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.: 6. T. dicaelospenua, C, B, Clarhe) leaves cordate-ovate acute denti- 

 culate softly shortly pubescent on both surfaces, fruit 1^ in. diam. globose, seeds 

 5 in. compressed subquadrate equally 3-celled the lateral cells empty. ?T. 

 remformis, Kurz in Flora 1871, 294. 



SiKKiM, alt. 2000-5000 ft. ; J,D. H, Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft. ; Kf. # T. 



Stems long, twining, innovations at least pubescent. Bicecioics. Leaves 4 by 3^ in., 

 not at all lobed ; petiole l^in.; tendrils 2-fid. Male peduncles paired, one early 

 l-flowered, the other 2-3 in., racemed, ebracteate. Calyx-tuhe l\ in., narrow, pu])es- 

 ^^nt Fruit pubescent, with 10 paler vertical bands. Seeds in orange pulp. — This 

 18 perhaps Kurz's reniformis obtained in Sikkim, but it can hardly be T. reniformiSy 

 Miq, FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 675, which has obtuse lobes to the leaves and the male 

 «pikes leafy -bracteate. 



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 scabrous woolly, male flowers not racemed woolly without, anthers free. WalL 

 Ca^. 6692 A, B, D. 



Throughout the plain of North Ikdia from the Punjab to Assam and East Ben- 

 ^JAi-; common. • 



, Stems twining extensively, more or less woolly and scabrous. Dicedmis, Leaves 

 * by 2 in., harsh, sinuate-dentate, not lobed; petiole f in.; tendrils 2-fid. Male 

 peduncles paired, the second-flowering often 2 in. but not racemed in any example at 

 ■K-ev. Calyx-tube 1| in., narrow. Fruit 2-3^ in., oblong or nearly spherical, acute, 

 ^range-red. Seeds |-^ in., half-ellipsoid, compressed, corrugate on the margin.— 

 ^nited with the next species by Benth. in Fl. Austral, iii, 31o. Roxburgh says 

 Stamens three distinct *' which has been repeatedly verified in the living plant. 



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; DC, Prodr. ui. 314; leaves cord 

 us, male flowers partly racemed glabrous. W. ^ 

 Lamk. : DC. Prodr. iii. ^U.—Rheede Hort, Mai 



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Deccan Peninstjla; Quilon, Wight, Kurg (tropical region); 

 CEYLON ; not Uncommon up to 5000 ft. ; Thwaites. 

 y Stems twining, glabrous. Dicecious. Leaves 3 by U-2 in., membranous, sinuate- 

 dentate, not lobed ; petiole | in. ; tendrils 2-fid. Male peduncles usually paired, the 

 ^nd-flowering carrying a raceme (final 



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^?^yx-tuhe 1^ in. Fruit (and seeds from Eheede's drawing) 2-3 in., circular in sec- 

 "on. about twice as long as broad, acute. Seeds |-^ in., half-ellipsoid, compressed, 

 "ated on the margin. 



i ^- T. cucumerlna, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 315 ; leaves cordate sulreni- 

 ^orm 5- (3-7-) lobed or 6-angiilar lobes not acuminate pubescent or puberulous 

 ?.? ooth surfaces, fruit 1-3 in. ovoid -conical, seeds corrugate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ^- ^02 ; Wall. Cat. 6690 A, B, 0, D, F ; Blmm Bijd. 933 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. 

 ^wi6. n. 102 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 676 ; ^^aud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, 

 tji"- 191 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 98. T. laciniosa, Klein in Herb, 

 fouler. T. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 6691. Bryonia umbellata, WaU. Cat. 6700 D. 

 ^^ucuaig Missionis, Wall. Cat. 6728. 



Throughout India and Ceylon.— Distbib. Malaya, North Australia. 

 ^ - twining, more or less pubescent. Dicecious or less often (? when cultivated) 

 ^?«ciotts, leaves 2-4 in. diam., usually 5-lobed about half-way down, lobes obtuse 

 " acute not acuminate ; petiole | in. ; tendrils 2-fid. Male peduncles m pairs, the 

 fern f ^■flo'«^ered, the later racemed; occasionally in place of the earlier is found a 

 Ct\\- Calyx-tvhe 1 in. Seeds i-h in., balf-ellipsoid, compressed, in red pulp.— 

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