360 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. TRICHOSANTHES. 
in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 314; Roxb. F1. Ind. 3, p. 701; W. et Arn. Prodr. 
1, p. 350; Spach, Vég. phan. 6, p. 193; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, 
p. 677; Rev. hort. 1859, p. 593, cum ie. ; Naud. in Ann. se. nat. ser. 4, 
v. 18, p. 190; Kurz in Journ. As. soc. Beng. 1877, part. 2, p. 98; 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 610. — Cucurbita Sinensis, etc., 
Till. Pis. p. 49, tab. 22; Sab. Hort. Rom. 1, tab. 71. — Anguina 
Sinensis, etc., Mich. Gen. p. 12, tab. 9; Mill. Ic. p. 21, tab. 32. — 
Trichosanthes pomis teretibus oblongis incurvis Linn. Hort. Cliff. 
p. 450. — Petola Anguina Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5, p. 407, tab. 148. 
— Cucumis Anguinus Linn. Spec. ed. 2, p. 1437; Willd. Spec. 4, 
p. 615; Reem. Syst. fase. 2, p. 77. — Trichosanthes colubrina Jacq. f. 
Eclog. tab. 128; Ser. in DC. 1. e. p. 314; Rœm. 1. c. p. 96; Lindley 
in Bot. Reg. 32, tab. 18; Fl. des Serres, 4, tab. 305. — Involucraria 
Anguina Rœm. 1. c. p. 97. — Trichosanthes Turolata Ham. ex Steud. 
Nomencl. 
Caulis gracilis, ramosissimus, angulatus, puberulus. Petiolus satis 
robustus, striatus, villosulus vel sparse hirsutus, 5-12 cent. longus. 
Folia supra lete viridia, subtus pallidiora, 10-15 cent. longa, 12-18 
cent. lata; sinus basilaris late subrectangularis, 2-4 cent. profundus, 
3-6 cent. latus; nervi graciles, subtus leviter prominentes, duo late- 
rales basilares imum sinum vix marginantes. Cirrhi satis robusti, 
elongati, sulcati, puberuli, 2-3-fidi. Flores monoici. Pedunculus com- 
munis masculus satis robustus, striatus, puberulus, 10-25 cent. lon- 
gus, apice 8-15-florus ; pedicelli graciles, erecto-patuli, */,-2 cent. longi; 
. bracteolæ lineares, 1-3 mill. longe. Calycis tubus subeylindricus, 
-apice leviter dilatatus, 2 '/,-3 cent. longus, apice 4-5 mill. et ad basim 
* 2 mill. latus; dentes retlexi, 2 mill. longi. Petala oblonga, 3-nervia, 
8-9 mill. longa, 3 mill. lata; fimbriæ ramosæ, 1 */, cent. longæ. Sta- 
minum filamenta gracillima, glabra, 2 mill. longa ; capitulum anthe- 
rarum ovoideum, 2*/,-3 mill. longum, 2 mill. crassum. Pistillodia fili 
- formia, 15-17 mill. longa. Pedunculus femineus */,-5 cent. longus. Ova- 
rium plus minusve villosum, apice longissime attenuatum. Fructus 
gracilis, anguiformis, varie contortus, haud raro metrum longitudine 
excedens, maturus ex aurantiaco-ruber, flaccidus, carne insipida tunc 
deliquescente. Semina pauca, oblonga, tenuiter rugulosa, cinerea, 
margine subundulata, apice rotundata vel obscure truncata, bas 
attenuata, 14-17 mill. longa, 7-9 mill. lata, 3-5 mill. crassa, pulpam 
carmineam viscosam arilliformem demum arescentem retinentia. 
In India orientali (Wallich n. 6687; Wight n. 1132 in herb. Mus. 
Par., Edin., Kew.; Commerson in herb. Deless.; Thomson n. 235 m 
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