IX, C,2 ; Merrill: The Plants of Guam 151 
CUCURBITA Linnaeus 
CUCURBITA MAXIMA Duch. in Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 151. 
G. E. S. 22, locally known as calamasa. 
Cultivated in all warm countries. 
CUCUMIS Linnaeus 
CUCUMIS SATIVUS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1012. 
G. E. S. 2, McGregor 458, cultivated, locally known as pepino. 
LAGENARIA Seringe 
LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA (Duch.) Rusby in Mem. Torr.’ Bot. Club 6: 
43. 
Cucurbita leucantha Duch. in Lam. Encycl. 2 (1782) 150. 
Cucurbita lagenaria Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1010. 
Lagenaria lagenaria Cockerell in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 19 (1892) 95; 
Safford 304. 
G. E. S. 855, 394, locally known as tagoa. 
Cultivated in all tropical countries. 
LUFFA Adanson 
LUFFA CYLINDRICA (Linn.) Roem. Syn. Pepon. 2 (1846) 63. 
Momordica luffa Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1009. 
Momordica cylindrica Linn. 1. c¢. 
G. E. S. 409, the wild form, locally known as pachodag. 
A native of the tropics of the Old World, now wild or cultivated in all 
tropical countries. 
MELOTHRIA Linnaeus 
MELOTHRIA GUAMENSIS sp. nov. § Solena. 
Herba scandens, monoica, glabra; foliis membranaceis, reni- 
formi-ovatis vel suborbiculari-ovatis, usque ad 7 cm latis, basi 
profunde cordatis, apice acuminatis, margine distanter apicula- 
to-dentatis, nitidis, supra punctis scabridis notatis; floribus ¢ 
racemosis, campanulatis, 8 ad 10 mm longis; fructibus subglo- 
bosis, glabris, circiter 1 cm diametro, seminibus compressis, 
crassis, elliptico-obovoideis, 4 mm longis. 
A slender, climbing, glabrous, monoecious herb, the stems 
striate or sulcate, 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves membrana- 
ceous, reniform-orbicular to orbicular-ovate, 6 to 7 cm wide, 6 to 
9 cm long, somewhat acuminate, base deeply cordate, the sinus 
broad, the basal lobes very broadly rounded, the margins rather 
distantly apiculate-dentate, very slightly undulate between the 
teeth, when dry rather dark-green, the upper surface with nu- 
merous, small, whitish, scabrid dots, the lower surface not at 
all scabrid, showing the positions of the dots only; tendrils 
slender, simple, up to 15 cm in length; petioles 3 to 5 cm long. 
Male flowers racemose, the racemes axillary 3 to 4 cm long, 
