Trichosanllies. monoecia synoenf.sia. 701 



slender peduncles, the latter short-pedicclled. Male calyx 

 six-leaved. JVectary none. Filaments single, swelled above 

 the middle, to which part five anthers are fixed by their 

 backs. Female calyx nearly as in the male. JSTeciary none. 

 Germ villous, ovate. Style scarcely any. Stir/ina large, 

 with the margin from eight to twelve-cleft. Pericarp fleshy, 

 of the size of a cherry, dividing spontaneously into as many 

 parts as there were segments in the stigma. Seeds general- 

 ly one to each division of the pericarp. 



It has the habit of a Pliyllanthus^ but the natural character 

 is that of Bradleia, 



MONOECIA SYNGENESIA. 



TRICHOSANTHES. Schreb. gen. N. 1476. 

 Male calyx five-toothed. Carol five-parted, fringed. 

 Filaments three. Female calyx and corol as in the male. 

 Style three-cleft. Pepo oblong. 



1. T. anguina. Willd. iv. 598. 



Annual, scandent. Leaves more or less five-lobed. Male 

 flowers racemed ; female solitary. Pomes spindle-shaped. 



Beng. Chichinga. 



Anguina Sinensis. Mil. t. 32. is but a very bad represen- 

 tation of our Indian plant. 



Much cultivated in the warmer parts of Asia, for its fruit, 

 which is universally eaten by the natives in their stews and 

 curries. 1 have never met with the plant in its wild state. 

 A variety was raised from seed sent from Nepal by Dr. 

 Buchanan, the leaves of which are more deeply divided, and 

 the fruit longer than those of the southern parts of India, but 

 in other respects they are the same. 



2. T. dioeca. R. 



Dioecous, herbaceous. Pomes oblong, smooth. Seeds glo- 



