TRICHOSANTHES. >  CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 361. 
herb. Kew.; Hügel n. 2520, 2758 in herb. Vindob.); in India boreali 
(Royle in herb. hort. Petrop.: Edgeworth n. 61 in herb. Kew.); ad 
Saharampore (Jameson in herb. Edin.); prope Bombay (P. Roux in 
herb. Deless.). 
B, multiflora; pedunculus communis fere usque ad basim floriferus, 
15-30-florus ; pedicelli patuli. 
Prope urbem Mangalor culta (Pl. Ind. or. edid. Hohenacker n. 494 
in herb. Boiss., Lenorm., Monac., hort. Petrop., Kew., Brit. Mus.). 
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7. T. Horsfieldii (Miq.! Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 677); foliis - 
membranaceis, ambitu ovatis, margine minute denticulatis, basi pro- 
funde emarginatis, supra breviter pilosis, subtus breviter denseque 
villosis, utrinque scabriusculis, fere usque ad medium 3-5-lobatis, 
lobis apice rotundatis; racemis masculis paucifloris ; pedicellis brevi- 
bus, bracteatis ; calyce breviter villoso, dentibus brevibus, anguste 
triangularibus; floribus femineis breviter racemosis ; ovario ovoideo. 
Caulis gracilis, ramosus, suleatus, puberulus. Petiolus satis graci- 
lis, striatus, dense longeque villoso-hirsutus, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia 
Supra leete viridia, subtus cinerea, 10 cent. longa, 8 cent. lata, lobis 
lateralibus ovatis, terminali oblongo, multo majore, apice mucronato; 
sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 1-1 ?/, cent. profundus; nervi graciles, 
subtus prominentes, basilares laterales imum sinum marginantes. 
Cirrhi graciles, elongati, suleati, puberuli, bifidi. Flores monoici. 
Peduneulus communis masculus satis robustus, striatus, dense brevi- 
terque villosus, 5-8 cent. longus, 8-10-florus; pedicelli robustiusculi, 
erecto-patuli, brevissime denseque villoso-glandulosi, */,-1*/, cent. 
longi; bracteæ oblongo-lanceolatz, acutæ, integerrimæ, trinerviæ, 
6-10 mill. longe. Calycis tubus ab apice ad basim attenuatus, 4-4 "A 
Cent. longus, apice 6 mill. latus; dentes erecti, integerrimi, acuti, 
4 mill. longi; basi 2-2 '/, mill. lati. Petala oblonga, acuta, puberula, 
3-nervia, 8 mill. longa, 3*/, mill. lata, margine longe fimbriata. Sta- 
minum filamenta gracillima, 2 mill.longa; capitulum antherarum 
Tmill. longum, 3 mill. erassum. Pistillodia setiformia, 1'/, cent. longa. 
Pedunculus communis femineus robustiusculus, breviter villoso-glan- 
dulosus, 1-2 cent. longus, 3-6-florus ; pedicelli :/,-1 cent. longi. Stami- 
nodia lingulata, 2-3 mill. longa. Ovarium brevissime denseque villoso- 
glandulosum ; stylus filiformis, 2-2 Y, cent. longus. Fructus ignotus. 
In Java ad Priangan (Horsfield in herb. Miq. nune Ultraj., Kew., 
Brit. Mus.): in mont. Malabar (Scheffer in herb. Bogor.). 
