Gymnopetalmn.] 



LXV. CUCURBITACE^. 



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base deep cordate, scabrid, 2 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; 

 petioles scabrid pubescent, i to 1-5 in. long. Male peduncles 

 3 in. long. Flowers racemose. Bracts large incised serrate, 

 75 in. long. Calyx-tube sub-cylindric, villous, mouth with 

 deflexed hairs. Petals ovate oblong, -5 in. long. Female peduncles 

 short. Fruit 2 in. long, 75 in. through, lo-ribbed, beaked, orange. 

 Hub. Grassy open spots. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, on the hill 

 by the ruins; Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. Native name : Sipam. 



Fig. 69. — Gymnopetalum cochinchinense. 



(3) G. quinquelobum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. (i), 681 ; King, 

 I.e. 32. 



Slender creeper. Leaves orbicular or triangular deeply 5-lobed, 

 lobes 2- to 3-lobulate, sparsely hairy with thick hairs, 1*5 to 2'25 in. 

 long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. long. Male flowers 

 soHtary (rarely racemose) pilose. Bracts oblong, serrate -5 in. 

 long. Calyx-teeth entire or toothed. Petals oblong acute 

 puberulous outside. Female peduncles "5 to i in. long. Fruit 

 oblong, fusiform, ribbed, pubescent, scarlet 1-5 to 2 in. long. Hab. 

 Not common. Singapore (Thomson) ; Malacca (Griffith), Perak, 

 Plus River (Wray). Penang (Porter, seeds collected here and 



