2. Tuicir^ANTHHi. } 13. CUCURBIT ACEM. [4 Lagenawa. 



li. su: oth to touch above, almost velvety between nerves below, main 

 nerves pubescent or somewhat scabrous beneath, basal sinus very broad, 

 smell foetid. Tendrils 3-fid. Monoecious. Male racemes 5-8". Calyx- 

 tube H". 



Var, anguiua, L. (sp.) Karta, K. ; Chachinda, H. The 

 snake gourd. 



This is the cultivated form. L. 4-6" or up to 11" diam. sometimes very 

 deeply lobed with narrow sinuses except the basal one which is vety 

 broad. Fls. H-2". _ Fr. very long attaining 2 ft. and often twisted, 

 green with white stripes when young. There are all gradations between 

 this and the wild form. 



3. T. dioica, Roxb. Potol, Beng. 

 Dioecious. Male peduncles usually only 1-fld. Fruit 

 oblong or nearly spherical. 



" In all the provinces," Prain. I have not seen it in Ch. Nagpur. 



L. ovate to oblong, not palmate. Sec. n. excurrent as small teeth. 

 Petiole H 7 ovlj. Fls. about f diam. white. Hypanthium very slender 

 2-3'' green striate with long white hairs. Sepals linea^-''. 



3. Gymnopetalum, Arn. 

 . G- cochinchinense, Ktirz. Kaubutkila, K. 



A pretty climber With bright green foliage, simple tendrils, 

 and white flowers 2" diam., M. solitary and racemed from 

 same axil. Fern, solitary, or occasionally also panicled like 

 the male. Corolla lobes oblong toothed. Fr. 2 V by 1 j" bright 

 orange-scarlet, ovoid-oblong, with 10 strong ribs when young. 



Singbhumon Porahat plateau. Banohi plateau. Fl. Aug.-OcU Fr. 

 Bept.-Nov. 



-Stems sparsely pubescent ot hispid. L. lower'deeply cordate orbicular 

 5-7-lobed and denticulate 2-4' / , scabrous above hispidulous beneath, basal 

 lobes rounded and sinus wide, others acute or acuminate. Raceme 5-9*, . 

 bracts foliaceous \'\ obovate euheate, palmatisect. Calyx-tvhe curved 

 pubescent 1", sepals £''. Anthers connate. Fern, calyx-tube HT above 

 pubescent ovary. Seeds ■&'' by £"' ini a blackish-green pulp, somewhat 

 compressed, brown. 



4. Lagenam, Seringe, 



1. L. Vulgaris, Seringe. Suku, Eo. ; Kadu, <S. Lao, 2T.> 

 Beng, The bottle gourd. 



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