CUCURBITACE.E. TURSERACE-E. 449 



R. DELToiBEA, Kz. Pcsiu 1111(1 Tcnasscriiii. 



Leaves deltoid, with spreading acute basal lobes, rough above. Berries glabrous. 



CREMOSPERMIE.E. 

 Anthers l-ccUed. Orary 1- or Z-celli'd. Ondcs 2 to many, suspended. 



* Seeds not winged. 

 Sub-lribo GOMPIIOGTNIEJE. 

 Stamens 5. Filaments free. Ocarrj \-celled, with 2-6 ondes suspended from, or 

 near, the summit of the cell. 



GoMPnoGTNE, Griffith. 



Petals oblong, crose. Fruit turbinate, broadly 3-angular and 3-valved at the 

 apex. Leaves 5-7-foliolate. 



G. (Zanoxia) HETEKOspEKJfA, Wall. Ava. Taoug-doung. 



Capsule club-shaped, rather narrow. Seeds usually 4, about u line long, 

 rounded, obscurely tubercled-wrinkled. 



A simple-leaved species of Actinostemma, or more probably Gomphnstemma, is 

 not unfrequent along choungs in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the Pegu 

 Yoniah, especially at tlic head-waters of the Swa-choung, but I did not succeed iu 

 finding either flower or fruit of it (Kurz). 



* * Seeds winged. 

 Sub-tribe ZANOXIE.T;. 

 Stamens 5. Filaments free. Anthers oblong. Ovary \-celled, with 3 thicli 

 parietal placentas. Ovules numerous. Fruit dry, \-celled, with a broad open 3-angular 

 mouth at the top. 



Alsomitea, Ricm. 



Calyx-lobes 5. Stamens 4, perfect. Styles 3, the stigmas 2-lobed. Leaves 

 3-foliolato. 



A. (Zanoxia) sAKCornvi.LA , Wall. "Waste spots from Ava to Pronie. 



Kyi-a (il.). 



Zaxoxia, Linnaus. 



Z. zErrxEEiA, Endl. (if.). 



This Order embraces a few grateful fruits, as the difFcront sorts of melons, and 

 some useful and wholesome though not very nutritious vegetables in the various sorts 

 of pumpkins, gourds, and cucumbers, which from their cheapness enter largely into 

 the dietary of the poorer classes. 



The ' Colocynth,' Citrullus eoloeynthix, yields a pulj) possessing highly purgative 

 properties, and similar properties exist iu the roots of several species of Bryony, e.g. 

 Bryonia alba and dioica. The fruits of Luffa and Trichasanthes arc largely used for 

 food iu India, but become purgative wlien ripe. The fibrous skeleton of the fruit of 

 Ljujfa is what is familiarly known in London shops as ' Kgytian Bath-sponge.' Tin; 

 white gourd, Benincasa cerifera, presents a waxy exudation on its fruits, and is 

 regarded as a symbol of fertility, and as such often presented in India to newly- 

 married couples. 



Order TURNERACE.E. 



Corolla polypetalous, perigynous, isostcmonous, contorted in bud. Stamens 5, 

 sub-hypogynous. Ovary free, 1 -celled, with 3 parietal placentas. Capsule with 

 3 semi-seminiferous valves. Seeds strophiolato. L'mbryo albuminous. 



TiKXEitA, Linnttus. 

 *T. ri,Mnoi.iA, L. Introduced and now feral roiuid villages. 



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