PLATE LX VI, 



The Kaldmba of Calcutta. 



a shows its curious peg-top shape. The exterior is of a shiny pale yellow, with distant foveoli 

 and smooth interspaces, filled with smooth oil-cells. 



fc is its section. Pulp pale, and pure acid ; white part of the skin solid and sweetish ; many- 

 seeded. 



c and d are the serrated leaves that came with it, and e its spines. 



I am informed that in Sanscrit they have the word Kalamba, which means the pumpkin 

 used as a float for swimming purposes, and not improbably this Kdamba, which may be of a 

 much larger size than that shown, is derived from that, being not unlike a pumpkin. 



