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Trichosanthes. _MONOECIA SYNGENESIA, 703 
longer than the leaves, many-flowered. FEMALE FLOWERS 
axillary, solitary, short-peduncled like the male ones. Fruit 
oval, or oblong, pointed, cells imperfect, from one to four 
inches long, and from an inch to an inch and a half in diame- 
ter, till ripe striated with white and green, when ripe red. 
Seeds involved in a red pulp, lobate. 
The unripe fruit is eaten in stews, by the natives, it is ex- 
ceedingly bitter,for which it is reckoned the more wholesome, 
and is said to be anthelmintic, 
4. T. lobata, Roxb. 
Pomes linear oblong, smooth. Leaves downy, from five 
to seven-lobed ; lobes scollop-toothed. Male flowers : racem- 
ed, Female solitary. 
Beng. Bun-chichinga, 
This plant grows in hedges, and among bushes, It flowers 
during the wet season. . 
Stems five-sided, somewhat hairy, running to a great ex- 
tent. Leaves petioled, from five to seven-lobed ; lobes obo- 
vate, scollop-toothed, of a soft downy texture; from six to 
seven inches each way. Tendrils three-forked. Female flow- 
ers racemed, white. The female ones solitary, and white also. 
Pomes linear oblong, smooth, ornamented lengthways except 
near the base, with ten white streaks, Seeds each surrounded 
with its own proper gelatinous, bright red nidus. 
This is never eaten, although it appears to bea useful spe- 
cles, 
5. T. cordata, R. 
Root perennial, tuberous. Pomes globose, smooth, of the 
size of an orange. Leaves cordate, and cordate-lobate. tate 
Jlowers racemed ; the female ones solitary. 
Biicecin Knceeurn of the Hindoos near the mouth of the 
_ Tiver Megna, where the plant grows wild, and itsroot is used 
by the natives, as a substitute for Colomba root, It has by 
mistake I presume, been sent to London as the reat Colomba 
3 of Mozambique. 
