124 ENuaiEUATioN oi? [^CucurhUacecs* 



3. TEAPA, Liun, 



1. T. bispinosa^ Eoxb. (W. et A., 1. c. 337, cum syn.)^c,p. 2932. 

 Hab. Tanks, in the hotter parts of the island. 



LXX. CUCrEBITACE^. 



TRIBE NHAl^LIROBEM 



1. ZANONIA, Linn. 



1. 25. Indica, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 340, cum syn. ; Wight, Illust- 

 ii. p. 31. t. 103.)— c.pI 1628. 



Hab. Not uncommon, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg* 

 ** Wal-rasakinda." 



Embryonis oUongi esalbuminosi coti/ledones planie^ camoste, parum insequales^ 

 radicula versus hilum spectante. 



. I Lave never Leen so fortunate as to be able to get the female flowers of this 

 species, so cauuot give an analysis of thcra. The Cinghalese value this plant as a 

 febrifuge. 



2. PESTALOZZIA, Moritzi. 



Walp, Ann. i. p. 316, 



L P. laxa, T]xy^,—Zanonia laxa, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. p. 28 ; Walp. 

 Eep. ii, p. 194; Amott in Hook. Joum. of Bot. iii. p. 272, in adn. Z. 

 Wightiana, Arn. Pug. 38 B (356) ; Walp. 1. c. {An FesL pedata, Zoll. 

 and Mor. ; Walp. 1. c. ?)— c.p. 2582. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 6000 feet. 



Fl. Masc. AntJierarum loculi longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Fl. F(em. Ovarium 

 sphtericura, 3-loculare, placeyitis axilibus. Ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice pen- 

 dula. Stj/Ii 3, basi coaliti, apice divergentea, emarginati^ bicuspidati. Bacca sph^- 

 ricte, pisi niaguitudine, l-S-spermse. Semina exalata. 



TIIIBE CVQJmBITEM. 



3- MELOTHBIA, Linn., Endl. 



Stamina 3, aqualia, bilocularia ; filame^ifu medio tuhi inserlis^ 



Vfl. deltoidea^ Thw. —^c/imandra deltoidea, Am. 1. c. p. 274. 

 mia deltoidea, Arn. Pug. 19 (337).— c.r. 1610, 2581, 3128. 

 iu. Common up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Folia deltoidea, tastata vel digitata, parce denticulata, snpome calloso-scabra, 

 subtus glabra vel ad nervos piiosa, 1^-3 poll, longa, jietiolo i-U poH. longo. 

 CirrJd simplices. Flares albidi, limbo expanso, 4 lin. in diam., ad fauccm hirsu- 

 tissimi. Masc. : Filamenta brevia, Antherce lat^, dorso nifo-hirsutte, loculis 

 lateralibus. Glandula centralis, parva, rotundata, Ijcvis. Fl. F(»m. Axillarcs, 

 sohtarii vel bini, s^pe cum mascuh's intermixti, lonsriascule pedicellati. Stamina 

 alorhva 3, filiformia. Ovanum fusifprme. Stylus filiformis, basi anuulo glaiidulari 

 cmctus. ^ Stigna raaguuln, 3-lobatum. Fructus cyllndricus, utriuque attcnuatus vel 

 ^ fusiformis, teres vel plus minus acute 6-costatu3. Semina la; via, complanata, ovalia, 

 albida, \\ lin. longa. 



