LXll. CUCUUBITACE.K. 527 



solitary; peduncles less than 1 in, long. Fruit l|-2 in. in diani., 

 globose, red when ripe, streaked with 10 orange streaks ; pericarp thick. 

 Seeds nunierous, § .1 in. long, ellipsoid, smooth, slightly atti'iiuat(;d at 

 the base, not margined. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. G0(> ; Orah. Cat. p. 79 ; J)alz. 

 & Gibs. p. 103 ; Wight, 111. tt. 104, 105; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 244; 

 Woodr. in Joinn. I3omb. Nat. v. 11 (lS98) p. 039; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 0, part 4, p. 84. Tricliosanthes bracteata, Voigt, Hort. Sub. 

 Calc. (1845) p. 58; Cogniaux, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 3, p. 375.— 

 Flowers: Apr. -July. Veun. Kmoulal ; Mulcdl. 



KoNKAN : Ij(mf\ Dix'cAN : Laiioli, K<Lii'Ukar\, Woodrow; Miihableshwar, 6'oo/I:e I 

 S. M. CdUNTitY: Oastlerock, Cuokc\\ Kilkti (S;ingli State), Rilchic, 1U71 !— Distrib. 

 Tliroiighout India ; Cej'lon, Malaya, China, Japan, N. Australia. 



Tlie plant has some repute as a remedy in certain diseases of cattle. 



3. Trichosanthes cucumerina, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1008. 

 Annual, moua-cioiis ; stems 12-15 ft. long, slender, furrowed, slightly 

 hairy or sid)glabrous, leafy. Tendrils 2-3- (usually 3-) (id. Leaves 

 2-5 in. long, nsually a little broader than long, orbicular-reniform or 

 broadly ovate, distantly denticulate, more or less deeply 5- (rarely 3-7-) 

 lobed, the lobes broad, acnte, glabrous or nearly so above, more or less 

 ])ubescent, or, when old, sometimes scabrid beneath, base deeply cordate, 

 the sinus often subrectangular ; petioles 1-3 in. long, striate, pubescent. 

 Male flowers in axillary racemes, with sometimes a solitary male 

 flower from the same axil as the raceme ; peduncles of the racemes 

 2-6 in. long, slender, striate, bearing 8-15 flowers near the apex; 

 pedicels puberulous, g-| in. long ; bracts 0. Calyx-tube dilated at the 

 apex, |-1 in. long, about ^ in. wide at the mouth ; teeth shoi't, acutely 

 triangular. Petals white, | in. long, lanceolate-oblong, laciniate at the 

 apex. Female flowers axillary, solitary, or occasionally a female 

 flower in the same axil as the male peduncle ; peduncles of female 

 flowers g-§ in. long. Fruit 1-3 in. long, ovoid-fusiform, tapering 

 at both ends and with a long sharp beak, green and striped with white 

 when immature, scarlet when ripe ; pericarp thin. Seeds semi-ellipsoid, 

 compressed, rugulose, surrounded with red pulp. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 609 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 79 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 102; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 245 ; 

 Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 639 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 82. — Flowex's : July-Oct. Vern. JaiKjli-padvel. 



KoNKAN : S. Koukan, Dal -ell tj- Gihson. Deccan : Poona, Woodrow ; Vital wadi, 

 6 miles west of Poona, Krisknal ; Sbrivardhan (Jinjira State), Kanitkar\ Gujarat: 

 common in hedges, Dalzell cf- Gibsoii ; Earoda, Cooke ! ; Godra, Cooke ! ; Udwada, 

 Cookel Kanara: Karwar, Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Malaya, 

 N. Australia. 



Tricliosanthes Ancjidna. Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1008. The Snake Gourd 

 of Anglo-Lidians. The fruit of this gourd often attains 3 ft. in length 

 with a thickness of 3 in. The leaves and flowers are like those of 

 T. cucumerina, but the fruit is entirely different. Mr. C. B. Clarke 

 suggests that it may perhaps be a cultivated form of that plant. It is 

 cultivated as a rainy season crop throughout the Bombay Presideucy, 

 but is not known in the wild state. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 610 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 78 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 37 ; Duthie, Field and Gard. Crops, t. 46 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 639, & Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 330 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 81.— Vern. 

 Padvel ; Chikonda. 



