N. O. OUGCRBITACE®. 
603 
anthers connate, one 1 -celled, two 2-celled, cells conduplicate. 
Corolla 3-4in. Male peduncle 4iu. Female Calyx and Corolla 
as in the male. Female peduncle 1 Jin., fruiting peduncle stout, 
corky striated, not grooved. Ovary oblong, style short, stigmas 
3, bifid ; ovules very many, horizontal ; placentas three. Fruit 
fleshy, indehiscent, often large ; pulp yellow. Seeds, ovoid or 
oblong, compressed, about half an inch long, Jin. broad. 
Uses . — The seeds are used medicinally. The oil is used as 
a nervine tonic. The pulp of the fruit is often used as a 
poultice (Watt). 
An ounce of the seeds fried with their husks, mixed with 
sugar, and taken at bed time, and in the morning, followed by 
Castor oil, has been found an effectual anthelmintic in tape 
worms (S. Arjun). 
The part of the fruit stalk in immediate contact with the 
ripe gourd, is removed and dried, and when made into a: paste 
by rubbing in water, is considered a specific for bites of 
venomous insects of all kinds, cheifly for that of the centipede 
(P. Kinsley, in Watt’s Dictionary). 
Four samples of the oil received in the Indian Museum from Allahabad, 
Cuddapah, Punjab and Mandalay, were examined in 1807. The first three 
were yellow in colour, while the fourth was greenish-brown and flourescent ; 
they solidified about zero (Centigrade). The following maximum and minimum 
constants were noted : Specific gravity at 15°, 0'919 to Q-926 ; acid value, 6"38 
to 17 65 ; saponification value, 194 9 to 197*1 ; iodine value 88-7 to 133-4 ; 
Reichert-Meissl value, 0'48 to 0’87 ; fatty acids and unsaponifiable, per cent. 
94 - 3 to 96-8 ; melting point, 32° to 38°. (Agricultural Ledger 1911-12 No. 5). 
548. C. Pepo, De. h.f.b.i., ii. 622 ; Roxb. 700. 
Vern. — Kumra (B.) ; Safed Kaddu (H) ; Kaula (Bomb.); 
Koliala (Mar.) ; Kumbala kagi (Kau.) ; Petha (Pb.) ; Potti- 
gummadi, Budade gummadi (Tel.) ; Pan i-kakharu (Orissa). 
Habitat. —Cultivated throughout India. 
An annual extensive climber. Tendrils 2-4fid. Leaves 
5-lobed, roughly bristly, almost prickly ; sinus between lobes 
broad. Blade 4-6in. diam., softly hairy when young, hispidulous 
on the nerves beneath, denticulate, lobes acute, often slightly 
lobed ; petiole often nearly as long as the blade ; hairs on the 
