jagged; female flowers solitary; fruit ovate, 
acutish, green, lined with white, about the size of a hen’s egg. 
©. F. Native of the East Indies. Rheed. hort. mal. 8. t. 17. 
Nerve-leaved Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 
5 T. orricina‘uis (Hamilt. ex Wall. cat. no. 6694.) scabrous ; 
leaves cordate, denticulated; petioles hispid; female peduncles 
1-flowered, solitary; fruit round, smooth. ©. U.S. Native 
of the East Jndies, in Chilmari. 
Officinal Snake-Gourd. Pl. cl. 
6 T. sca`sra (Lour. coch. p. 589.) branches woody, furrowed ; 
leaves cordate, roundish, wrinkled, scabrous; tendrils bifid ; 
flowers monoecious ; corolla shortly ciliated ; fruit roundish, red, 
FIG, 2. 
CUCURBITACEZ. XVI. TricHosanTHEs. 
10-angled, 5-celled; seeds flat, oblong. h. G. Native of 
Cochin-china. Flowers white. Fruit small. 
Scabrous Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 
7 T. cusprpa‘ra (Lam. dict. 1. p. 188.) stem twining; leaves 
cordate, oblong, acute, toothed; tendrils simple; male flowers 
unknown; female flowers nearly sessile, on short peduncles; 
calyx long, tubular, with nearly linear, acute, stalked, ciliately 
fringed segments ; fruit ovate, ending in along point. ©. F. 
Native of the East Indies.—Rheed. mal. 8. t. 16. T. caudata, 
Willd. spec. 4. p. 600. 
Cuspidate-fruited Snake-Gourd. PI. tw. 
8 T. ancura'ta (Lam. dict. 1. p. 190.) stems angular, very 
slender, villous; leaves cordate, roundish, small, angular; ten- 
drils forked, longer than the leaves; male flowers panicled; 
common peduncles much longer than the leaves ; female flowers 
solitary, pedunculate. ©.F. Native of the East Indies. Pe- 
tals fringed. 
Angular-stemmed Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 
9 T. vitrdsa (Blum. bijdr. p. 934.) leaves cordate, tricuspi- 
date, obsoletely denticulated, villous; peduncles 1-flowered; 
fruit nearly globose, striated with white. ©. F. Native of 
Java, about Rompien and Buitenzorg, where it is called Badu- 
jut by the natives. Fruit indehiscent. 
Villous Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 
10 T, ov/crera (Blume, |. c.) leaves deeply cordate, mucro- 
nate, sometimes sinuated, mucronately denticulated, shining 
above, and rough beneath: female peduncles 1-flowered ; fruit 
ovate, vittate. ©.F. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, where 
the plant is called Tiwuk by the natives. 
Egg-bearing Snake-Gourd. Pl. tr. 
11 T. cranprrtora (Blum. l. c.) leaves large, quintuple- 
nerved, ovate, sometimes tricuspidate, quite entire, coriaceous, 
quite glabrous ; flowers bracteate, disposed in dense spikes. 
©. F. Native of Java, in humid places on the mountains, where 
the plant is called by the inhabitants Kalayar Badak. 
Great-flovered Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 3 
12 T. corra‘cza (Blum. 1. c. p. 935.) leaves somewhat quin- 
tuple-nerved, cordate, acuminated, quite entire, coriaceous, retl- 
culated above and glabrous, but paler and rough beneath ; male 
flowers bracteolate, in loose racemes, on elongated peduncles. 
©.?F. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, where the plant is called 
by the inhabitants Piet-tjun-tjelling. Allied to T. grandiflora. 
Coriaceous-leaved Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 
13 T. ueTERÓCLITA (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. 6684.) leaves smooth, 
coriaceous, 3-lobed, seldom 5-lobed ; lobes acuminated, entire; 
peduncles racemose; tube of calyx long. R.o S. Native 0 
the East Indies, in Goyalpara. 
Variable-hollowed Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 
14 T.cucume’rina (Lin. spec. 1432.) fetid ; stems tetragonal, 
rather pilose ; leaves cordate, angular, rather villous, petiolate, 
with white nerves, and muricated petioles ; tendrils bifurcate; 
male flowers disposed in something like umbels ; female flowers 
solitary, on short peduncles ; calycine lobes ovate ; petals fringe 
at the apex; fruit ovate, mucronate, smooth, green, lined with 
white, but at last becoming orange-coloured ; seeds with sinu- 
ated margins. ©.? F. Native of Java, in the province © 
Bantam. Blum. bijdr. p. 934.—Rheed. mal. 8. t.15. Flowers 
white. The seeds are sometimes used in disorders of the sto- 
mach and bowels, and the plant is celebrated for its virtues 1 
Hortus Malabaricus. 
Cucumber-like Snake-Gourd. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1804. Pl. tt 
15 T. ama‘ra (Lin. spec. 1432.) stems terete, glabrous; ten- 
drils simple ; leaves cordate, triangular, sinuated, scabrous from 
dots, stalked; female flowers solitary; peduncles longer than 
the leaves; calyx long, tubular, with lanceolate, acute segments; 
petals roundish-ovate, fringed ; fruit obovate-oblong, 9-celled, 
green, striped with longitudinal white lines; flesh white and 
