TRICHOSANTHES . CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 369 
Caulis robustus, elongatus, ramosus, angulato-suleatus, glaber. 
Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, breviter villosus, 3-10 cent. longus. 
Folia supra intense viridia, subtus pallida, 10-20 cent. longa et fere 
totidem lata, basi 3-sub-5-nervia, ssepius 5-lobata, lobis sæpius ad 
basim constrictis, intermedio paulo longiore ; sinus inter lobos obtusi, 
sæpius angusti, basilaris late rotundatus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi 
robusti, elongati, sulcati, puberuli. Pedunculus communis maseulus 
robustus, suleatus, puberulus, apice 6-12-florus, 15-35 cent. longus, 
sæpius ad basim bracteatus; bractea adpressa, basi semi-amplectans, 
tenuiter membranacea subpellucida, sublinearis, 2-3 cent. longa. 
Pedicelli crassi, brevissimi vel subnulli ; bracteæ puberulæ, multiner- 
vie, 2 !/,-3 cent. longæ. Calycis tubus glaber, lævis, 5-5 */, cent. lon- 
gus, apice 12-14 mill. latus; dentes patuli, apice subulati, 1-1 '/, cent. 
longi, ad basim 5-6 mill. lati. Petala obovata, subglabra, 3-nervia, 
3-4 cent. longa. Staminum filamenta brevissima; capitulum anthera- 
rum 12-13 mill.longum, 3 mill. crassum. Pedunculus femineus 2-4 
cent. longus. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum. Fructus ovoideus vel 
oblongus, apice acutus, 5-8 cent. longus, ruber. Semina margine plus 
minusve angulata, 15-18 mill. longa. 
In India orientali (Wallich in herb. Brux.; Ralph n. 116 in herb. 
Deless.); in Himalaya orientali (Griffith n. 2540 in herb. Kew. et Mus. 
Par.); in Sikkim, alt. 700-2000 met. (Hook. f. et Thomson n. 11 in. 
herb. Kew., Brux., Mus. Par., DC., Boiss., Francav., Berol., Monac., 
Vindob., Florent., Haun., Edin.; Treutler in herb. Kew.); in Dar- 
jeeling (Clarke in herb. Kew.); in Malacca (Maingay n. 671 et 1924 
in herb. Kew.) — ' 
P, majuscula Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 608. — Folia 
20-25 cent. lata. Pedunculus communis masculus robustissimus, 
?0 cent. longus, 25-30-florus, usque ultra medium floriferus. Bracteæ 
oblongæ, breviter serratæ, 4 cent. longæ. : i 
In mont. Khasia, alt. 1300 met. (Hook. f. et Thomson n. 7 in herb. 
Kew. et Mus. Par.). 
18. T. Borneensis ; foliis membranaceis, ambitu ovato-suborbi- - 
cularibus, supra albo-punctatis et scabriusculis, subtus tenuiter punc- 
tatis et sublævibus, fere usque ad basim palmato-5-lobatis, lobis lan- 
ceolato-linearibus, acuminatis, margine undulato-denticulatis ; cirrhis 
lfidis; racemis masculis apice paucifloris; bracteis ovatis, triangu- 
lari-dentatis ; calycis tubo subeylindrico, basi leviter incrassato, apice 
dilatato, dentibus brevibus, triangulari-lanceolatis. 
Surres au Prodromus III. 24 
