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7 M. Heywea'na (Wall. cat. no. 6744.) leaves 3-lobed, mu- 
cronately denticulated ; peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, furnished 
each with a large bractea under the flower, which encloses it 
before expansion; tendrils simple. ©.? F. Native of the 
East Indies. Flowers large. 
Heyne’s Momordica. PI. tr. 
8 M. supancura'ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 928.) leaves deeply cor- 
date, acuminated, rather angular, mucronulately denticulated, 
scabrous above; flowers dioecious ; bractea cordate, quite en- 
tire at the top of the peduncle. ©. F. Native of Java, on 
Mount Salak, where it is called by the natives 4roy Gambas. 
Allied to M. cylindrica and M. dioica. The inflorescence of this 
plant agrees with the figure in Rumph. amb. 5. t. 150. ex Blume. 
Fruit fibrous. 
Angular-leaved Momordica. Pl. cl. 
9 M. Parya (Hamilt. ex Wall. cat. no. 6742.) leaves cordate, 
triangular or hastate, sometimes lobed at the base, acuminated at 
the apex, coarsely toothed; tendrils simple; female peduncles 
1-flowered, solitary ; male ones racemose; racemes aggregate ; 
fruit round, beset with a few scattered prickles. ©. F. Native 
of the East Indies, in Goyalpara. 
Paina Momordica. PI. tr. 
10 M. rusiriora (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. 6749.) plant white from 
down ; leaves round, angularly and roundly lobed, cordate at 
the base; tendrils simple ; fruit oblong, acuminated, ribbed ; 
peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, bracteate. ©.F. Native of the 
East Indies. 
Tube-flowered Momordica. PI. tr. 
11 M. pu’reans (Mart. reise. bras. ex Linnea. vol. 5. p.40.) 
stems angular, climbing, clothed with resinous farina at top; 
leaves ovate-orbicular, acuminated, with a roundish recess, cor- 
date, obsoletely 5-lobed, denticulated; male corymbs erect, 
axillary; female flowers solitary, axillary, drooping ; fruit ob- 
long, crested longitudinally from warts. ©. F. Native of 
Brazil. 
Purging Momordica. Pl. cl. 
12 M. orvercura‘ra (Lin. spec. 1433.) leaves 5-lobed, 
toothed ; fruit elliptic, angular, tuberculated, operculated by 
a deciduous beak. ©.F. Native of America. Comm. rar. 
22. t. 22. ex Lin. and Willd. spec. 4. p.603. This plant is pro- 
bably referrible to the genus Liffa. The top falling off from 
the fruit when it is green. 
Lid-fruited Momordica. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1731. Pl. cl. 
13 M. exvate‘rium (Lin. spec. 1434.) plant scabrous, hispid, 
and glaucescent ; stems dwarf, without tendrils ; leaves cordate, 
somewhat lobed, crenate-toothed, very rugged, on long petioles; 
fruit ovate, obtuse, hispid, and scabrous, on long peduncles ; seeds 
bay-coloured. %.F.or ©. H. Native of the south of Europe. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1914,—Blackw. herb. t. 108. Woodv. med. 
bot. t. 43. Elatérium cordifolium, Moench. meth. p. 563. Ec- 
balium L. C. Rich. Root thick. Flowers yellow. Fruit green, 
expelling the seeds when ripe. Perhaps a proper genus. Dr. 
Clutterbuck has lately ascertained that the active principle of 
wild cucumber is contained almost exclusively in the juice 
around the seeds, and that genuine elaterium is the matter which 
subsides spontaneously from the juice obtained without pressure. 
He found that the eighth part of a grain thus prepared seldom 
failed to purge violently, and of this according to Dr. Barry, 
from 55 to 64 per cent, only were soluble in alcohol of 0°809. 
The bitter principle found in it is not in itself purgative, but 
quickens the action of elatin when combined with it. Elatin is 
a new principle obtained by Dr. Barry of a green colour ; it is 
purgative in very minute quantities. In medicine a few grains 
of elaterium operates as a drastic purgative, and was sometimes 
used in dropsies. It is high priced, and seldom used, though 
recommended by Dr. Ferriar. 
CUCURBITACEZ. XII. Momorpica. 
Elaterium or Common Squirting Cucumber. 
Cit. 1548. PI. tr. 
14 M.? Lampertia‘na (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 311.) his- 
pid; stems prostrate, flexuous ; tendrils nearly simple; leaves 
cordate-roundish, 5-lobed, denticulated, scabrous; petioles short; 
flowers? fruit solitary, elliptic, pilose ; peduncles short, hispid, 
©. F. Native of the East Indies. Ecbalium L. C. Rich. Allied 
to M. elatérium, but distinct. 
Lamberts Momordica. PI. tr. 
15 M. ecutwa‘ta (Muhl. ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 605.) leaves 
cordate, with 5 lobed angles; lobes acuminated, quite entire, 
glabrous ; tendrils multifid; fruit roundish, 4.-seeded, echinated 
Fl. June, July. 
by bristles. ©. H. Native of the western parts of Pennsyl- 
vania, near the river Ohio. Sicyos lobata, Michx. amer. 2. p. 
217. Fruit roundish, size of a gooseberry, beset with long su- 
bulate bristles, very like those of Sicyos, but 4-seeded. Flowers 
yellow. 
Echinated-fruited Momordica. PI. tr. 
16 M. proica (Roxb. ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 605.) stem an- 
gular, climbing ; leaves cordate, acuminated, toothed, glabrous 
on both surfaces ; tendrils filiform ; flowers dioecious ; female 
ones solitary; fruit elliptic, muricated. ©.F. Native of the 
East Indies. 
Dioecious-flowered Momordica. PI. cl. 
17 M. renicrra (Wall. cat.no. 6743.) leaves cordate, dentate 
or distantly and mucronately denticulated ; peduncles long, 1- 
flowered, solitary, furnished each with a kidney-shaped hooded 
bractea, just below the flower; tendrils simple. 2/.8. Native 
of the Burman Empire, about Prome. 
Kidney-bearing Momordica. PI. cl. 
18 M. Hamirronia‘wa (Wall. cat. no. 6748.) leaves cordate, 
toothed, crenated, acuminated ; bractea toothed ; peduncles l- 
flowered, solitary; tendrils simple; fruit hispid. h. v S 
ee of the East Indies, in Goyapara and Gongachora. Flowers 
arge. 
Hamiltons Momordica. PI. cl. 
19 M. srcoror (Blum. bijdr. p. 928.) leaves deeply cordate, 
somewhat 5-angled, bluntish, glabrous, mucronately denticu- 
lated, with rather strigose margins (when dry dotted above); 
glandular beneath; flowers dioecious, pedunculate, axillary, 
usually 3-together ; fruit oblong, glabrous, variegated with red. 
©.F. Native of Java, in calcareous soil near Kuripan, where 
it is called roy Pupassang by the natives. Nearly allied to M. 
diotca. 
Var.a; base of leaves deeply cordate. Native of the Mo- 
luccas. 
Var. B; leaves cordately 3-lobed ; lateral lobes angular. 
Native of Java, on Mount Parang. 
Two-coloured-fruited Momordica. PI. tr. or cl. 
20 M. acurea'ra (Poir. dict. suppl. 3. p. 723.) stem slender, 
climbing ; leaves palmately pedate, with 5-7 dentately lobed seg- 
ments, having white scattered dots above, but with the nerves 
and petioles beset with short prickles beneath ; petioles and 
middle nerves clothed with rough reflexed hairs; male flowers 
racemose, on long peduncles; female flowers solitary, hardly 
pedunculate ; fruit subglobose, glabrous, size of a pea. ©. F 
Native country unknown. 
Prickly Momordica. PI. cl. 
21 M. uy’srrix (Gill. mss. ex Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3 
p. 234.) leaves 5-lobed, glabrous, smooth, somewhat cuneated 
at the base; lobes mucronate, denticulated, middle lobe the 
longest ; tendrils simple; male and female flowers rising from 
the same axils : male ones disposed in racemes : female ones soli- 
tary, pedunculate; fruit oblique, ovate, echinated with strong 
bristles. ©, F. Native of Buenos Ayres. 
Porcupine Momordica. PI. tr, 
