t:l\-L-RHlTACEJS. [14. < 



The Gourd, Lai Kumra (when 



last by th.' absence of the prickly hairs on tin 

 peduncle is striated but not grooved. 



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"' truitin - 



3. C. moschata, Duchesne. The Musk Melon. 

 The speciea is easily recognised bj h 



, , ,i, ,_',,,. us bl< .in l'lu' sepals are most 



14. CEPHALANDRA, Schrad. 

 Climbing herbs with simple tendrils and 5-angled or -lobed or 

 -partite leaves. Flowers rati y. or males m 



abbreviated , , < axUian lute, bra teate H.< 



lamilit. . i in „ 1 -li .i» 1 <u.it . ,i .11. . -a m pa ni.late, lobed about 

 ...::-■ , ,' -■ ■ ' ■ 



mtl.,,,,1- <>var\ hl.mg. style l.^g with tf hind sfcgnias, placentae 

 3. Kruit smooth lleshy cylindric. Seeds ovoid compressed margined. 

 I C indica, Naud. Syn. Coccinia indica 17. £ {•> Kundri, A'.; 



K Ml ) ■'/ IJan-kn , O IVhi kucha, Beng. 



Stems .Vangled, somewhat scabrous or smooth, leaves l-> •;'■' 

 :;-o-angled or -lobed and the 

 lobes occasionally constricted at tl, I i 



: .■.:■,■;; :^: : v - • ' ;, ; 



5-nerved and nervules usually ending in glandular dista 

 tions, frequently several hug. -r ;; ul 



sss^jm sua g&£ 



campanulate with large spreading ovate- 



: 



hairy within. Stigma spreading. 



Fruit oblong nan 



ripe but greei 



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