MomoriHca. monof.cia syngenesia. 709 



The ripe fruit is oaten raw by ilie natives, and wliHe green 

 in llieir curries. Crows and other birds are fond of (hem. 



4. M. ilioeca. Willd. iv. 605. 



Dioecous, root perennial, tuberous. Leaves from three to 

 five-lobed, scabrous. Pe^jo/es without glands. J/a/e and 

 female flowers solitary, tlie former cowl-bractcd. Fruit 

 ovate, niuricate, bursting*. Seeds a few. 



Deni paval. Ilheed. Mai. viii. /. 18. 



Pooagakara is the Telinga name of the male plants, and 

 Agakara of the female. 



They are natives of thickets, and banks of rivers, where there 

 are bushes for them to run on. Flowering time the wet and 

 cold seasons. 



Root tuberous, large, perennial, with somewhat of an as- 

 tringent taste. Stems annual, five-sided, slender, smooth, 

 about as thick as a log line, running to the extent of one or 

 two fathoms. Tendrils simple. Leaves scattered, petioled, 

 from three to five-lobed, irregularly toothed; above a little 

 scabrous, below pretty smooth. Male flowers on a differ- 

 ent plant, axillary, solitary, large, yellow, long-peduncled. 

 Peduncles with a large, gibbous, striated, blown up spathe- 

 like bracte at the apex, which encloses the bottom of the 

 flowers. Corol, petals lanceolate. Female flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, peduncled, large, of a pale yellow. Peduncles 

 about as long as the petals, near the base there is a small 

 sheathing bracte. Fruit about the size and shape of a part- 

 ridge's egg, murexed. Seeds many, oval, gray ; each sur- 

 rounded with a large, pulpy, crunson aril. 



The natives eat the tender, green fruit in their curries; 

 also the tuberous roots of the female plant ; they are larger 

 than those of the male, generally weighing from two to three 

 pounds. 



5. M. mixta. Roxh. 



Dioecous, root tuberous, perennial. Leaves sub-palmate, 



