CUCURBITACEZ. V. Lurra. 
coast of Africa, in fields, hedges, and among bushes. Sims, 
bot. mag. 1638. Ojong Bulustru is its Hindoo name. 
Fetid Luffa. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1812. Pl. tr. 
2 L. corpiròra (Blume, bijdr. p. 929.) leaves cordate, acumi- 
nated, sharply toothed, scabrous; flowers dioecious ; male ones 
rather umbellate: female ones solitary; fruit furrowed and 
wrinkled. ©.F. Native of Java, on the mountains, where it 
is called by the natives Aroy kajoraajan, Aroy Kalayar burriet, 
but Tiwuk by the Hindoos. 
Heart-leaved Luffa. Pl. tr. 
3 L. acura’neuza (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 302.) stem 
twisted ; leaves cordate, somewhat 5-lobed, acutely toothed ; 
tendrils undivided, or 2-3-cleft; fruit clavate, 10-angled, 
crowned by the linear calycine segments: the rind hard; seeds 
flat, roundish-oblong, black and shining at maturity. ©. F. 
Native of China, and plentiful in India near the habitations of 
the Indians Cucumis acutangulus, Lin. spec. 1436. Jacq. hort. 
vind. 3. p. 73, 74. ex Lam. dict. 2. p. 74.—Rheed. mal. 8. t. 7. 
—Rumph. amb. 5. p. 408. t. 149. Dringi is the Hindoo name 
of the plant. Leaves like those of Tussilago Petdsites or Vitis, 
with the scent of Datura straménium. Male flowers umbellate, 
female ones solitary. Fruit insipid, but is eaten by the natives 
of India boiled or pickled. 
Acute-angled Luffa. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1692. PI. tr. 
4 L. Pruxeneria'na (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 802.) 
leaves cordate, doubly toothed; tendrils 2-3-cleft; fruit ob- 
ovate, crowned by the marcescent limb of the calyx. ©. F. 
Native of the East Indies. Cucumis acutangulus p, Lam. dict. 
2. p. 74.—Pluk. phyt. t. 172. f. 1. 
Plukenet’s Luffa. Pl. tr. 
5 L. Ca’rru-ricinna (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 303.) 
stem tetragonal; leaves cordate, roundish, somewhat 5-lobed, 
angular ; sepals broadly ovate, acuminated; fruit oblong-ellip- 
tic, mucronate, lined with warts, and crowned by the calycine 
segments ; seeds ovate. ©. F. Native of Malabar.—Cattu- 
picinna, Rheed. mal. 8. p. 15. t. 8. Leaves nearly the size and 
form of those of Althæ'a rdsea. Male flowers size of those of 
Paonia tenuifolia. 
Cattu-picinna Luffa. Pl. tr. 
6 L. Aeyrriaca (Mill. dict.) leaves roundish-cordate, lobed ; 
lobes angular, cut at the base, with incumbent margins ; tendrils 
simple ; fruit obovate-clavate, 10-angled, crowned by the seg- 
ments of the calyx. ©. F. Native of Arabia. Momordica 
Laffa, Lin. spec. 1433. L. Arábum, Alp. pl. egypt. p. 199. t. 
58.—Mor. hist. 2. p. 35. sect. 1. t. 7. f.1, 2.—Sabb. hort. 1. 
t. 62. The Arabians call the plant Lif or Louff; they cultivate 
it, and it climbs up the palm-trees, covering, and elegantly 
adorning their trunks. It is also cultivated largely in China 
and Cochin-china, if Loureiro’s plant be the same (Coch. p 
590.). The fruit when young is made into a pickle, like the 
mango, but it has a disagreeable taste, and is not accounted very 
wholesome. 
Egyptian Luffa. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1739. Pl. cl. 
7 L. Pe’tora (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 203.) stems 
terete; leaves cordate, 5-7-lobed ; lobes acute, serrated, middle 
one very long ; tendrils bifid; segments of the calyx oblong and 
bluntish; petals obcordate, toothed, shorter than the calycine 
segments ; fruit obovate-clavate, mucronate, woolly, afterwards 
furrowed, green, spotted with white, with watery flesh. ©. F 
atl of the East Indies.—Pétola, Rumph. amb. 5. p. 405. 
t. 147, 
Petola Luffa. PI. tr. 
8 L. penra’npra (Wall. cat. no. 6751.) leaves cordate, downy, 
5-7-lobed, mucronately denticulated : middle lobe the longest ; 
female peduncles 1-flowered, solitary : male ones umbellate? ©. 
Native of the East Indies, in Rungpur and Munggeri. 
VI. Benincasa. 
VII. Eryruropatum. 29 
Pentandrous Luffa. Pl. tr. 
9 L. Grave‘orens (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. no. 6752.) downy ; 
leaves cordate, obsoletely lobed, and mucronately denticulated ; 
flowers axillary, 2-4-together, on very short peduncles; fruit 
muricated. ©. F. Native of the East Indies, in Munikapur. 
Strong-scented Luffa. PI. tr. 
10 L. ama ra (Wall. cat. no. 6754.) scabrous ; leaves cordate, 
5-7-lobed, middle lobe the longest, all acute ; female peduncles 
1-flowered, solitary: male ones racemose ; fruit long, downy. 
©. F. Native of the East Indies, in Rungpur and Gualpara. 
Bitter Luffa. PI. tr. 
11 L. nepera cea (Wall. cat. no. 6755.) leaves cordate, pal- 
mately 5-lobed, mucronately denticulated; female peduncles 
1-flowered, solitary : male ones racemose ; fruit oblong. ©. F. 
Native of the Burman Empire, at Amherst, and below Melloon. 
Ivy-like Luffa. Pl. tr. 
12 L. ecuta‘ta (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. no. 6756.) scabrous ; 
leaves cordate, 5-lobed; lobes rounded, mucronately denticu- 
lated; female peduncles 1-flowered, solitary; male ones um- 
bellately racemose ; fruit roundish, echinated by spines. ©. F. 
Native of the East Indies, in Bandil, Deyra, and Dhoon. 
Echinated-fruited Luffa. PI. tr. 
13 L. sarpa‘tra (Hamilt. ex Wall. cat. no. 6757.) scabrous ; 
leaves cordate, angularly toothed ; peduncles racemose. ©. F. 
Native of the East Indies, in Nathpur, where it is called Sat- 
atia. 
Satpatia Luffa. Pl. tr. 
14 L. ra'rvura (Hamilt. ex Wall. cat. no. 6758.) roughish ; 
leaves 5-7-lobed ; lobes acuminated, mucronately denticulated ; 
female. peduncles 1-flowered, solitary ; fruit long, downy when 
young. ©.H. Native of the East Indies, in Puraniya. 
Small Luffa. Pl. tr. 
Cult. Sow the seeds in a hot-bed, and afterwards treat the 
plants as recommended for ridging out cucumbers. 
VI. BENINCA‘SA (in honour of Count Benincasa, an Ita- 
lian nobleman). Savi, mem. cucurb. 1818. p. 6. with a figure. 
Delile, mem. acad. sc. par. 1824. 7. p. 395. Ð. C. prod. 3. 
. 803. 
r Lin. syst. Polygàmia, Monoècia. Flowers polygamous, 
monoecious, solitary, yellow. Segments of the calyx short, 
broad, with undulated, toothed margins. Stamens in 3 bundles 
in the male flowers, divaricate. Petals obovate-roundish, curled, 
and undulated ; anthers very irregular, with distant convolutions. 
Female flowers with the stamens as in the males, but usually 
nearly abortive. Stigmas very thick and irregular. Seeds with 
thickish margins. 
1 B. cerirera (Savi, l. c.) plant very hairy, with a musky 
scent; leaves cordate, somewhat 5-lobed; lobes acutish and 
crenated ; tendrils simple; fruit ovate-cylindrical, woolly, pen- 
dulous, green. ©. F. Native of the East Indies. Cucirbita 
cerifera, Fisch. cat. hort. Gorenk. ex Savi, l. c. B. cylindrica, 
Hortul. Cumbilam, Rheed. mal. 8. p. 5. t. 3. The fruit is 
either short or long, but always covered with numerous fragile 
hairs, and clothed with glaucous, glittering bloom. Flowers 
sometimes hermaphrodite. 
Wax-bearing Benincasa. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1827. PI. tr. 
Cult. Sow the seeds on a hot-bed in spring ; and afterwards 
treat the plants as in ridging out cucumbers. 
VII. ERYTHROPA'LUM (from epuOpoc, erythros, red, and 
madoc, palos, a shaking; application not evident). Blum. bijdr. 
p. 921. D.C. prod. 3. p. 303. 
Lin. syst. Monoécia, Pentdandria. Flowers monoecious, 
perhaps only from abortion. Limb of calyx obsoletely 5- 
toothed. Petals 5, ovate, alternating with the teeth of the 
