N. 0. CUCURBITACEjE. 607 



553. Rhynchocarpa fceiida, Schroed, h.f.b.l, ii. 

 627. 



Syn. : — Bryonia pilosa, Roxb. 703. 



Vern. :— Appakovay kalung (the root) (Tarn.) ; Cucumadunda 

 (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Guzerat ; Deccan Peninsula ; and Malabar hills. 



A foetid, scaberulous-pubescent, climbing herb ; tendrils 

 simple, stem somewhat stout, pubescent. Leaves 2in. diam., 

 orbicular or ovate, cordate, dentate ; petiole J-lin. Male 

 racemes small, scarcely lin. Calyx hairy, with subulate teeth. 

 Connective of each anther produced into a long, curved pointed 

 horn. Stigmas 2. Fruit Jin., globose, pubescent, beak nearly 

 |in., bright red, 2-celled. Seeds 4-6, lin., distinctly margined. 



Use : — Ainslie says that the root is prescribed internally in 

 electuary, in cases of piles, and in powder is sometimes ordered 

 as a demulcent in humoral asthma. 



554. Ooralloearpus epigcea, Hook., h.f.b.l, ii. 628. 



Syn. : — iEchmandra epigcea, Arn. ; Bryonia glabra, Roxb. 

 702. 



Vern. : — Akas-gaddah (H. and Dec.) ; Kadwi-nai (Bomb.) ; 

 Gollan-kovaik, akasha-garudan (Tarn.) ; Naga donda (Tel.) ; 

 Kollan-kova-kizha-una (Mai.) ; Akasha-garuda-gadde (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Punjab, Rawalpindi ; Scinde and Guzerat ; 

 Deccan Peninsula and Belgaum. 



A small, herbaceous, annual climber. Root very large, tur- 

 nip-shaped, often irregular. Throws out foliage in the early 

 part of the rains ; flowers between July and September. 

 Seed mature in the cold weather. Stem roundish, rather 

 succulent, prostrate, glabrous, glaucous (Triinen), seldom as 

 thick as a quill, jointed, often bending at right angles at the 

 joints, or " flexaose/' as Wight calls it. Tendrils simple, 

 in the older branches very much-branched, distinctly lateral. 

 Leaves rather small, l-ljin. long, rotundate, very cordate 

 sometimes at base. More or less 3-5 lobed. Lobes obtuse 



