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2. Semina plus minusve turgida, latiora quam longiora, subqua- 
drata, longitudinaliter zona crassissima, circumvallata , | sepius 
tileularia;" loculis lateralibus vacuis. — Genus Cucumeroides 
; Gærtn. ; ; Platygonia nbus — X 29-33. « 
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29. T. Himadensla € B. Clarke! in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. X 
p 608); foliis ambitu suborbicülaribus, supra scabriuseulis, subtus 
brevissime villosis demum scabris, profunde palmato-3 -sub-5-lobatis, 
lobis lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, margine minute denticulatis ; 
bracteis longiusculis, lanceolatis, ineiso-serratis, basi - constrietis ; 
fruetu oblongo-subejlindrico ; seminibus uniloeularibus. — Platygo- - 
nia Himalensis. Naud.! in herb. ex Clarke, 1. c. — Trichosanthes 
cordata Wall.! List, n. 6686 B. — Cucurbita ficifolia De ! List,. 
n. 6721 (non Bouché). 1 
Caulis gracilis, ramosus, sulcatus, sparse longeque silio, alte 
scandens. Petiolus robustus, striatül! breviter villosus vel subhirsu- 
tus, 3-6 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 
10-15 cent. longa et fere totidem lata, lobo intermedio longiore, ad 
. basim constrieto; sinus inter lobos angusti, acuti vel obtusi, basilaris 
subrectangularis, 2-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi satis robusti, elongati, 
sulcati, breviter villosi, bifidi. Peduneulus communis masculus graci- 
lis, sulcatus, sparse villosus, apice 4-10-florus, 2-8 cent. longus ; pedi- 
celli erecti, villosi, */,-2 cent. longi; bractez leviter villosæ, longe 
acuminatæ, /,<1 cent. longæ. Calyeis tubus anguste eylindricus, apice 
leviter dilatatus, puberulus, 2*/, cent. longus, apice 8 mill. et ad 
medium l mill latus; dentes patuli vel reflexi ; lineari-subulati, 
6-7 mill. longi. Staimintim filamenta gracillima, glabra, 3 mill. longa; 
capitulum antherarum 3 mill. longum, 1*/, mill. crassum. Fructus 
` teres, utrinque attenuatus, 8-10 cent. longus, 2 */,-3 cent. crassus. 
Senünd cinereo- fusca, rugulosa, valde turgida, lateraliter subacute 
appendiculata, basi leviter attenuata, 6-7 mill. Jonga, 7-9 mill. lata, 
5 mill. crassa, testa incrassata, suberosa. 
Sen India orientali (Wallich n. 6686 B et 6721 in herb. Lin. Soc.); 
Sikkim alt. 700-1700 met. (Hook. fi et Thomson m. 12 in herb. 
in: ; Clarke in herb. Kew.). . 
$, diia Clarke! 1. C. + Folia subtus glabra vel ad nervos levi- 
er hirsuta. | 
In Khasia, alt. 1300 met. (Hook. f. et Thomson n. 9 in iih. Kew., 
Mus. Par., Berol. » Vindob.).. ara 
