Tas. 5145. 
MOMORDICA mrxtTa. 
Largeflowered Momordica. 
Nat. Ord. CucurBiTaceE®.—Dicecta MoNADELPHIA. 
Gen. Char. Flores monoici v. dioici. Masc. Calyx brevissime campanulatus, 
quinquepartitus, patens. Corolla calyci inserta, quinquepartita ; Zaciniis paten- 
tibus, obtusis, subundulatis. Stamina 5, imo calyci inserta, 3-adelpha. Fila- 
~ menta brevia, crassa. Anthere conniventes, uniloculares, loculo lineari, connec- - 
tivi crassi undulati margini extus adnato. Fam. Calye tubo obovato v. sub- 
cylindrico, cum ovario connato; Jimbo supero, quinquepartito, patulo. Corolla 
maris annulo epigyno inserta. Stamina rudimentaria, styli basim cingentia. 
‘Ovarium inferum, triloculare, placentis juxta septa hinc parietalibus, multiovu- 
latis. Stylus cylindricus, trifidus v. tripartitus. Bacca pulposa, muricata, ma- 
turitate elastice irregulariter rupta, polysperma. Semina compressa, marginata, 
integumento baccato colorato, exsiccatione rugoso. Embryonis exalbuminosi 
cotyledones foliaceze, plano-convexe ; radicula brevissima, centrifuga.—Herbe in 
Asia et America tropica indigene, glabriuscule v. hirte ; foliis alternis, cordatis, 
palmato-tri-quinguelobis ; cirrhis simplicibus, elongatis ; pedunculis axillaribus, 
filiformibus, unifloris, medio v. supra basim bractea foliacea instructis.. Endl. 
Momorpica mizta; dioica, foliis cordatis, 3-5-lobo-palmatis, lobis sinuato-den- 
tatis, petiolis glandulosis, floribus masculis solitariis magnis, pedunculo 
elongato bractea magna biloba infra florem, calycis lobis profundis ovatis 
nigro-striatis, corolle petalis subrhombeo-ovatis venosis disco pubescenti- 
bus, 8 interioribus basi nigro-purpureis, fructu magno baccato ovalo-globoso 
rubro ubique muricato apice acuto. 
Moironvica mixta. Rovb. Fl. Ind. 0.3. p. 109. Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. 
Ind. Or. p. 349. 
Momorprca Cochinchinensis. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 0. 8. p. 14. 
- Murtcta Cochinchinensis. Lour. Fl. Cochinchin. v. 2. p. 732. 
v. 3. p. 318. 
De Cand. Prodr. 
One of the tropical stoves at Kew has been rendered very at- 
tractive for some years past by the introduction of various Cu- 
curbitaceous plants, trained under the rafters and the lights. It 
is a family of plants that have been too much neglected, for they 
present no small degree of beauty in their flowers, and their 
fruits are remarkable in their size or form or colour, and often 
will flower and 
their utility. Even in the open air many species 
OCTOBER Ist, 1859. 
