13. CUCVRB1TACEM. [1. Zeitnerta. 



Petals small triangular -white. St. 3 free, inserted near the 

 bottom of the short tubular-companulate hypanthhim ; 

 anthers conniving, cells curved, sigmoid or transverse on a. 

 thickened papillose connective. Ovary 1-celled with 3 

 parietal placentae. 



(St. normally 3, 2 with 2-celled anthers and 1 with 1-celled anther. 

 Fls. however have been found with 3 2-celled anthers, and again with 3 

 stamens bearing 2-celled anthers and a fourth stamen with a 1-celled 

 anther.) 



1. Z. umbellata, Thw, Chengor, K. ; At, 8. ; Ban 

 Kundri, Beng. 



Climbing or usually procumbent. Tubers spindle-shaped 

 1" diam. in chains and at the ends of fleshy roots. L. cordate 

 or sagittate with petiole under f ". M. fls. J" long articulate 

 on slender pedicels in short dense usually corymbose racemes. 

 F. solitary on |-|" peduncles. Fruit ellipsoid 1J" scarlet with 

 red pulp. 



Singbhnm, not common. Manbhum, common, Campbell. Baragaon 

 Hill and Sargnja, Wood. Santal Parganahs. Fl. May-July. Fr. Juiie- 

 Bept. 



Btem angled. L. minutely denticulate (end of nerves mucronate), 

 glaucous beneath, base 5-7-nerved. Petioles shorter than the basa] -lobes 

 or auricles. There are two very distinct forms in Chota Nagpur. 



(a) L. quite entire cordate or ovate with cordate base, attaining 

 6" by 4§". 



Eocky ravines in Singbhum. Gneissic hills of western Hazaribagh. 

 Stems and foliage persistent, at least until after November. 



(b) L. attaining 3", sagittate or halbert-shaped, with the basal lobes 

 sometimes again lobed. Center-lobe obtuse. Santal Parganahs, etc. 



This, I believe, dies down in the cold season as I have never observed 

 it then, 



The tubers, leaves and fruit of both forms are eaten. 



2. Z. Hookeriana, Am. 



L. cordate angular or 3-5-lobed half-way down but with 

 the center-lobe acute and the petiole longer than the basal- 

 lobes or auricles. Fruit globose f" diam. 



Jaspur, Wood. Wood states that the root is used in fever and 

 diarrhoea. 



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