61. cucurbitacej:. 315 



2. Luffa cylindrica, Boem. Syn. fasc. ii. p. 63, ex Cogniaux in 

 DC. Monogr. iii. p. 456. 



Luffa aegyptiaca, Mill, ex Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 530 ; 

 Clarke in Hook./. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 614; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 15.-J. 



Momordica cylindrica, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 1009; DC. Prodr. iii. 

 p. 311 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 590. 



This is cultivated throughout the tropics, and its native country- 

 is uncertain. Cogniaux and others record it from China. 



1. Benincasa cerifera, Savi in Bibl. Ital. ix. (1818) p. 158, 

 cum icone ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 303 ; Clarke in llook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. p. 616 ; Bretschn. Early Bes. p. 153. 



Benincasa hispida, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 513. 



Lagenaria dasystemon, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 81, 

 fide Cogn. 



Cultivated in China, Japan, India, and Africa, and often met 

 with in a wild state: but it is uncertain where it is indigenous. 

 Herb. Kew. 



1. Momordica Charantia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 1009 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iii. p. 311 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 589 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Honglc. p. 125 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 22 ; Clarke in Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 616 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2455 ; Bretschn. Early 

 Bes. p. 153. 



Cultivated in China and nearly all warm countries, and also 

 wild. Whether indigenous within our limits is uncertain, though 

 it is supposed to be indigenous in tropical Asia. Herb. Kew. 



2. Momordica cochinchinensis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 14 ; 

 Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 618 ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. 

 iii. p. 444 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 135. 



Momordica mixta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 709; Bot. Mag. t. 5145. 



Muricia cochinchinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 596 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 

 p. 318. 



Chekiang: Ningpo mountains (Faberl); Kiaxgsi: Kiukiang 

 (David, 908! Shearer !) ; Formosa. (Oldham, 127!); Kwakg- 

 tukg: Lofaushan (lord I). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



India, Malaya, and the Philippine Islands. 



[Momordica dioica, Koxb. (syn. M. sicyoides, Ser. in DC. Prodr. 

 iii. p. 312) is figured in Braam's Ic. PI. Ch. t. 12, but we have 

 seen no Chinese specimen, nor does Cogniaux record any.] 



