LXV. CUCURBITACE.*. 
847 
Gymn of etalu m.\ 
base deep cordate, scabrid, 2 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide; 
petioles scabrid pubescent, 1 to 1*5 in. long. Male peduncles 
3 in. long. Flowers racemose. Bracts large incised serrate, 
*75 in. long. Calyx-tube sub-cylindric, villous, mouth with 
deflexed hairs. Petals ovate oblong, *5 in. long. Female peduncles 
short. Fruit 2 in. long, 75 in. through, 10-ribbed, beaked, orange. 
Hab. Grassy open spots. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, on the hill 
by the ruins; Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. Native name : Sipam. 
Fig. 69.—Gymnopetalum cochinchinense. 
(3) G. quinquelobum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. (1), 681; King, 
l.c. 32. 
Slender creeper. Leaves orbicular or triangular deeply 5-lobed, 
lobes 2- to 3-lobulate, sparsely hairy with thick hairs, 1*5 to 2*25 in. 
long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1 in. long. Male flowers 
solitary (rarely racemose) pilose. Bracts oblong, serrate ’5 in. 
long. Calyx-teeth entire or toothed. Petals oblong acute 
puberulous outside. Female peduncles ‘5 to 1 in. long. Fruit 
oblong, fusiform, ribbed, pubescent, scarlet 1*5 to 2 in. long. Hab. 
Not common. Singapore (Thomson); Malacca (Griffith), Perak, 
Plus River (Wray). Penang (Porter, seeds collected here and 
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