44 i BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PBODUCTIOSS. 



CUCURBITIE.E. 

 Anthers 2-ceUed, the cells straight, curved orfexuose. Ovary with 3 {rarely 2 or o) 

 placentas. Ovules horizontal, numerous. 



* Anther-cells Jlexuose or folded uj) (veri/ rarely straight or only curved). 

 X Corolla rotate or bell-shaped, 5-pet)illed or o-partcd at the base. Filaments 

 vsually free. 



-\- Petals fringed. 



HoDGsoNiA, Hooker, f. et Thomp-wn. 



Ovules 12, in pairs attached to each side of the 2 parietal placentas. Seeds large, 

 united hy pairs. Leaves lobcd, coriaceous. 



H. (TiiicEOSAXTHEs) HETEEOCLii.i, Eoxb. Tropical forests. Chittagong and Pegu. 



Tkichosaxtiies, Linnaus. 



Ovules and seeds very numerous, the latter variously shaped, small or large. 

 Petals fringed or rarely entire or nearly so, white. Leaves entire or loLed. 



Sub-genus En-TiticHosANxnEs. 



Petals conspicuously fringed. JIale floirers racemose. 



* Male racemes without or with minute hraets, the bracts liardly a line long and 

 inconspicuous. Seeds imbedded in a red or yelhiwish pulp, grooved or tubercled, with 

 thickened, crctiate, or waved margins. 



X Leaves more or less deeply palmafely lubed. 

 + Male racemes without bracts. 



*T. CTJCniiERrN^i, L. Cultivated all over Burma. 



Tha-bw5t-kha. 



Fringes of the petals simple and straight. Fruits ovate, acuminate. Margin of 

 seeds thickened and crenate. 



-] — |- Mule racemes minutely hracted. 



T. LOBATA, Roxb. Chittagong. 



Fringes of petals jagged. Fruits oblong, acuminate. Seeds thick and irregularly 

 tubercled. 



*T. ANGUiKA, L. CuUivated {fde ilason). 



Peh-len-mywe. 



Fringes of petals simple, curled. Fruits elongate, spindle-shaped. 



X X Leaves cordate, not lobed. 

 T. EENIFOEMS, Miq. Ivutland Island. Andaman?. 



Leaves pubescent. Seeds vritli a central longitudinal ribbon, the lateral lobes 

 truncate. 



** Male racemes compicuously bracted, the bracts leafy, 3 lines to \h inch long or 

 longer. Seeds imbedded in a dirty dark-green pulp, smooth, with entire margins. 



T (Modecca) beacteata, Lamk. All over Burma. 



Fringes of petals very long and simple. Bracts of male flo-wers usually smaller. 

 Calyx-lobes broadly ovate, serrate. Leaves angular or palmately lobed. Fruits globose. 



T. geandibeacteata, Kz. North of Mandalay and the Ehakyen Hills. 



Petals fringed with very long simple curled cilia. Bracts of male flowers large 

 and broad, 1-1|- inch long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, entire. Leaves usually palmately 

 and very deeply lobed. Fruits large, oval-oblong, compressed. 



T. cordaia, Roxb. The Tsittoung Yalley. 



Petals to near their middle cut into numerous jagged segments, not fringed. 

 Female flowers not tubular. Fruits globose. Leaves cordate, usually not lobed. 



