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Plants of the Punjab. 
SE ee 
CurimBING Puants with ALTERNATE ExsrripuLATs Lospep LEAVES. 
Dicentra Roylei, 
FUMARIACE. 
Fe ae AD 
Himalaya, 
5-6,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Cardiospermum 
Helicacabum, 
Hedera Helix, 
Lagenaria vulgaris, 
Bottle Gourd, 
Kaddu, tumri, tumba. 
Cucu RBITACE®. 
5B: 1,.11,'618. 
The Plains to 
3,000 ft. 
Luffa zgyptiaca, 
Ghia-tori. 
CucurRBITACHS. 
Be B, lee G14; 
The Plains to 
3,000 ft. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
root perennial, stems annual, slender, climbing by 
branched tendrils on the leaf-stalks ; leaves 2-4 in., pinnately 
divided, segments }-1 in., ovate to linear-lanceolate, leaf- 
stalk often ending in a branched tendrils; flowers 2-1 long, 
yellow, sometimes tinged purple, on stalks 3-1 in., longer 
than the lanceolate membranous bracts, forming clusters 
on 2-4-flowered main stalks, sepals 2, small, soon falling 
off, petals 4, outer similar, oblong, concave, base dilated, 
tip hooded, inner narrow, stalked, keeled, stamens 6 in 
2 bundles, opposite the outer petals, style long ; capsule 
1} in. long, narrowly oblong, prolonged by the style, seeds 
black, shining, in 2 series, appendage small. 
see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 
see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
annual, velvety, tendrils 2-fid, stems stout, 5-angled ; 
leaves up to 6 in., ovate or round, 5-angular or lobed, base 
notched, toothed, stalk long with 2 glands at the apex; 
flowers 2-4 in. diam,, white, solitary, male and female on 
the same or different plants, male flowers on stalks to 6 in. 
long, female on stalks 1 in. long, male flowers, calyx tube 
3 in. long, funnel-shaped, velvety, teeth 5, narrow, petals 5, 
1-2 in. long, hairy on both sides, crumpled, ovate with a 
broad tip, stamens 8, anthers joined, enclosed, female 
flowers, calyx and corolla as in the male, style short with 
3-fid stigmatic lobes; fruit up to 18 in. long, bottle or 
dumb- bell shaped, thick, almost woody, seeds # by § in, 
% in. thick, with a groove parallel to and near the margin, 
white. The young fruit is cooked as a vegetable, the 
dried shell is used to hold water and also to form the base 
of a stringed instrument, sitar. 
annual, hairy, tendrils 3-fid ; leaves 4 in. diam., kidney- 
shaped-circular, 5-angled, or lobed, toothed, usually rough, 
dotted on both sides, stalk 2 in., without gland at the apex ; 
flowers 14-2 in. across, yellow often with raised hairy green 
veins, male and female flowers on the same plant in the 
same axils, male flowers clustered on a long stalk with 
short lesser stalk to each, often with a small, ovate, 
entire sticky bract, calyx tube top-shaped, lobes 5, triangu- 
lar or lanceolate, petals 5, ovate with a broad tip, 
stamens 5, anthers free, protruding, female flowers solitary 
