«. Mukia.] 13. CUCURBITACF^. [10. CiiBtTLLua, 



8, Mukia, Am. 



1, M. scabrella, Am % Kawa-tamar, Vern. (Wo ad) 

 Bilari, E. 



A very scabrous herb with simple tendrils 8-7-angular, 

 lobed and toothed very rough deeply cordate leaves, larger 

 about 4" by 3|" with petiole 2", but floral much smaller and 

 mostly sessile. Fls. small yellow, M. and F. clustered in the 

 same axils, sub-sessile, §-g-' r diam. Anther cells straight. 



Common, climbing over bushes in low jungle and open places. Fl, 

 Sept.-Oct Fr. Oct-Nov. 



Very pretty in fruit with its clusters of scarlet berries f" diam. 

 The placentas and stigmatic lobes axe sometimes only 2. 



9. Bryonia, L. 



1. B« laciniosa, L. Kahubotke, 8. ; Pachguria, Kharw. 

 Mala, Beng. 



A climbing foetid herb with cordate deeply palmately 

 3-5- lobed or partite leaves and 2-fid tendrils. Male and 

 fern. fls. small yellowish clustered in the same axils, pedi- 

 celled. Fil. 3, two double and one single anther free from 

 one another, cells curved or sigmoid. Fr. § — |" diam. 

 globose succulent green or red with white stripes. 



Very common, scrub jungle and hedges. Fl. and Fr. April-Oct. 



L. sometimes pedately lobed beyond the middle with narrow sinuses, 

 3-5'' long and broad, nearly smooth, lobes toothed or denticulate. - PetioU 

 1-1£". M. pedicels very slender ^-1". Fern, short. Petals T V light 

 yellow. Seeds in a blue-green pulp, pear-shaped with a corrugate 

 vertioa^l band. 



Horses are fond of the fruit. 



10, Citrullns, Schraden 



1. C. vulgaris, Schrad. Tarboj, K. larbuz, J5T, Beng, 

 The Water- Melon. 



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