61. CUCUBBITACELB. 317 



lata, 6-8 lineas longa ; stamina 5, libera. Fructus ruber (Henry), 

 breviter pedunculatus, ovoideus, 1|-1J poll, longus, eeostatus, 

 asper ; semina numerosa, grisea, obovoidea, compressa, rugulosa. 



Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, and Nanto and 

 mountains to the northward (A. Henry X) Herb. Kew. 



Root and fruit used in medicine, according to Dr. Henry. 



The foliage of this, of T. dubia, and of T. calcarata is hardly 

 distinguishable ; but the male flowers offer distinctions easily 

 recognized. In the present they are in short nuked racemes ; in 

 T. dubia they are solitary and much larger; while T. calcarata 

 has them in pedunculate racemes with large bracts. 



4. Thladiantha, sp. indescripta ? ; floribus $ parvis brevissime 

 pedunculatis, petalis angustis. 



Kiangsu: Shanghai {Maingay, 58 L!). Herb. Kew. 



In foliage this is very similar to T. dubia and T. nudiflora, but 

 the flowers are very different. 



1. Cucumis Melo, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 1011 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 

 p. 300 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 591 ; Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. ii. p. 620 ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 4S2 ; Jacq. 

 Monog. du Melon, t. 1-33 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 me serie, xvi. 

 p. 161 (var. cantonianus) ; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 21, Fl. Tchef. 

 p. 62, et Fl. Shangh. p. 32 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153 ; A. DC. 

 Orig. PI. Cult. p. 205. 



Cultivated throughout China; probably indigenous both in 

 tropical Asia and tropical Africa. Herb. Kew. 



2. Cucumis sativus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 1012 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 591 ; DC. Prodr. iii. p. 300 ; Clarke in Llook.f. Fl. 

 Brit. Lnd. ii. p. 620; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 498; A. DC. 

 Orig. PI. Cult. p. 210; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 153. 



Commonly cultivated in China, and supposed to have originated 

 in Northern India. Herb. Kew. 



3. Cucumis trigonus, Roxb. Fl. Lnd. iii. p. 722; Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Lnd. ii. p. 619, excl. syn. fide Cogn. in DC. 

 Monogr. iii. p. 485 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Lnd. Or. t. 497, et Lllustr. 

 t. 105 bis. 



Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry ?). Herb. Kew. 



Persia to Malaya. 



[Various gourds (Cucurbita maxima, Duch., C.Pepo, Linn., and 



