plants of the Punjab. 



611 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Exstipolate Lobed Leaves. 



Cephalandra or 

 Coccinia indica, 



Kanduri. 

 Cucurbitace.?3. 

 F. B. I. ii. 621. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



Cucurbita maxima, 

 The Common Gourd 

 or Spanish Gourd, 



Kadu. 



CUCURBITACEJE. 



F. B. I. ii. 622. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Cultivated, 



Cucurbita Pepo, 

 The Pumpkin 



CUCURBITACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 622. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Cultivated. 



Cucurbita mosehata, 

 The Musk or Melon 

 Pumpkin, 



Siiaphal, mitha kadu. 

 CucurbitacevG. 

 F. B. I. ii. 622. 

 The Plains io 

 4;000 ft. 

 Cultivated, 



Petals united. 



perennial, root tuberous, hardly hairy, tendrils un- 

 divided ; leaves 2-4 in. diam., 5-angled, or lobed, rough, 

 toothed, base notched, stalk 1 in. ; flowers 1 m., whife, 

 solitary, without bracts, male and female on different 

 plants, male flowers on a stalk 1 in. long, jointed below 

 the flower, calyx tube bell-shaped, short, lobes 5, linear- 

 oblong, reflexed, corolla bell-shaped, o-lobed half way 

 down, lobes long, triangular, stamens 3, anthers joined, 

 protruding, female flowers on a stalk ^ in. long, calyx and 

 corolla as in the male, style long with 3 bifid stigmas ; 

 fruit 1-2 by |-1 in., scarlet, ovoid or oblong, smooth, pulp 

 red, seeds manj^ ovoid, flattened, margined, on section 

 the fruit looks like a pomegranate. The fruit is cooked 

 and eaten when young, when ripe it is eaten uncooked. 

 This plant also supplies a drug used in diabetes. 



annual, hairy, tendrils 2-4-fid ; leaves 4-6 in. diam., 

 ovate, stiff, 5-lobed, lobes rounded, sinus between lobes 

 very shallow, base notched, stalk almost as long as the 

 blade, hairs soft ; flowers 3-4 in., yellow, all sohtary, male 

 and female flowers on tlie same plant, male flowers, stalk 

 4 in., calyx tube bell-shaped, 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate- 

 linear, fleshy, corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed almost half way 

 down, stamens 3, mseried low in the corolla tube, anthers 

 joined, female flowers, stalk 1| in., calyx and corolla as 

 in the male, style short, stigmas 3, bifid ; fruit large, yellow, 

 fleshy, oblong or flattened at both ends, stalk stout, corky, 

 striated, not grooved, seeds many. The fruit is very com- 

 monly eaten as a vegetable and when ripe will keep good 

 for months. 



like the last spec es, but lea:' lobes sharp-pointed, 

 sinus between lobes deep, hairs on leaf stalk stiff, stalk 

 of fruit woody, strongly grooved. 



like the last species, but leaves soft, hairs of leaf stalk 

 soft, calyx tube very short or none, lobes spoon-shaped 

 or leafy at the tips, fruit smaller, paler colour. 



