482 PASSIFLORACEZ. 
3. JACARATIA. 
Jacaratia, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pars 1, p. 419; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 815. 
Small trees. our or five species, inhabiting Brazil,.Guiana, and Mexico. 
1. Jacaratia mexicana, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pars 1, p. 420. 
Mexico (Mogino). | , 
Order LXII. CUCURBITACE. 
Cucurbitacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 816. 
About 530 species, in seventy-five genera. They are herbaceous or rarely woody plants, 
generally inhabiting warm countries, and most abundant in tropical regions *, 
[The following Old-World Cucurbitacee are cultivated in Central America and 
Mexico, and more or less naturalized :—(Citrullus vulgaris, Schrad.; Cucumis melo, 
Linn. ; Cucumis sativa, Linn. : Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser.; Cucurbita maxima, Duch. ; 
Luffa egyptiaca, Mill. ; Luffa acutangula, Roxb.] 
Tribe CUCUMERINES. 
1. MOMORDICA. 
Momordica, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1090; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 825. 
About twenty-six species, principally restricted to the Old World. Some botanists 
regard the following species as really indigenous in some parts of the New World :— 
1, Momordica balsamina, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1433; Lam. Ill. t. 794. fig. 1. 
A native of most tropical countries of the Onp WokrLp, introduced into America, 
where it has become wild. Hb. Kew. 
2. Momordica charantia, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1433; Bot. Mag. t. 2455. 
Common, and possibly indigenous, in Tropical America, from Mexico to BRAZIL, 
though it may have been originally introduced from the Old World, where it abounds 
nearly throughout the tropics. Hb. Kew. 
2 LUFFA. 
Luffa, Cav. Ic. i. p. 7; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 823. 
About ten species, dispersed in tropical countries. 
* Prof. A. Cogniaux, who has studied the collections at Kew for the purposes of his monograph of the 
order, has kindly revised the synonymy, in part, of this enumeration. 
