620 
Plants of the Punjab. 
CurmmBina PLaNts witH ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE LoBED LEAvVEs. 
Bryonia or 
PETALS UNITED. 
annual, rough or smooth, stems angular, slender, 
Bryonopsis laciniosa, tendrils 2-fid; leaves 4-6 in., deeply 5-lobed, lobes 2-8 
Gargu-naru. 
CuCURBITACER. 
F. B. I. i. 622. 
The Plains to 
2,000 ft. 
Mukia scabrella, or 
Melothria 
maderaspatana, 
Gwala-kakri. 
CucURBITACEE. 
F. B. I. i. 628. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Mashobra (Collett). 
Zehneria or 
Melothria umbellata, 
Bankakra. 
CucuRBITACE. 
F. B. I. 11. 625. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
in., often rough and dotted above, sinus often broad or 
narrow, stalk as long as the blade, often rough with firm 
excrescences at the apex; flowers small, yellowish, male 
and female flowers on very short stalks clustered together 
in the same axils, male flowers, calyx tube widely bell- 
shaped, 5-toothed, teeth smooth, awl-shaped, corolla 
deeply 5-lobed, stamens 3, inserted low down in ihe calyx 
tube, anthers free, female flowers, calyx and corolla as 
in the male, style slender, 8-fid at the top; fruit ? in. 
diam., sessile, often 2 or 8 together, green with white lon- 
gitudinal stripes, seeds }in., ovoid, margin corrugated, 
often with excrescences on the faces. The young shoots 
are sometimes cooked as a vegetable, the plant when in 
fruit is used medicinally, as an aperient and tonic. 
annual, stem slender, angular, rough, tendrils un- 
branched ; leaves 1-3 in., ovate-heart-shaped, 3-7-angled, 
not deeply lobed, toothed, long-pointed, very rough ; 
flowers } in. diam., yellow, almost sessile, solitary, or in 
small clusters, male and female flowers on the same plant, 
male flowers, calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, teeth awl- 
shaped, corolla deeply 5-lobed, stamens 3, inserted low in 
the calyx tube, anthers free, female flowers, calyx and 
corolla as in the male, style club shaped, stigma 3-lobed ; 
berry } in. diam., bright red, round, seeds few, rough, 
strongly margined, The seeds have a sudorific action, and 
the root is used in flatulence. 
perennial, root tuberous, smooth or velvety, tendrils 
branched, sometimes flower-bearing ; leaves very variable, 
6 by 4 in., broadly ovate or triangular with forked base, 
or 8-5-lobed, lobes unequal, narrow, diverging ; flowers 
} in. diam., yellow, male and female generally on different 
plants, sometimes on the same, male flowers in umbels, 
calyx smooth or velvety, bell-shaped, 5-toothed, teeth 
short, corolla deeply 5-lobed, hairy within, stamens 8, 
rather long, inserted low in the calyx tube, anthers free. 
female flowers calyx and corolla as in the male, style 3- 
lobed at the top; berry #-14 in. long, bright red, ovoid, 
smooth or velvety, seeds 6-12, oblong, smooth. The 
fruit is edible, the root when cooked is eaten, the seeds 
and leaves are used as medicine. 
