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TRICHOSANTHES, Monoecia Monadelphia. From thrix, 

 hair ; and anthos, a flower ; the flowers being beautifully fringed. 

 Lam. t. 794 ; Don's syst. 3, p 38. 



8. T Anguina, W. and A. 1093 ; Roxb. Fl. 3, p 701 ; Rumph. 

 A'mb. 5, t. 148; Ainslie Mat. Ind. 2, p 392; Lam. t. 794, f 1.— 

 " Chikonda," Snake Gourd. Commonly cultivated about Bom- 

 bay ; fruit long, spindle-shaped, and often curiously twisted. 



CUCURBITA, Linn., Monoecia Monadelphia. Gaert. 2, t. 88 ; 

 Lam. t. 795. 



9. C Maxima, W. and A. 1096; C melopepo, Roxb. Fl. 3, 

 p719; Rheede Mai. 8, <. 2 ; Rumph Amb. 6, t. 145. — Squash 

 Gourd, or Pumpkin. Commonly cultivated. 



10. C CiTRULLUs, W. and A. 1098; Roxb. Fl. 3, p 719; 

 Ainslie Mat. Ind. I, p 217 ; Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 146 ; Moiis. Hist. 

 1, /. 6 ; Pluk. t. 164, f. 1 .— " Turbooza," Water Melon ; extensively 

 cultivated in the same localities, and with the same appliances, as 

 C melo. 



11. C OviFERA, Don's syst. 3, p 41; DC, Prod. 3, p 3\7 ; 

 Lob. Hist. 367,/. 2. — Vegetable Marrow. Commonly cultivated 

 from Europe seed, but the cultivation requires considerable care, 

 otherwise the fruit rots or drops off rapidly. 



12. Telfaieia Pedata, Ampelosicyos scandens, Bot. Mag. 

 2751-2 and 2681. — A large perennial plant, running over trees on 

 the eastern coast of Africa, and bearing a fruit 2 or 3 feet long ; 

 full of seeds, which yield a oil equal to that of the finest Olives. In 

 the 1 st edition this plant is quoted as having been introduced by 

 the late Mr. Nimmo (?) Is it still found in gardens in Bombay ? 



XXXVIIL— PAPAYACE^, W. & A. Prod. 1, p 351. 

 THE PAPAW TRIBE. 



CARICA. From C'aria, in Asia Minor, of which country it was 

 erroneously supposed to be a native. 



1. C Papaya, W. and A. 1099 ; Roxb. Fl. 3, p 824; Rumph. 

 Amb. ],f.. 60 ; Bot. Reg. t. 459; Bot. Mag, t. 2898 and 2899.— 

 Papai. Native of Brazil ; now common in Indian gardens ; gene- 

 rally said to be dioecious, but is often found with male and female 

 flowers on one tree. The property which this tree has of making 

 meat hung on its branches tender is well known in India. 



XXXIX.- PASSIFLORE^, W. & A. Prod. 1, p 352. 



THE PASSION-FLOWER TRIBE. 



PASSIFLORA, Monadelphia Pentandria. Name given by the 

 Jesuits, with relation to an incident in the Passion of our Saviour. 



