258 CtlCUrbitaceCE. \Corallocarpns. 



H. rostrata, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4, xvi. 177 (1862). 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 627 {R.fcetida: not given for Ceylon). 



Stems prostrate, hairy; 1. small, i-i| in., orbicular-ovate, 

 cordate at base, acute, coarsely dentate, closely pubescent on 

 both sides, petiole \ in., hairy; male fl. very small, on long 

 filiform ped., racemes corymbose, much shorter than 1.; fern, 

 nearly sessile ; cal. and pet. pubescent ; fruit f in. or rather 

 more, ovoid, tapering into a long narrow beak, red, densely 

 covered with long white hair ; seeds ovoid, gibbous on sides, 

 with a narrow sharp wing, smooth, brown. 



Dry region; very rare. Collected in 1890 near the Giant's Tank, 

 Mannar District. Fl. Feb. 



Also in S, India. 



Combined with R. fcetida, Schrad., a common African rjlant, in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



13. COSALLOGABPUS, Welw. 



Perennial, tendrils simple, fl. small, monoecious, male in 

 small long-stalked corymbs, fern, solitary or two together ; 

 cal.-limb campanulate, segm. very small ; pet. 5, very slightly 

 connected at base ; male fl. : — stam. 3, inserted at mouth of 

 cal.-limb, fil. very short, anth. distinct, cells straight, con- 

 nective . not produced ; fern. fl. : — ov. ovoid, usually 2-celled, 

 style long, stigma large, 2-lobed ; fruit ovoid, beaked, succu- 

 lent, circumscissile near the base ; seeds few, ovoid, slightly 

 compressed. — Sp. 15 (Cogniaux); 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



C. epig-seus., Clarke in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 628 (1879). G-opalang-a, S. 



^Echmandra epigtza, Arn., Thw. Enum. 125. C. P. 1622. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 628. Wight, Ic. t. 503. 



Root very large, turnip-shaped, stem rather succulent, 

 prostrate, zigzag, glabrous, glaucous; 1. rather small, i-ifin., 

 rotundate, very cordate at base, more or less 3- or 5-lobed, 

 with obtuse or acute, irregularly dentate lobes, shortly and 

 roughly pubescent on both surfaces, rather thick, petiole 

 more than half length of 1., stout, glabrous ; male fl. very 

 small, on short ped., peduncle \\-2\ in., straight, stiff, fern, 

 larger; fruit f-i in., ovoid, with a blunt beak, smooth, scarlet 

 in middle, with base and beak green, dehiscent by a circular 

 line at junction of red and green portions near base ; seeds 

 about 9, in orange-coloured pulp, very slightly compressed, 

 pale brown, adpressed-pilose. 



Dry country ; rather common. Uma-oya ; Dambulla ; Mannar. Fl. 

 Jan.-March ; yellowish-green. 



Also in dry parts of India. 



