846 Lxv. cucuRBiTACE^. [Trichosanihcs. 



broadly unequal round at base, 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. 

 wide; petioles i to i"5 in. long; petiolules "2 in. long or less. Male 

 inflorescence long stout sulcate. Bracts deltoid pectinate glandular 

 tomentose. Calyx-tube narrow, funnel-shaped, pubescent, teeth 

 lanceolate, entire. Fruit oblong ovate, red, 4 to 5 or nearly 6 in. 

 long, 3 in. through. Seeds in greenish black pulp, brown, edge 

 thick. Singapore, Orchard Road ; Chan Chu Kang ; Tanglin. Hub. 

 Johor, Bukit Murdom (Kelsall). Malacca, Alor Gajah (Griffith). 

 Bindings, Lumut. Disirib. Celebes. Native names : Akar Tiga 

 Chabang; Timun Dendang Lunjung. 



Cultivated Species. 



T. Anguina Linn. Sp. PI. 1008. 



" Serpent Gourd," " Ketola Ular," easily recognised by its 

 long snake-like fruit, dark green with lighter patches when 

 young, red when ripe, very slender racemes and small flowers. 

 It is often cultivated in vegetable gardens. 



3. GYMNOPETALUM, Arn. 



Usually creeping herbs, slender. Leaves entire or deeply 

 3- to 5-lobed. Flowers white, rather large. Male peduncles 2 

 from each axil, one i-flowered, the other racemose. Bracts on 

 racemes large, lanceolate incised or small. Females i-flowered. 

 Male, calyx-tube long, lobes 5, lanceolate. Petals 5 not fimbriate. 

 Stamens 3, anthers conduplicate. Female, ovarj^ oblong ; style 

 long. Stigmas 3. Fruit ovate, oblong, acute at both ends. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, margined. Species 6, Indo-China, Malaya. 



Leaves not lobed . . . . . . (i) G. integrifolium 



Leaves deeply 3- to 5-lobed. 



Lobes triangular, acute , . . . . (2) G. cochinchinense 



Lobes lobulate sinuate . . , . . (3) G. quinquelobum 



(i) G. integrifolium Kiirz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 58; 

 King, I.e. 31. 



A creeping plant in grass, scabrid. Leaves reniform, blunt, 

 edge undulate or toothed, above scabrid, beneath tomentose, 

 175 in. long, -8 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles "45 to •65 in. long. 

 Flowers solitary. Male peduncles i"5 in. long. Females "25 in. 

 long. Calyx-tube hairy, teeth lanceolate. Corolla white, 1*35 in. 

 wide, lobes obovate, pubescent. Fruit 75 in. long, globular, 

 orange colour. Hab. Open grassy spots. Perak, Batu Togoh 

 (Wray) ; Bindings, Lumut. Kelantan, Chaning Estate. Disirib. 

 Cambodia, Java. 



(2) G. cochinchinense Knrz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (2), 

 57; King, I.e. 32. Trichosanthes laciniata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. 

 See. S. Br. 59, p. 107. 



Stem scabrid, hairy. Leaves reniform to triangular, 5-angled 

 or lobed half-way, lobes triangular acute, edges crenate dentate, 



