CUCURBITACE.E. II. ZANONIA. III. LAGENARIA. 



lobed. Corolla as in the male. Styles 3, spreading, bifid at. 

 the apex. Fruit long, turbinate, fleshy, having a circular line 

 at the apex, formed from the vestige of the calyx, opening by 

 3 valves at the top, 3-celled ; the rind solid : central placenta 

 fleshy, large, trigonal ; cells biovulate. Seeds ovate, mar- 

 gined by afoliaceous wing (f. 1. e. d,\, exalbuminous. Embryo 

 inverted. Smooth, climbing, Indian plants. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, exstipulate, ovate-lanceolate, cordate at the base, 

 acuminated, quite entire. Tendrils axillary. Peduncles also 

 axillary and racemose. This genus, from the general form of 

 the fruit, is like the genus Couritari, but from the characters it is 

 allied to Feuillea. The interior fabric of the seeds is unknown. 



SECT. I. ZAN6NIA (see genus for derivation). Blum. 1. c. 

 Cells of fruit 2-seeded. Fruit elongated, somewhat tetragonal. 



1 Z. I'NDICA (Lin. spec. 



1157.) leaves elliptic, acute, "? ' 



rather cordate at the base ; 

 racemes axillary. Jj . r *. S. 

 Native of Malabar, Ceylon, 

 and Java. Blum. 1. c. Pe- 

 narvalli, Rheed. mal. 8. t. 

 47 and 48. 



Indian Zanonia. PL cl. 



Fruit hemispherical, truncate at the 



SECT. II. ALSOMITRA 

 (from a\<7oc, alsos, a grove, 

 and fiirpa, mitra, a girdle ; 

 the plants grow in groves 

 and entwine round the trees 

 by means of ring-like ten- 

 drils.). Blum. 1. c. Cells 

 of ovarium many-seeded, 

 apex, or elongated. 



2 Z. MACROCA'RPA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves ovate-elliptic, acutish, 

 rounded at the base ; racemes axillary. Tj . ,_,. S. Native of 

 Java, on the mountains of Parang. 



Large-fruited Zanonia. PL cl. 



3 Z. SARCOPHY'LLA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 28. t. 133.) 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets thick, fleshy, ovate, obtuse, quite 

 entire. I? . w . S. Native of the East Indies, in sterile ex- 

 posed situations along the banks of the Irawaddi. The plant 

 climbs by means of simple and slender tendrils. The leaves 

 are of a pale glaucous colour. Flowers small, very numerous, 

 forming ample, greenish, nodding panicles. The different sexes 

 are produced in distinct plants. 



Fleshy-leaved Zanonia. Shrub cl. 



4 Z. CLAVIGERA (Wall. 1. c.) smooth ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 oblong, acuminated, quite entire ; fruit large, clavate. fj . ^,. S. 

 Native of Silhet, where it is called in the Bengalee language 

 Kixhnobera. The fruit is 3 inches long, and as thick as a thumb. 



Club-bearing Zanonia. Shrub cl. 



5 Z. ANGULA'TA (Wall. 1. c.) smooth ; stem angular ; leaves 

 simple, somewhat hastately lanceolate, cordate at the base ; fruit 

 large, clavate. Tj . w . S. Native of Silhet. The fruit is as 

 long as a finger, and very thick. 



/^ngu/ar-stemmed Zanonia. Shrub cl. 



6 Z. CISSIOIDES (Wall. 1. c.) stem filiform, angular ; leaves 

 pedate, with 5 or 7 leaflets ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated at 

 both ends, coarsely and cuspidately serrated ; petioles and pe- 

 duncles pilose. Tj . w . S. Native of Nipaul. 



Cissus-like Zanonia. Shrub cl. 



7 Z. LA'XA (Wall. 1. c. p. 29.) stem filiform, much branched, 

 bifariously pilose ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets acuminated, ser- 

 rated, intermediate one lanceolate, lateral ones half cordate ; 

 petioles and peduncles pilose. T? . w . S. Native of Silhet. 



Loose Zanonia. Shrub cl. 



8 Z. HETEROSPE'RMA (Wall. 1. c.) stem filiform, very slender; 

 leaves pedate, with 5 leaflets ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, 

 serrated ; capsule clavate, angular, borne on very long capil- 

 laceous peduncles ; seeds scabrous from scales. PJ IN- ,. S. Na- 

 tive of Mount Taong Dong, near Ava. Capsule chartaceous, 

 trigonal, 8 lines long, with a 3-toothed mouth. The scales on 

 the seeds are elegantly imbricated, and girded by a narrow- 

 margin. 



Variable-seeded Zanonia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Feuillea, p. 3. for the culture and propagation of 

 the species. 



Tribe II. 



CUCURBI'TEjE (plants agreeing with Cucurbita in impor- 

 tant characters). D. C. prod. 3. p. 299. Tendrils lateral, 

 stipular. Flowers hermaphrodite, dioecious, or monoecious. 



III. LAGENA'RIA (from lagena, a bottle ; form of fruit of 

 some of the species). Ser. diss. I. c. D. C. prod. 3. p. 299. 

 Cucurbita species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Dioecia, Polydelphia. Calyx campanulate ; 

 segments subulate or broadish, shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 white ; petals obovate, rising from beneath the margin of the 

 calyx. Male. Stamens 5, in 3 parcels, the fifth one free. Female. 

 Style almost wanting ; stigmas 3, thick, 2-lobed, granular. 

 Fruit 3-5 ? celled. Seeds obovate, compressed, 2-lobed at the 

 apex, with tumid margins. Flowers monoecious. 



1 L. VULGA'RIS (Ser. mss. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 299.) plant 

 musky scented, clothed with soft pubescence ; stems climbing ; 

 tendrils 3-4-cleft ; leaves cordate, nearly entire, biglandular at 

 the base, pilose, rather glaucescent ; flowers monoecious, stel- 

 late, spreading much, in fascicles ; connectives of anthers beset 

 with oblong-ovate, acute papillae ; fruit pubescent, but when 

 mature quite smooth; flesh white, edible. Q. w . H. Native 

 within the tropics. Cucurbita lagenaria, Lin. spec. 1434. Sieb. 

 hort. 1. t. 69. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 144. Mor. hist. 2. p. 23. 

 sect. 57. t. 5. f. 1, 2, 3. Flowers large, white. Fruit shaped 

 like a bottle ; when ripe of a pale yellow colour, some near 6 

 feet long, with a roundish bottom and a neck ; the rind becoming 

 hard, and being dried, contains water ; it is then of a pale bay 

 colour. The bottle-gourd is called Charrah by the Arabians. 

 The poor people eat it, boiled with vinegar, or fill the shells 

 with rice and meat, thus making a kind of pudding of it. 

 It grows in all parts of Egypt and Arabia, wherever the moun- 

 tains are covered with rich soil. In Jamaica and many other 

 places within the tropics, the shells are generally used for holding 

 water or palm wine, and serve as bottles. The pulp of the fruit 

 is often employed in resolutive poultices ; it is bitter and purga- 

 tive, and may be used instead of colocynth. 



Var. a, goiirda (Ser. mss. ex D. C. 1. c) fruit unequally bi- 

 ventricose. Moris, hist. sect. 1. t. 5. f. 1. Dodon. pempt. 668. 

 f. 1. Bottle gourd. Gourde des pelerins. 



Var. /3, govgourda (Ser. 1. c.) fruit ventricose at the base, 

 neck oblong. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 398. t. 144. Braam. icon, 

 chin. t. 1 7. Commonly called Gougourde. 



Var. y, depressa (Ser. 1. c.) fruit globose, depressed. 



Var. S, turbinata (Ser. 1. c.) fruit somewhat campanulately 

 pear-shaped. Mor. hist. sect. 1. t. 5. f. 2. Dodon. pempt. 

 t. 669. f. 1. 



Far. c, clavata (Ser. mss.) fruit obovate-oblong, club-shaped. 

 Moris, hist. sect. 1. t. 5. f. 3. Dodon. pempt. 669. f. 2. 

 Gourde trompette, Gourde massite, or Trumpet gourd. 



Common Bottle Gourd. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1597. PI. trail. 



2 L. VITTA'TA (Ser. 1. c.) leaves roundish-cordate, somewhat 

 repand, obsoletely denticulated, rough ; peduncles crowded, 1- 

 flowered ; fruit pear-shaped, striped lengthwise, puberulous. 



