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Plant<^ 0- 'he Punjah. 



Cr.IMBINu I'LAxnTS with ALTERNAiii ExSTIPULATE LoBED LeaVES. 



Dicentra Roylei, 



FUMARIACE^. 



F.B.Li. 121. 

 H malaya, 

 5-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Petals ununited. 



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root perennial, stems annual, slender, climbing by 

 branched tendrils on the leaf-stalks ; leaves 2-4 in., pinnately 

 divided, segments |-1 in., ovate to linear- lanceolate, leaf- 

 stalk often ending in a branched tendrils ; flowers f -1 long, 

 yellow, sometimes tinged purple, on stalks ^-1 in., longer 

 than the lanceolate membranous bracts, forming clusters 

 on 2-4-flowered main stalks, sepals 2, small, soon falling 

 off, petals 4, outer similar, oblong, concave, base dilated, 

 tip hooded, inner narrow, stalked, keeled, stamens 6 in 

 2 bundles, opposite the outer petals, style long ; capsule 

 1| in. long, narrowly oblong, prolonged by the style, seeds 

 black, shining, in 2 series, appendage small. 



Cardiospermum 

 Helicacabum, 



Hedera Helix, 



Lagenaria vulgaris, 

 Bottle Gourd, 



Kaddu, tumri, tuviba. 



CUCURBITACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 613. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



Luffa segyptiaca, 



Ghia-tori. 



CuCURBITACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 614. 

 The Plams to 

 3,000 ft. 



see Climbing Plant^;, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, 



see Chmbing Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 



annual, velvety, tendrils 2-fid, stems stout, 5-angled ; 

 leaves up to 6 in., ovate or round, 5-angular or lobed, base 

 notched, toothed, stalk long with 2 glands at the apex ; 

 flowers 2-4 in. diam., white, solitary, male and female on 

 the same or different plants, male flowers on stalks to 6 in. 

 long, female on stalks 1 in. long, male flowers, calyx tube 

 I in. long, funnel-shaped, velvety, teeth 5, narrow, petals 5, 

 1-2 in. long, hairy on both sides, crumpled, ovate with a 

 broad tip, stamens 3, anthers joined, enclosed, female 

 flowers; calyx and corolla as ua the male, style short with 

 3-fid stigmatic lobes ; fruit up to 18 m. long, bottle or 

 dumb-bell shaped, thick, almost woody, seeds f by | in., 

 I in. thick, with a groove parallel to and near the margin, 

 white. The young fruit is cooked as a vegetable, the 

 dried shell is used to hold water and also to form the base 

 of a stringed instrument, siiar. 



annual, hairy, tendrils 3-fid ; leaves 4 in. dmipn., kidney- 

 shaped-circular, 5-angled, or lobed, toothed, usually rough, 

 dotted on both sides, stalk 2 in., without gland at the apex ; 

 flowers 1^-2 m. across, yellow often with raised hairy green 

 veins, male and female flowers on the same plant in the 

 same axils, male flowers clustered on a long stalk with 

 short lesser stalk to each, often with a small, ovate, 

 entire sticky bract, calyx tube top-shaped, lobes 5, triangu- 

 lar or lanceolate, petals 5, ovate with a broad tip, 

 stamens 5, anthers free, protruding, female flowers solitary 



