518 BENGAL PLANTS. [Trichosanthes. 
861. TricHosanTHEs cucumeRINA Linn.; F. I. iii. 702; F.B1 
ii, 
In all the provinces; sometimes cultivated. : 
A considerable climber. Beng. Ban-chichinga; Hind. 
_ Sangli chachi a 
862. TricHosanrHes anGurina Linn.; F. I. iii. 701; F. BL 
ii, 610; E. D. T. 569. 
Cultivated fairly generally. rls 
A considerable climber. Hind. Chachinda; Beng. Chi- 
chinga; Uriya Chichendara. 
863. TricHosanrHes patmaTa Roxb.; F. I. ii. 704; F. BL 
ii. 606; E. D. T. 600. £3 
In all the provinces. 
A large climber, stems often 30 feet long. Hind. gt 
drayan ; Beng. Makal. 4 
864, TRICHOSANTHES CORDATA Roxb.; F. I. iii. 708; F. B. IL 
ii. 608 ; «2.518. 
N. Bengal; E. Bengal. 
An extensive climber. Beng. Bhoi-kamra. 
362. Gymnopetalum Arn. ete 
Herbaceous climbers; leaves petioled, 5-angled, in ~ 
5-lobed; tendrils usually simple or 2-fid. Flowers white, rathe 
ter long racemose, one or other often suppressed ; bracts: 
racemed flowers large, incised, or small lanceolate ; female yess 
solitary, usually in separate axils if not on separate individ - 
Sepals 5, connate in a long calyx-tube, contracted under the ne 
lobes lanceolate. Petals 5, margins not fimbriate. ¢ — 
anthers included, connate, elongate, one 1-celled, two 2-celled; ee® 
conduplicate. Ovary represented by 1 or 8 small linear , 
? Carpels 8, connate in an oblong, 1-celled ovary; ovules eer 
horizontal, on 3 long vertical placentas ; style long; stigmas sd 
short, linear. Fruit an ovate-oblong berry with acute ad ie 
cuneate base. Seeds many or few, ellipsoid, compressed, margined 
almost smooth. ij, 61d. 
865 Lh 
- GYMNOPETALUM COCHINCHINENSE Kurz; F. B. 
A rather slender climber. 
