TsicHosAxNTHEs.] . CUC UBBITACJEJE, 363- 



Male racemes ebracteate, fruit ovoid- 

 conical, pulp red . . . . 5. T. cucumerina. 



Male racemes with minute Lracts, fruit 



elongate cylindric . . . . 6. T. anguina. 



Male flowers solitary ; fruit oWong-, red . 7. T. dioica. 

 1 T. palmata, Roxh.; Fl. Ind. iii,704; W. ^ A. Prod. 350; D. j- G, 

 Bomh. Fl. 103 ; F.B.l.ii,606; Watt E. D. T. bracteata, ioigt; Oogn. 

 in DC. Mon. Fhan. Hi, 375. — Vern. Lai i";! dray an. 



An extensire climber, with, stout branching' sulcate glabrescent stems ; 

 tendrils usually o-fid. Leaves 2-6 in. in diam., ovate or suborbicular 

 in outline, usually 3-7-lobed to the middle, deeply cordate, dark-green 

 and scabrous above ; lobes ovate oblong or sublinear, entire toothed or 

 deeply iobulate ; petiole 1-3 in. Male racemes few-flowered ; bracts 

 ovate, sheathing the flowers from a broad base, deeply cut. Calyx-tube 

 narrowed to the base; teeth lanceolate, denticulate. Fruit 1^2 in. in 

 diam., globose, bright-red streaked with orange. Seeds many, immersed 

 in green pulp. 



Common within the area. Distbib. Throughout India to Ceylon, ascend- 

 ing to 5,0U0 ft. on the Himalaya ; also in Malaya, China, Japan and 

 N. Australia. Flowei's in the hot season, and the fruit ripens during 

 the rains. The fruit and root are medicinal. The former, when raw, 

 is poisonous, and is often used mixed with rice for destroying crows. 



2. T. cordata, Boxb. Fl. Ind.iii, 703; F. B.I.ii, 60S; Vy'^att E. D.; 

 Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. Hi, 367. 



An extensive climber, with large tuberous roots and stout branching 

 stems ; tendrils usually very stout, 3-fid, Leaves 6-8 in., entire, or 

 obscurely angular, broadly ovate-cordate, acute or shortly acuminate, 

 dentate-serrate, dark-green above, and with short scattered hairs on 

 both surfaces; petiole 2-4 in., stout. Male racemes few-flowered ;■ 

 bracts large, elongate, sheathing at the base, obovate, entire, pubescent. 

 Calyx-tube 1^ in., hairy; lobes acuminate, denticulate, Iruit as in 

 T. palmata. 



Dehra Dun (Duthie), Hardwar (King). Distrib, Along the base of the 

 Himalaya from Nepal eastwards ; also in Bengal and Burma. The 

 tuberous root and the flowers are medicinal. 



3. T. himalensis, Clarke in F. B. L ii, 608 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. 

 Hi, 379. 



An extensive climber, with slender branching sulcate hairy stems ;■ 

 tendrils 3-fid. Leaves about 5 in. in diam., nearly circular in outline, 

 palmately 3-5-lobed, deeply cordate, irregularly serrate, roughish above, 

 villous or pubescent beneath ; lobes lanceolate, shortly acuminate. 

 Flowers dioecious. Male peduncles 3-4 in.; bracts ^-^ in., narrowed to • 

 the base, not sheathing, lanceolate, incise-serrate. Calyx-tube li-2 in., 

 very narrow, slightly hairy. Fruit 3-4 in, long, long-cylindric, tapering 

 at both ends. Seeds turgid, obovoid or drum-shaped. 



Kberi dist. in N, Oudh (Duthie's collector). Distrib. Sikkim. 



