376: DICOTYLEDONEZÆ. TRICHOSANTHES . 
n. 6725 (non Linn.). — Trichosanthes Kakidonda Roxb.! in E. Ind. 
Comp. Mus. tab. 453, ined. — T. aspera Heyne! in herb. Rottl. ex 
Steud. Nomencl. — T. asperifolia Zipp.! ex Spanoghe in Linnæa, 15, 
p. 203 (nomen tantum). — T. tricuspis Miq.! Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, 
p. 679. — Involucraria Wightiana, I. palmata, I. Modecca et I. cucu- 
merina Rom. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 98. 
Caulis robustus, ramosus, suleatus, puberulus demum glaber, . 
10 met. longus. Petiolus robustus, striatus, puberulus vel brevissime 
villosus, demum subglaber, 3-10 cent. longus. Folia supra intense 
viridia, subtus pallida, valde variabilia, sepius usque ad medium 
3-5-lobata, interdum subintegra vel subdissecta, lobis late ovatis 
oblongis vel sublinearibus, integerrimis denticulatis crenulatis vel 
profunde lobulatis; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 1-3 cent. pro- 
fundus. Cirrhi satis robusti, elongati, suleati, puberuli. Pedunculus 
communis masculus robustus, suleatus, puberulus, apice 5-10-florus, 
10-20 cent. longus; pedicelli erassi, erecti, brevissimi ; bracteæ pube- 
rulæ, multinerviæ, 3-4 cent. longæ. Calycis tubus brevissime villosus, 
longitudinaliter striatus, 4-5 cent. longus, apice 10-12 mill. latus ; 
dentes erecto-patuli, acuminati, 12-15 mill. longi, 3-4 mill. lati. Sta- 
minum filamenta leviter villosa, 1-2 mill. longa ; capitulum anthera- 
rum 11 mill. longum, 4 mill. crassum. Peduneulus fructiferus 2-3 cent. 
longus, 3-4 mill. crassus. Fructus globosus, non acutus, leevis, 4-5 cent. 
crassus, ruber, longitudinaliter aurantio-10-vittatus. Semina nume- 
rosa, albescentia, ovato-oblonga, utrinque lævia, immarginata, basi 
leviter attenuata, 12 mill. longa, 6 mill. lata, 2 mill. crassa. 
In India orientali (Wallich n. 6686 C-E, 6687 F, 6688 A, B, D, E, G, 
6689 A, B, 6725 in herb. Linn. Soc.; Heyne in herb. hort. Petrop.: 
Roxburgh in herb. Edin.; Wight n. 1134, part., 1136, 1137; Ritchie 
n. 1071 et 1071 C ; Stewart n. 1230; Helfer; Rottler; Royle); in May- 
sor et Carnatie (Hook. f. et Thomson n. 4); in Sikkim (Thomson); 
in mont. Nilghiri et Kurg (Hook. f. et Thomson n. 13); in Himalaya 
(Hugel n. 595; T. Anderson; Edgeworth n. 64); in Assam (Jenkins 
n. 440); in Conean (Stocks n. 14); in Pegu (Mac Clelland); in Darjee- 
ling (Clarke); ad Bundelcund (Edgeworth n. 3015); ad Moradabab 
(Thomson n. 381); in mont. Kumaon (Strachey et Winterbottom); 1 
Belgam (Ritchie); in Bengalia orientali (Griffith n. 2529); ad Saba- 
rampore (Voigt); prope Pondichery (Commerson n. 89); in Burma 
(Kurz); in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1302, 1626); in Sumatra (Korthals): 
in Sumatra occid. ad Ajer mantjoer, prov. Padang, alt. 360 met. 
(Beccari n. 804 in herb. suo); in Java (Zollinger n. 1285); in Timor 
