CUCURBITACEA. 483 
1. Luffa operculata, Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fase. Ixxviii. p. 12. 
Luffa quinquefida, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 285. 
Elaterium quinquefidum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 292. 
Momordica quinquefida, Hook. et Arn. loc. cit. p. 424. 
Soutn Mexico, Acapulco (Lay, Collie & Sinclair); CantraL America (@rsted, 66).— 
Widely dispersed in Tropical Sourn America. Hb. Kew. 
3. CUCUMIS. 
Cucumis, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1092; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 826. 
About twenty-five species, generally diffused in the tropics, but most numerous in 
Africa and Asia. 
1. Cucumis anguria, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1446; Descourt. Fl. Med. Antill. v. 
p. 97, t. 329. 
Fioripa; Texas.—CeEntRAL America (ex Cogniaux).— West InDiEs and CoLoMBIA to 
BRAZIL. 
2. Cucumis campechianus, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 122. 
Sourn Mexico, coast of Campeche (Humboldt & Bonpland). Hb. Kew. 
Cogniaux, we believe, regards this as a variety of C. melo. 
4. CUCURBITA. 
Cucurbita, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1091 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 828. 
About ten or twelve species, inhabiting the warm parts of Asia, Africa, and America. 
1. Cucurbita digitata, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 60. 
New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, valleys among the mountains of Sonora (Schott). 
_Hb. Kew. 
9. Cucurbita perennis, A. Gray, Pl. Lindh. ii. p. 193. 
Cucumis ? perennis, James in Long’s Exped. ii. p. 345. 
Cucumis fetidissima, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 128. 
Rocky Mountains to Trexas.—SoutH Mexico, very common around Guanaxuato, at 
about 6500 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
3. Cucurbita radicans, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p. 8. 
Sourn Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1610). Hb. Kew. 
| 5. PEPONOPSIS. 
Peponopsis, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 4, xii. p. 88; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 829. 
The genus is at present limited to the following species :-— 
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