Trichosanthes.'] LXV. CUCURBITACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 609 



6. T. dicaelosperma, C. B. Clarke ; leaves cordate-ovate acute denti- 

 culate softly shortly pubescent on both surfaces, fruit 1 in. diam. globose, seeds 

 % in. compressed subquadrate equally 3-celle'd the lateral cells empty. ?T. 

 reniformis, Kurz in Flora 1871, 294. 



SIKKIM, alt. 2000-5000 ft. ; J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft. ; H.f. $ T. 



Stems long, twining, innovations at least pubescent. Dioecious. Leaves 4 by 3^ in., 

 not at all lobed; petiole lin.; tendrils 2-fid. Male peduncles paired, one early 

 1-flowered, the other 2-3 in., racemed, ebracteate. Calyx-tube \\ in., narrow, pubes- 

 cent. Fruit pubescent, with 10 paler vertical bands. Setds in orange pulp. This 

 is perhaps Kurz's reniformis obtained in Sikkim, but it can hardly be T. reniformis, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 675, which has obtuse lobes to the leaves and the male 

 spikes leafy -bracteate. 



7. T. dioica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 701 ; leaves cordate oblong acute, petiole 

 scabrous woolly, male flowers not racemed woolly without, anthers free. Wall. 

 Cat. 6692 A, B, D. 



Throughout the plain of NORTH INDIA from the PUNJAB to ASSAM and EAST BEN- 

 GAL; common. 



Stems twining extensively, more or less woolly and scabrous. Dioecious. Leaves 

 3 by 2 in., harsh, sinuate-dentate, not lobed ; petiole | in. ; tendrils 2-fid. Male 

 peduncles paired, the second-flowering often 2 in. but not racemed in any example at 

 Kew. Calyx-tube If in., narrow. Fruit 2-3^ in., oblong or nearly spherical, acute, 

 orange-red. Seeds f- in., half-ellipsoid, compressed, corrugate on the margin. 

 United with the next species by Benth. in Fl. Austral, iii. 315. Koxburgh says 

 "Stamens three distinct " which has been repeatedly verified in the living plant. 



8. T. nervifolia, Linn.-, DC. Prodr. iii. 314; leaves cordate oblong 

 acute, petiole glabrous, male flowers partly racemed glabrous. W. $ A. Prodr. 

 349. T. cuspidata, Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 314. Rheede Hort. Mai. t. 16, 17. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Quilon, Wight. Kurg (tropical region) ; 6r. Thomson. 

 CEYLON ; not uncommon up to 5000 ft. ; Thwaites. 



Stems twining, glabrous. Dioecious. Leaves 3 by l- 2 in., membranous, sinuate- 

 dentate, not lobed ; petiole f in. ; tendrils 2-fid. Male peduncles usually paired, the 

 second-flawering carrying a raceme (finally elongate arid zigzag) of about 12 flowers. 

 Calyx-tube l in. Fruit (and seeds from Rheede's drawing) 2-3 in., circular in sec- 

 tion, about twice as long as broad, acute. Seeds f- in., half-ellipsoid, compressed, 

 corrugated on the margin. 



9. T. cucumerina, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 315 ; leaves cordate subreni- 

 form 6- (3-7-) lobed or 5-angular lobes not acuminate pubescent or puberulous 

 on both surfaces, fruit 1-3 in. ovoid-conical, seeds corrugate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 702; Wall. Cat. 6690 A, B, 0, D, F ; JSlume Bijd. 933; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 102 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. 676 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Ndt. ser. 4, 

 xviii. 191 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 98. T. laciniosa, Klein in Herb. 

 Rottler. T. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 6691. Bryonia umbellata, Wall. Cat. 6700 D. 

 Cucumis Missionis, Wall. Cat. 6728. 



Throughout INDIA and CEYLON. DISTKIB. Malaya, North Australia. 



Stems twining, more or less pubescent. Dioecious or less often (? when cultivated) 

 monoecious. Leaves 2-4 in. diam., usually 5-lobed about half-way down, lobes obtuse 

 or if acute not acuminate ; petiole in. ; tendrils 2-fid. Male peduncles in pairs, the 

 earlier 1 -flowered, the later racemed; occasionally in place of the earlier is found a 

 female. Calyx-tube 1 in. Seeds f- in., half-ellipsoid, compressed, in red pulp. 

 In Bth. $ Hk. f. Gen. PI. i. 833, under Ceratosanthes, T. cucumerina is a misprint 

 for T. corniculata. 



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