N. 0. CUCURBITACE.E. 
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553 . Rhynchocarpa fcetidu, Schrced, h.f.b.i., ii. 
627 . 
Syn. : — Bryonia pilosa, Roxb. 703. 
Vern. Appakovay kalung (the root) (Tam.) ; Cucumadunda 
(Tel.). 
Habitat : — Guzerat ; Deccan Peninsula ; and Malabar hills. 
A foetid, scaberulous-pubescent, climbing herb ; tendrils 
simple, stem somewhat stout, pubesqent. 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 £in., 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 . Corallocarpus epigcea, Hook., h.f.b.i., ii. 628 . 
Syn. : — /Echtnandra epigcea, Arn. ; Bryonia glabra, Roxb. 
702. 
Vern. : — Akas-gaddah (H. and Dec.) ; Kadwi-nai (Bomb.) ; 
Gollan-kovaik, akasha-garudan (Tam.) ; Naga donda (Tel.) ; 
Kollan-kova-kizha-una (Mai.) ; A kasha-gar uda-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 (Trimen), seldom as 
thick as a quill, jointed, often bending at right angles at the 
joints, or “ flexuose,” as Wight calls it. Tendrils simple, 
in the older branches very much-branched, distinctly lateral. 
Leaves rather small, 1-lJin. long, rolundate, very cordate 
sometimes at base. More or less 3-5 lobed. Lobes obtuse 
