Cephaiandra.] CllCurbitacecZ. 247 



L. more strongly 5-lobed; cal.-tube glabrous or nearly so. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions and lower montane zone ; 

 rather common. Abundant about Anuradhapura. Var. (3, Trincomalie, 

 1796 (Rottler). Fl. April, October; white. 



Also in S. India. 



Yar. j3 is probably not worth distinction, but Cogniaux keeps it up as 

 a species under the name G. tubiflorum j Rottler's specimens (now in 

 Herb. Kew) are the type of B. tubiflora, W. and A. 



The leaves form an ingredient in curries in the dry country. 



Lagenaria vulgaris, her., the ' Bottle-Gourd,' Diya-labu, S., Churai, T., 

 is commonly cultivated. It is figured in Duthie, Crops, t. 48. There are 

 several varieties in the form of the fruit besides the usual bottle-shape. 



3. CEPHALANDBA, Schrad. 



Perennial, tendrils simple, fl. dioecious, rather large, solitary, 

 axillary; cal.-segm. linear; pet. combined about half way up 

 to form a 5-lobed campanulate corolla ; male fl. : — stam. 3, 

 anth. connate, cells conduplicate ; fern. fl. : — ov. solid, pla- 

 centas 3, style short, stigmas very large ; fruit ovoid, cylin- 

 drical, smooth, red; seeds numerous, ovoid, compressed, each 

 surrounded by envelope of coloured pulp. — Sp. 12; 1 in FL B. 

 Ind. (the rest African). 



C. indica, Naicd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, v. 16 (1866). Kouakka, 

 5. Kovvai, T. 



Bryonia grandis, Willd., Moon Cat. 67. Coccinea indica, W. and A., 

 Thw. Enum. 128. C. P. 1069. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 621. Burm. Thes. t. 19, ff. 1, 2. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 138. 



Stems slender, cylindrical, quite glabrous ; 1. 2-4 in., 

 variable in form, usually broadly cordate-ovate in outline, 

 with the basal sinus triangular, obtuse, apiculate, more or less 

 5-lobed, distantly dentate, quite glabrous on both sides, 

 rather succulent, dull green above, glaucous beneath, finely 

 punctate, provided with several large flat circular glands near 

 the axils of the veins beneath, especially at the base; peduncle 

 ii-2 in.; cal. glabrous, segm. linear, refiexed ; cor. i^- in. diam ., 

 widely campanulate, segm. broad, acute, recurved, pubescent 

 inside, veiny ; male fl. : — fil. free ; fern. fl. : — ov. fusiform, 

 glabrous, stigmas long; fruit \-\\ in.,' fusiform-ovoid, cylin- 

 drical, slightly beaked, smooth, bright scarlet when fully ripe; 

 seeds oblong-ovoid, much compressed, smooth, yellowish-grey. 



Low country, especially in the dry region in bushy places ; common. 

 Fl. June-September ; white, with green veins. 



Also throughout India, Malaya, and Trop. Africa. 



The large white bell-flowers and brilliant scarlet fruits render this a 

 very pretty little creeper. The leaves vary greatly in the depth of the 



