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CUCURBITACE^E. XVI. TRICHOSANTHES. 



FIG. 2. 



Indian Melotliria. PI. tr. 



Cull. See Sicyos, p. 34. for culture and propagation. The 

 plants will exist through winter if kept in a stove. 



XVI. TRICHOSA'NTHES (from SptZ, rp.xc, thrix trichos, 

 a hair, and av^oc, antltos, a flower ; fringed or ciliated corollas). 

 Lin. gen. no. 1476. D.C. prod. 3. p. 313 Ceratosanthes, Juss. 

 gen. p. 396. Anguina, Mich. gen. 12. 



LIN. SYST. Monce'cia, Monadelphia. Flowers monoecious, 

 white. Male flowers. Calyx rather club shaped, 5-parted ; 

 lobes appendiculated, furnished with 5 teeth on the outside, 

 which alternate with the lobes. Corolla 5-parted, ciliated ; fila- 

 ments 3, but probably 5, joined by twos; anthers joined, with 

 very flexuous cells. Female flowers. Calyx 5 -toothed. Corolla 

 5-parted (f. 2. a.), ciliately jagged. Style trifid (f. 2. rf.). Stig- 

 mas oblongly subulate. Fruit oblong, 1 ? or 3-9-celled (f. 2. 

 c.). Seeds compressed, tunicated, blunt, very much deformed ? 



1 T. ANGUI'NA (Lin. spec. 

 1432.) stem pentagonal ; leaves 

 cordate, 3-lobed, repandly tooth- 

 ed, puberulous ; tendrils trifid, 

 very long ; male flowers race- 

 mose ; racemes on long pedun- 

 cles ; calycine lobes very short, 

 tooth-formed ; lobes of corolla 

 ovate, ciliately jagged ; fruit te- 

 rete-oblong, ending in a long 

 beak, hispid, splitting. Q. F. 

 Native of China. Lam. ill. t. 

 794. Sims, bot. mag. 472. Mill, 

 fig. t. 32. Mich. gen. 12. t. 9. 

 Cucumis anguinus, Lin. spec. 

 1437. ex Lam. diet. 2. p. 75. 

 Rumph. amb. 5. p. 407. t. 148. 

 Kukukjanjang of the Hindoos. 

 Flowers white. Fruit near a foot long. 



Snake-Gourd. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1755. Pl.tr. 



2 T. COSTA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 933.) leaves cordate, 3-lobed, 

 denticulated, scabrous ; lateral lobes somewhat 2-lobed ; male 

 flowers racemose, bracteate ; female ones solitary ; fruit ovate, 

 oblong-ribbed. O- F. Native of Java, about Batavia and the 

 western provinces, on the margins of rivers, where it is called 

 lopan by the natives. 



Ribbed-fruited Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



3 T. COLUBRINA (Jacq. fil. eclog. t. 128.) stems furrowed, 

 thickish ; tendrils bifid ; leaves roundish, cordate, 3-5-lobed ; 

 lobes short, broad, toothed ; male flowers in panicles ; common 

 peduncles very long ; female flowers sessile, solitary or in the 

 same axils with the males ; calyx very long, with a reflexed 

 limb ; fruit nearly terete, very long, lined ; seeds obovate, red. 

 O- F. Native country unknown. 



Viper Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



4 T. NERVIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1432.) stem slender; leaves cor- 

 date, 3-nerved, toothed ; petiole short ; tendrils bifid ; male 

 flowers racemose ; racemes on long peduncles ; lobes of corolla 

 oblong, ciliately jagged ; female flowers solitary ; fruit ovate, 

 acutish, green, lined with white, about the size of a hen's egg. 

 O. F. Native of the East Indies. Rheed. hort. mal. 8. t. 17. 



Nerve-leaved Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



5 T. OFFICINA'LIS (Hamilt. ex Wall. cat. no. 6694.) scabrous ; 

 leaves cordate, denticulated ; petioles hispid ; female peduncles 

 1 -flowered, solitary ; fruit round, smooth. G- w S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in Chilmari. 



Officinal Snake-Gourd. PI. cl. 



6 T. SCA'BRA (Lour. coch. p. 589.) branches woody, furrowed ; 

 leaves cordate, roundish, wrinkled, scabrous ; tendrils bifid ; 

 flowers monoecious ; corolla shortly ciliated ; fruit roundish, red, 



10-angled, 5-celled; seeds flat, oblong. Tj . G. Native of 

 Cochin-china. Flowers white. Fruit small. 

 Scabrous Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 



7 T. CUSPIDA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 188.) stem twining; leaves 

 cordate, oblong, acute, toothed ; tendrils simple ; male flowers 

 unknown ; female flowers nearly sessile, on short peduncles ; 

 calyx long, tubular, with nearly linear, acute, stalked, ciliately 

 fringed segments ; fruit ovate, ending in a long point. Q. F. 

 Native of the East Indies. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 16. T. caudata, 

 Willd. spec. 4. p. 600. 



Cuspidate-fruited Snake-Gourd. PI. tw. 



8 T. AKGULA'TA(Lam. diet. 1. p. 190.) stems angular, very 

 slender, villous ; leaves cordate, roundish, small, angular ; ten- 

 drils forked, longer than the leaves ; male flowers panicled ; 

 common peduncles much longer than the leaves ; female flowers 

 solitary, pedunculate. O- F. Native of the East Indies. Pe- 

 tals fringed. 



Angular-stemmed Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



9 T. VILLOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 934.) leaves cordate, tricuspi- 

 date, obsoletely denticulated, villous; peduncles 1 -flowered; 

 fruit nearly globose, striated with white. Q. F. Native of 

 Java, about Rompien and Buitenzorg, where it is called Badit- 

 jut by the natives. Fruit indehiscent. 



Villous Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



10 T. OVI'GERA (Blume, 1. c.) leaves deeply cordate, mucro- 

 nate, sometimes sinuated, mucronately denticulated, shining 

 above, and rough beneath : female peduncles 1- flowered ; fruit 

 ovate, vittate. O- F. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, where 

 the plant is called Tinuk by the natives. 



Egg-bearing Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



11 T. GRANDIFLORA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves large, quintuple- 

 nerved, ovate, sometimes tricuspidate, quite entire, coriaceous, 

 quite glabrous ; flowers bracteate, disposed in dense spikes. 

 O. F. Native of Java, in humid places on the mountains, where 

 the plant is called by the inhabitants Kalayar Badak. 



Great-flowered Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



12 T. CORIA'CEA (Blum. 1. c. p. 935.) leaves somewhat quin- 

 tuple-nerved, cordate, acuminated, quite entire, coriaceous, reti- 

 culated above and glabrous, but paler and rough beneath ; male 

 flowers bracteolate, in loose racemes, on elongated peduncles. 

 O ? F. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, where the plant is called 

 by the inhabitants Pift-tjun-tjelling. Allied to T. grandiflora. 



Coriaceous-leaved Snake-Gourd. PI. tr. 



1ST. HETEROCLITA (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. 6684.) leaves smooth, 

 coriaceous, 3-lobed, seldom 5-lobed ; lobes acuminated, entire ; 

 peduncles racemose ; tube of calyx long. Tj . (M/ . S. Native of 

 the East Indies, in Goyalpara. 



Variable-hollowed Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 



14 T. CUCUME'RINA (Lin. spec. 1432.) fetid ; stems tetragonal, 

 rather pilose ; leaves cordate, angular, rather villous, petiolate, 

 with white nerves, and muricated petioles ; tendrils bifurcate ; : 

 male flowers disposed in something like umbels ; female flowers 

 solitary, on short peduncles ; calycine lobes ovate ; petals fringed 

 at the apex ; fruit ovate, mucronate, smooth, green, lined with 

 white, but at last becoming orange- coloured ; seeds with sinu- 

 ated margins. .? F. Native of Java, in the province of' 

 Bantam. Blum, bijdr. p. 934. Rheed. mal. 8. 1. 15. Flowers 1 

 white. The seeds are sometimes used in disorders of the sto- 

 mach and bowels, and the plant is celebrated for its virtues in 

 Hortus Malabaricus. 



Cucumber-like Snake-Gourd. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1804. PL tr. 



15 T. AMA'RA (Lin. spec. 1432.) stems terete, glabrous ; ten- 

 drils simple ; leaves cordate, triangular, sinuated, scabrous from 

 dots, stalked ; female flowers solitary ; peduncles longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx long, tubular, with lanceolate, acute segments; 

 petals roundish-ovate, fringed ; fruit obovate-oblong, 9-celled, 

 green, striped with longitudinal white lines ; flesh white and 





