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Let stand over night, filter, add a little sugar, administer in 

 2 doses morning and evening. 



In Concan they use the juice of the leaves as a liniment in 

 remittent fevers, rubbing the hepatic region and in fact the en- 

 tire body. 



Botanical Description. — T. anguina, L., is a vine with 

 5-angled stem, bearing tendrils and spattered with white dots. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, with 5 acute lobules, spiny-toothed. Peti- 

 oles with a bifid swelling at their bases. Flowers white, monoe- 

 cious. Staminate : calyx 5-toothed with dotted borders ; corolla, 

 5 fringed petals; stamens 3 ; anthers 3, entirely united and form- 

 ing a cylinder. Pistillate : 3 glandules in the corolla tube j 

 style long ; stigmas 3. Fruit ribbed, long, the compartments 

 formed by reticular partitions; contains many irregular seeds, 

 one border sharp, the other obtuse, covered by a very thin 

 aril. 



The T. cucumerina, L., is less common, bears a spindle- 

 shaped or obovate fruit, is hairy and lacks ribs. Its seeds 

 are ovoid, very smooth, encircled by a narrow wing. The 

 reticulum within the fruit is similar to that of the foregoing 

 species. 



Habitat. — Common in all parts of the islands. Blooms in 

 October. 



Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. 

 Nom. Vulg. — Common Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Calabash, Eng. 



Var. Lagenaria Gourda, Ser. (Cueurbita lagenaria 

 oblonga, Blanco.) 



Nom. Vulg. — Calabaza de peregrino, Sp.; Pilgrim's Gourd, 

 Eng. 



Var. L. courgourda, Ser. 

 Nom. Vulg. — Tabayag, Tag. 

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