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Let stand over night, filter, add a little sugar, administer in 

 2 doses morning and evening. 



In Concan they use the juice of the leaves as a liniment in 

 remittent fevers, rubbing the hepatic region and in fact the en- 

 tire body. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. T. anguina, L., is a vine with 

 5-angled stem, bearing tendrils and spattered with white dots. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, with 5 acute lobules, spiny -toothed. Peti- 

 oles with a bifid swelling at their bases. Flowers white, monoe- 

 cious. Staminate : calyx 5-toothed with dotted borders ; corolla, 

 5 fringed petals; stamens 3 ; anthers 3, entirely united and form- 

 ing a cylinder. Pistillate : 3 glandules in the corolla tube ; 

 style long ; stigmas 3. Fruit ribbed, long, the compartments 

 formed by reticular partitions; contains many irregular seeds, 

 one border sharp, the other obtuse, covered by a very thin 

 aril. 



The T. eucumerina, L., is less common, bears a spindle- 

 shaped or obovate fruit, is hairy and lacks ribs. Its seeds 

 are ovoid, very smooth, encircled by a narrow wing. The 

 reticulum within the fruit is similar to that of the foregoing 

 species. 



HABITAT. Common in all parts of the islands. Blooms in 

 October. 



Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. 

 NOM. VULG. Common Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Calabash, Eng. 



Yar. Lagenaria Gourda, Ser. (Cucurbita lagenaria 

 oblonga, Blanco.) 



NOM. VULG. Calabaza de peregrino, Sp.; Pilgrim's Gourd, 

 Eng. 



Var. L. courgourda, Ser. 

 NOM. VULG. Tabayag, Tag. 

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