I. XII. ( rrri{inTA(M:,i:. 537 



liudiineiitary ovary glniKjiiliform. I'-kmale FhowEHS : (.'al\ x and corolla 

 as in the male. ItudiiiKintary stamens 3, setose or limilate. (Jvary 

 ovoid, 3-placentiferou8 ; ovules co , horizontal ; style short; stigmas 3, 

 thick, renii'orm. I'ruit globose or ellipsoid, smooth, fleshy, indehiscent. 

 Seeds very many, much compressed, smooth. — Distbib. Eastern Medi- 

 terranean region, Tropical Alrica, Western Asia ; species 3. 



1. Citrullus Colocynthis, Schrader, in Linncea, v. 12 (1838) p. 41 4. 

 Monoecious ; root perennial ; stems diffuse or creeping, slender, angled, 

 branched, hirsute or scabrid. Tendrils simple or 2-tid, slender, hairy. 

 Leav^es very variable, Ig-^.] by 1-2 in. in the wild form (larger in the 

 cultivated one), usually deltoid in outline, pale-green abo\e, ashy beneath, 

 scabrid on both surfaces, 5-7-lobed or very commonly 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe the largest, each lobe deeply pinnatitid or sinuate-lobulate, the seg- 

 ments obtuse; petioles |-1 in. (longer in the cultivated form), densely 

 hirsute. Male floweus : Peduncles j-g in. long, villous. Calyx hairy, 

 campanulate, ^ in. long ; teeth lanceolate, -f^ in. long. Corolla 4 in- 

 long, pale yellow ; segments obovate, apiculate. Female floweks : 

 Ovary ellipsoid, densely hairy. Fruit globular, slightly depressed, 2-3 in. 

 in diam., variegated green and white, glabrous when ripe, tilled with a 

 dry spongy very bitter pulp ; epicarp thin. Seeds \-\ in. long, pale 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 620 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p. 101 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 498; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 64; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 253; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 640 ; Duthie & Fuller, 

 Field and Gard. Crops, t. 57; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p, 328. 

 Cucumis Colocynthis, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p, 1011 ; Grab. Cat. p. 77. — 

 Flowers : Nov. -Jan. Veen. Kadu-vrindavan ; Kadu-indrdyan, 



Konkan: Salsette jungles, Graham. Deccan : Graham, Dalzell cf- Gibson, Cooke'., 

 Wuodrow I Gujarat : Graham (sea-shores), Balzell S^ Gibson, Stocks !, Woodrow ! 

 Sind: StocJ(s\; Sehwan, Cooke\ — Distrib. Throughout India, wild or sparingly 

 cultivated ; Ceylon, W, Asia, Arabia, Africa, S^win. 



CjVrwZ7i<s t'i<7^arrs,Schrad. The Water Melon (Veen. Tarhnj; Kalingnd). 

 The plant is indigenous in Tropical Africa, but is extensively cultivated 

 in most warm countries. Duthie & Fuller, ' Field and Garden Crops ' 

 (1882), give figures of the typical plant (tt, 55 & 56) and of the variety 

 C. JistuJosus, Stocks (t, 47). See also Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 331, and Woodrow, Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 331. 



7. COCCINIA, Wight & Arn. Prodr. (1834) p. 347. 



Cephalandra, Schrad. in Eckl. & Zeyb. Euum. PI. Afr. Au8tr. 



(1836) p. 280. 



Slender scandent or prostrate herbs ; root often tuberous. Tendrils 

 slender, simple. Leaves petiolate, deltoid or subrotund, angled or lobed, 

 sometimes glandular beneath. Flowers rather large, white or yellow, 

 dioecious. Male flowebs solitary, or subcyraose at the apex of a 

 peduncle. Calyx short, campanulate or turbinate ; limb 5-lobed. 

 Corolla campanulate, shortly 5-tid. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate into 

 a column, rarely free ; anthers connate into a capitulum or cohering, 

 the cells conduplicate. Kudimentary ovary 0, Female flowebs 

 solitary. Calyx and corolla as in the male. Eudimentarv stamens 3, 



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