712 MONOECIA SVNGliNESIA. Llljfh. 



pediincled, smaller. Carol that of the mule witli a long gib- 

 bous tube, that of the female shorter, and sub-cyliudric. 

 Border of five, large, sj)reading, obovate divisions. Stamens 

 within ihe tube. Style the length of the tube. Stiff ma three- 

 cleft. Fridl one-celled, oblong, ten-ribbed, rough with 

 short slitr hairs, particularly the ribs, about two inches long, 

 by three quarters of an inch in diameter, when ripe, orange 

 coloured, bursting slowly, exposing the smooth thick margin- 

 ed seeds disposed in three rows and enveloped in a soft dark 

 greeniish aril. 



LUFF A. Tournf. 

 3Iale calyx five-toothed. Coro/ five-petalled. Filaments 

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

 Pepo inferior, becoming dry and inwardly fibrous, opening 

 by the falling or decay of a lid at the apex. 



1 . L. pentandra. Roxb. 



Leaves angular lobate, or palmate. Stamens five. Fruit 

 linear, marked with ten straight lines like ridges. Seed with 

 elevated dots and sharp waved margins. 



Petola. Rumph. Amh. v. t. 147. 



Moinordica Lnffa. mild. iv. G03. 



Cattu picinna. Rheed, MaL viii. t. 8. 



Benff. Uoondool. 



Pwrwla Kindi and Tita pwrjda, a wild variety. 



Telinff. Nuni-beerd. 



I have only found this plant in its cultivated state. It is 

 considerably larger then acutanffula in all its parts, and is 

 cultivated at the same season. 



Tendrils from four to six-cleft. Leaves alternate, petiol- 

 ed, the lower ones five-angled with the angles acute, the su- 

 perior ones palmate; seyments conic, lanced, very acute ; all 

 slightly serrate, pretty smooth, from six to twelve inches each 

 way. Petioles striutcd, a little chunncllcd. Stipules solitary, 



