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E 344 - CUCURBITACE.K. BENINCASA. 
1068. (5) L. tuberosa (Roxb.:). root tuberous, perennial: stems glabrous, 
slender: leaves reniform-cordate, 5-7-angled or lobed, toothed, quite gla- 
brous: tendrils simple: flowers small, white ; male racemes few-flowered, 
very short: stamens diadelphous (3 and 2): female flowers solitary, long- 
peduneled: fruit (14 inch long and half an inch thick) oblong, tapering at 
each end, smooth, with 8 sharp ridges, indehiscent.— Rob. fl. Ind. 3. p. 717; 
Wight! cat. n. 1108.—L. amara, Wall.! L. n. 6754. b.—Cucumis tuberosus, 
Roxb. in-E. I. C. mus. tab. 461; Ainsl. mat. med. Hind. p. 236.——Cirears, 
Roxburgh, Heyne. Mysore, Heyne.—Tutacoryn, Klein. 
t 1069. (6) L. Kleinii (W. & A.:) stems suleated, glabrous: leaves on 
long petioles, cordate, 3—5- ngled or slightly lobed, scarcely scabrous, sharp- 
ly toothed ; middle lobe the longest, triangular-acuminated : tendrils long, bi- 
d: male racemes long-peduncled; female on a short peduncle: stamens and 
anthers distinct: fruit (very immature) oval, tomentose.— Wight ! cat. n. 1139. 
—Cucurbita umbellata, Klein. ; Willd. sp. 4. p. 608 ; DC. prod.3. p. 318 ; Spr. 
syst. 8. p. 45 ; Wall.! L. n. 6724. Mirittupadu ; Travancore, Klein. 
We have no doubt about the genus, but from the great imperfection of all 
the specimens yet known, it is impossible to characterise the species perfectly. 
V. BENINCASA. Savi. 
Flowers polygamous, moneecious, or occasionally bisexual. Calyx-seg- 
ments short, broad, waved and toothed on the margin. Corolla 5-partite ; 
segments roundish-obovate, spreading, waved and curled.—Mate. Stamens 
triadelphous, divaricating. Filaments short, broad. Anthers very irregular. 
—Fem. Stamens usually abortive. Stigma very thick, irregular. Pepo fleshy, 
covered externally with numerous brittle hairs. Seeds thickish on the mar- 
gin.—Every where very hairy, with a musky smell. Leaves cordate, some- 
what 5-lobed, the lobes acutish and crenated. Tendrils simple. Fruit from 
ovate to cylindrical, short or elongated, glaucous and covered with hairs. 
1070. (1) B. cerifera (Savi.)—Ser. mem. sur les Cucurb. t. 4; DC. pr -> 
p. 303; Wight ! cat. n. 1109.—Cucurbita cerifera, Fisch —C. hispida, Willd. * 
sp. 4. p. 608; Spr. ? syst. 3. p. 46; Wight! in Wall.! L. n. 6723.—C. Pepo, 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 718.—C. alba, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tub. 451.— : 
Mail. 8.t. 3. 
Our specimens were obtained from a plant that came up accidentally 
among some rubbish at Samulcottah. 
VI. BRYONIA. Linn.; Gert. Sr. t. 88. 
Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-toothed, as long as the undivided part of the 
corolla. Corolla 5-partite or 5-petalled, or not exceeding the calyx.—Mat#- 
Stamens triadelphous. Anthers flexuose or nearly straight.—F Ex. Calyx 
exceedingly constricted between the limb and the tube. Style 3-fid. Fruit 
berry, ovate, or oval or globose, generally few-seeded. 
Although the berry of this genus be no doubt a modification of a peponida, it does 
not present the regular structure of that kind of fruit. 
1071. (1) B. Garcini (Willd.:) stem glabrous: tendrils simple: leaves 
deeply 3-5-lobed, bristle-toothed, more or less scabrous: bracteas 
large, reniform, ciliated : berries small, inverse-reniform, 2-seeded : se ob- 
long, thickest at the margin.— Willd. sp. 4. p. 623; DC. prod. 3 p. 908; Sir. 
syst. 3. p. 17 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 27 ; Wall.! L, n. 6712 ; Wight! cat. n. 11 
Linn. mant. 
— B. reniformis, Rorb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 468.—Sicyos Gareini, 
p. 297; Burm. Ind. t. 57. f. 3.” : 
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