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Plants of the Punjab. 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Exstipulate Lobbd Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Cueumis sativus. 

 The Cucumber, 



Khira. 



Cucurbitace^. 

 F. B. I. ii, 620. 

 The Plain to 

 4,000 ft. 



Citrullus colocynthis, 

 Colocynth, 



Makal. 



Cucurbitace^, 

 F. B. I. ii. 620. 

 The Plains to 

 2,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Aitchiaon). 



like the last species, but leaves larger, stalk longer, 

 ovary covered with prickles, fruit 12 by 1^ in., yellowish- 

 green, shghtly triangular, cyhndrical. Two rarities — one 

 with an oval fruit ripens before the rains and the other 

 with a long fruit ripens towards the middle and end of 

 the rains. 



perennial, rough, stems angular, trailing, tendrils 

 2-fid ; leaves 2| in. by 2 in., ovate, 3-7-lobed, deeply divided, 

 middle segment compound, pinnatifid, stalk 1 in. ; flowers 

 1 m. diam., yellow, solitary, male and female on the same 

 f)lant, in r^ale flowers calyx tube bell-shaped, lobes 5, 

 petals 5, I in., ovate with a broad tip, stamens 3, anthers 

 scarcely joining, in female flowers calyx and corolla as 

 in male flowers, style short, stigmas 3, kidney-shaped ; 

 fruit up to 3 in. diam., round, variegated with dark green 

 and white, pulp dry, spongy, bitter seeds ^-| in., not mar- 

 gined. CoIoc}Tith is obtained from ihe seed-bearing portion , 

 oil from the seeds and the root is used as medicine. 



Citrullus vulgaris, 

 The Water Melon, 

 Tarbuza. 



CUCURBITACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 621. 

 The Plams to 

 2,000 ft. 

 Baluch.stap 

 (Aitchison)j 



very Hke the 'ast species, but a great chmber, young 

 shoots woolly at the tips, leaves much larger, more 

 divided, petals greenish without, fruit up to 10 in. diam. 

 oblong with rounded ends, coat greenish waxy, clouded, 

 flesh red, juicj^ seeds margined. Much cultivated ; the 

 fruit of the wild plant is bitter or sweet. 



Tricosanthes 

 palmata, 



Lai indrayan. 



(. dcurbitace^. 



F. B. I. h. 606. 



The PlaiDS to 



'),000 ft. 



In moist jungle. 



Vallej's below Simla 



(Collett). 



Duuera below 



Dulhuusie. 



Petals united. 



perennial, rough, stem angular, tendrils 3-fid, lateral 

 single spual ; leaves 2-6 in. diam., more or less deeply 

 3-7-lobed, base notched, toothed, roughly velvety, stalks 

 1-3 in. ; flowers 1^-3 in. diam., white, male and female 

 usually un different plants, male flowers on 2 axillary stalks, 

 one with a single flower, socn fallmg off, the other with a 

 raceme, short at first, then growing to 6-10 in., bracts sheath- 

 ing the raceme, broadly ovate, margins deeply toothed, 

 calyx tube ^ in., funnel-shaped, lobes 5, lanceolate, toothed, 

 corolla 5-fid nearly to the base, lobes 5, margins long 

 fringed, stamens 3, short, female flowers sohtary, axillary, 

 shortly stalked, calyx and corolla as in the male, style 



