

126 EN0MEBATION OF ICucurlitacets . 



7. BRYO]>riA, Linn, 



1. B- laciniosa, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. 344, cum syn. ; Wiglit, Icones, 



t. 500.)— c.P. 1606. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



8. CITRULLITS, Neck. 



1. C. Colocynthis, Arn. 1. c. p. 276 ; Wight, Icones, t. 498. — Cucumis 

 ColocyntJiis, Linn. ; W. et A., L c. p. 342, cum syn. — c.P. 1607. 



Hab. Jaffna and Batticaloa, Gardner, Norn. vulg. " Yak-komadoo." 



9. MOMORDICA, Linn. 



1. M. dioica, Eosb. (W. et A., 1. c, p. 348, cum syn. ; Wight, Icon, 

 tt. 505, 506.)— c.P. 197 (1617). 



Var. /3. denudata; Jloribus masc. et foem, parum minoribus ; hracteis 

 parvis, inconspicuis. — c.P. 1615. (An species distinctaP) 



Hab. Var. a. Very abundant in the warmer parts of the island, Var. ^. 

 Central Provmce, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet. Norn. vulg. 

 " Toomba-karawilla." 



Although the var. j3, owing to the ahsence of the large hractero, has a very 

 different appearance to var. a, I have searched in vain for any other character of 

 the least importance to distinguish them, and therefore think it safer to describe 

 them as forms of one species. 



2. M. Charantia^ Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, t. 

 504.)— c.P. 1614. 



Hab. Common in bushy places, near native gardens, up to an eleva- 

 tion of 3000 feet. Norn. vulg. "Karawilla," " Battoo-karawilla." 



The several cultivated varieties of this species are much used as a vegetable by 

 the Cinghalese. 



10. liUFPA, Tournef, 



t dntkeris distinctis. 



1. Ii. pentandra, Eoxb. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 343, cum syn. ; W: 

 Icon. t. 499.)— c.P. 2805. 



ratta-coloo/' 



3000 feet. Nom.vu 



ft Ant kens i-adeljphis. 



2. Ii. acutau^nla, Soxb. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.) — clv, 1624. ^^ 

 Hab. Common in and near native gardens. Nom. vulg. " Vatta-coloo. 



1 have found the anthers triadelphous in all the specimens of this species I have 

 examined. 



The young fruit of this and of the preceding are used as vegetables by the Cin- 

 ghalese, but the present one is most esteemed. 



11. TRICHOSANTHES, Linn. 



1. T. cacumerina, Liim. (W 

 Var. 3. laciniosa.—c.v. 1620. 



2806 



