CUCURBIT ACE #1. XVI. TRICHOSANTHES. XVII. AMPELOSICYOS. 



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bitter; seeds oblong, narrow. Q. F. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Plum, descr. pi. amer. t. 100. 



.Bi^er-fruited Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



16 T. HEXASPE'RMA (Blum, bijdr. p. 935.) leaves 3-nerved, 

 ovate, tricuspidate, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; male 

 flowers bracteate, disposed in racemes : female flowers solitary ; 

 fruit globose, 6-seeded. O-?F. Native of Java, at the foot 

 of Mount Salak, where it is called Aroy-pitjung- Tjelleng by the 

 natives. 



Six-seeded Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



17 T. RUSSELIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6696.) smoothish; leaves 

 cordate, hastately 3-lol>ed, nearly entire ; tendrils simple ; pe- 

 duncles 1 -flowered. J? . w . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Russet's Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 



18 T. MACROCA'RPA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves cordate, orbicular, 

 5-lobed, but sometimes 3-lobed, coriaceous, glabrous ; lobes 

 ovate, acuminated, quite entire : lateral lobes rather bifid ; fruit 

 large, globose ; stem suffruticose. Ij . w . S. Native of Java, 

 on the mountains. 



Long-fruited Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 



19 T. TRICUSPIDA'TA (Lour. coch. 589.) stems shrubby ; 

 tendrils trifid ; leaves cordate, tricuspidate, denticulated, gla- 

 brous, many-nerved ; stipulas roundish, thick, crenated ; flowers 

 spicate, or perhaps panicled ; bracteas large, toothed ; fruit 

 yellow, small, ovate, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 0. F. Native of 

 Cochin-china ; and among bushes and on the margins of rivers 

 in Java. Flowers white. 



Tricuspidate-\eaved Snake-Gourd. PL cl. 



20 T. PILOSA (Lour. coch. p. 588.) stems suffruticose, very 

 long, furrowed ; tendrils bifid ; leaves cordate, denticulated, 

 pilose on the veins, lower ones palmate, upper ones 3-lobed ; 

 male flowers ? in spikes ; bracteas large, lanceolate, ciliated ; 

 fruit ovate, acute, scarlet, 1 -celled ; seeds rhomboid, com- 

 pressed, lobed, brown. 17 . w . S. Native of Cochin-china. 

 Flowers white as in the rest of the species, fringed with curling 

 hairs. 



Pilose Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 



21 T. LACINIOSA (Klein, ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 601.) stems 

 filiform, angular, glabrous ; leaves deeply cordate, palmately 

 5-7-lobed, remotely toothed, glabrous on both surfaces ; male 

 flowers disposed 4 or 6 in a corymb : petals ovate, toothed ; 

 female flowers solitary : petals ciliately fringed. .? F. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



Jagged-leaved Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



22 T. CORNICULA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 191.) root large, fleshy, 

 warted ; stems very long ; tendrils simple ; leaves digitately 

 palmate ; lobes oblong ; petals crenulated, bearing each 2 curl- 

 ing horns towards the apex ; male flowers in fascicles ; fruit 

 ovate-oblong, smooth, green, variegated with white, 4-celled. 

 11 . S. Native of the Antilles. T. tuberosa, Willd. spec. 4. 

 p. 601. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2703. Ceratosanthes tuberosa, 

 Spreng. syst. 3. p. 18. Plum. ed. Burm. amer. fasc. 1. p. 14. 

 t. 24. Flowers white. 



7/orwed-petalled Snake-Gourd. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1810. Pl.cl. 



23 T. CHINE'NSIS (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 315.) leaves cor- 

 date, triangular, bluntish, rather angular ; petioles short ; ten- 

 drils simple ; male flowers solitary ; calyx long, clavate, rather 

 pilose ; petals obovate, with fringed margins ; female flowers 

 solitary, almost sessile ; tube of calyx ovate, acuminated, pilose : 

 petals not fringed ; fruit ovate, striated, ending in a long point. 

 Native of China. Braan. icon. t. 13. 



China Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



24 T. TAMNIFOLIA (Poir. diet, suppl. 1. p. 386.) stems gla- 

 brous, striated ; tendrils simple ; leaves ovate-roundish, rather 

 lobed, or entire, scabrous above ; male flowers small, in loose 

 racemes ; petals villous ? reflexed ; fruit ovate, mucronate, gla- 

 brous. Native of Porto Rico. 



Tamnus-leaved Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



25 T. PU'BERA (Blum, bijdr. p. 936.) leaves deeply cordate, 

 tricuspidate, denticulated, rather tomentose beneath ; female 

 flowers solitary ; fruit ovate, acute. Native of Java, on the moun- 

 tains, where the plant is called by the natives Aroy-kalayar-burrum. 



Downy Snake-Gourd. PL tr. 



26 T. GLOBOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 936.) leaves palmately 3 or 

 5-lobed, quite entire, glabrous ; lobes linear, acute ; male flowers 

 bracteate, disposed in dense spikes, on thick peduncles ; female 

 flowers solitary ; fruit globose. Native of Java, on Mount 

 Salak, where the plant is called Aroy-jantang by the natives. 



G/o&ose-fruited Snake-Gourd. PL cl. 



27 T. PALMATA (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. 6688.) puberulous ; 

 leaves cordate, 3-5-lobed ; lobes denticulated ; peduncles race- 

 mose ; corolla fringed. ^ . ,_,. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Bracteas toothed. 



Palmate-leaved Snake-Gourd. Shrub cl. 



28 T. TRIFOLIA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves ternate ; leaflets den- 

 ticulated, scabrous : lateral ones gibbous at the base ; male 

 flowers bracteate, disposed in something like racemes ; female 

 flowers solitary ; fruit ovate, muricated (ex Rumph) ; seeds com- 

 planate, denticulated ? Native of Java, in the province of 

 Krawang, near Tjiradjas. Momordica trifoliata, Lin. spec. 

 1434. Amara sylvestris, Rump. amb. t. 152. f. 2. 



Trifoliate- leaved Snake-Gourd. PL cl. 



29 T. LOBA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 6693.) downy or puberulous ; 

 leaves 5-7-lobed ; lobes mucronate at the apex, narrowest at the 

 base, denticulated ; tendrils branched ; peduncles long, bearing a 

 raceme of flowers at the top. . w . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Lobed-\ea\ed Snake-Gourd. PL cl. 



Cult. Sow the seeds in a hot-bed in spring, and afterwards 

 treat the plants as if they were cucumbers. The shrubby and 

 perennial species should be protected from the frost and cold 

 by placing them in the stove in winter : cuttings will root readily. 



XVII. AMPELOSl'CYOS (from a/iTrtXoc, ampelos, a vine, 

 and ITIKVOG, sicyos, a cucumber ; intermediate habit.) Pet. Th. 

 veg. d'Afr. p. 68. t. 22. Telfairia, Hook, bot. mag. no. 2751. 

 and 2752. (July 1827.) Feuillse'a, spec. Smith, in bot. mag. t. 

 2681. Joliffia, Bojer in litt. (1826.) and Delill. mem. soc. hist, 

 par. vol. 3. p. 314. (July 1827). 



LIN. SYST. Dioecia, Monadelphia. Flowers dioecious. Male 

 flowers. Calyx turbinate (f. 3. a.}, 5-cleft ; segments acutely 

 denticulated (f. 3. &.). Corolla 5-petalled (f. 3. c.) ; petals ob- 

 long, fringed. Stamens 5, disposed in 3 bundles. Female 

 flowers. Limb of calyx almost wanting, 5-toothed (ex Smith). 



FIG. 3. 



Corolla as in the male- Stigma 

 capitate, 3-lobed (ex Bojer), 5- 

 lobed (ex Smith). Fruit fleshy 

 (f. 3. e.), 2-3 feet long, and 8 

 inches thick, elongated and fur- 

 rowed, divided into 3 twin cells 

 (ex Bojer), into 5 (ex Smith). 

 Seeds compressed, nearly orbi- 

 cular, reticulated on the outside. 

 Cotyledons thick, oily. A climb- 

 ing plant, with pedate leaves and 

 showy purple flowers. 



1 A. SCA'NDENS (Pet. Th. 1. 

 c.) I/ . S. Native of the south- 

 eastern coast of Africa, on the 

 shores of Zanquebar. It has also 

 been gathered in the Mauritius, 

 where it is called by the negroes Koueme. Feuillae'a pedata, 

 Smith, 1. c. t. 2681. a female plant. Telfairia pedata, Hook, 

 bot. mag. t. 2751 and 2752. with male flowers and fruit. Jol- 



