CUCURBITALS. 93 CUCURBITS. 
2. C. Colocynthis Linneus.—(Cotocynta Gourp.) Fig. 140. 
Leaves cordate-ovate, multifid, hoary with hairs on the under side, the 
lobes somewhat acute ; fruit globose, whole-coloured, with an intensely 
bitter pulp. 
Habitat. Syria ana India, 
Tea oO Bitter, acrid, emetic, purgative, drastic cathartic, hydragogue. 
3 i nstipation, dropsy, alvine obstructions, amenorrheea. 
3 C, pseudo-colocynthis Royle.—(Himabayan ConocyytH.) Fig. 141 . 
‘ves scabrous, 5-lobed, the lobes and angles both rounded, the middle 
lobe usually 3-lobed ; fruit oblong, striped, with an intensely bitter pulp. 
abitat. Plains of Northern India. 
y and Uses. As the last. 
Momorpica. Linneeus. 
_ Tendrils lateral. Stamens triadelphous. Axthers connate. Calyx of 
the males short. . Fruit finally splitting. 
te cies are. 
oe Fig. 140.—Cucumis Colocynthis ; 141. Fruit of ©. pseudo-colocynthis. 
