722 MONOECIA SYNGENESIA, Cucumis. 
are also in this stage eaten raw and much used in curries, by 
the natives. — 
The seeds like those of the other Cucurbitaceous fruits con- 
tain much faridfaceous matter blended witha large portion of 
mild oil ; the natives dry and grind them into a meal, which 
they employ, as an article of diet; they also express a mild 
oil from them, which they use in food and to burn in their 
lamps. Experience as well as analogy prove these seeds to 
be highly nourishing and well deserving of a more extensive 
culture than is bestowed on them at present. 
The powder of the toasted seeds mixed with sugar is said 
to be a powerful diuretic, and serviceable in promoting the — 
passage of sand or gravel, 
As far as my observation and information goes, this. agri- 
culture is chiefly confined to the Guntoor Circar, where these 
seeds form a considerable branch of commerce ; they are mix- 
ed with those of Holcus Sorgum or some other of the large 
culmiferous tribe and sown together ; these plants run on the 
surface of the earth, and help to shade them from the sun, so 
that they mutually help each other. 
The fruit 1 observed above keeps well for several months 
if carefully gathered and suspended. This circumstance will 
render them a very excellent article to carry to sea during 
long voyages. 
_ 6. C, trigonis, R. 
__ Leaves deeply five-lobed ; lobes rounded, toothed. F ruit 
oval, obsoletely le ag ten-striated, sent of the size 
‘ofa pullet’s egg. 
_ ‘Teling. Pam-budinga. 
The plant of this species resembles very much the last de- 
scribed one ; it is never cultivated, is a native of the higher 
lands that bare been lately cultivated; appears and flowers 
during the wet and cold seasons, 
Stems like those of the last described. species. Tendrilsalso 
simple, the leaves are more deeply lobed and rather more 
