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Class and. Order. 
Monazcta ‘Monapenraia. 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-partita. Filam 3. 
Fem. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-partita. Stylus 3-fidus. Pepo 
— elastice dissiliens. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Momorosca Charantia ; pomis oblongis acuminatis angu- 
latis tuberculatis, bractea cordata integerrima infra 
medium pedunculi, foliis septemlobo-palmatis dentatis 
subhirsutis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 602. Hort. Kew. ed. 
alt. 5. p. 342. 
- Momorpica Charantia; pomis angulatis tuberculatis, foliis 
| villosis longitudinaliter palmatis. Sp. Pl. 1432. Hort. 
| Cliff. 451. 
_ -SALSAMINA cucumerina indica, fructu majore flavescente. 
) Comm. Hort. 1. p. 103. t. 54. 
Amara indica. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 410. t. 151. 
Cucumis Zeylanicus. Herm. Lugd. p. 204. 
 Panpiraver. Hort. Malab. 8. p. 17. t. 9. 
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We are inclined to consider the Momorpica muricata of 
ILLDENOW to be merely a variety of our present species ; 
| for in the natural order of Cucurerracex but little confi- | 
| dence can be placed in the size, or even form of the fruit ; 
witness the numerous varieties of Cucumbers, Melons, and 
Gourds, 
The figures of Commenin and Rueve, above referred to, 
gree very well with our specimen, but that of Joan Mi- 
“ER in his Illustrations of Botany, represents the or 7 
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