76 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
CUCURBITACEJE. 
l. LAGENARIA VULGARIS, Ser. ; Hook. fil. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 529; App. Speke’s 
Journ. 635. 
Hab. Unyoro, Oct. 1862, Col. Grant! Common throughout "Tropical Africa. 
[* M’booyoo,” or bottle-gourd ; grows by huts, plantain-groves, or amongst grass. Whole stem is 
downy and clammy to the touch. Calyx fleshy, corolla white. А difficult plant to dry, from the quantity 
of water іп it. Found everywhere ; and its gourd is the African’s tumbler, decanter, butter-churn, quiver, 
fiddle or sounding-board, &c.—J. A. G.] 
9. LUFFA ÆGYPTIACA, Miller; Hook. fil. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 530.—L. pentandra, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 712; App. Speke's Journ. 635. 
Hab. Unyanyembé, 5° S. lat., Col. Grant! Cultivated throughout tropical countries. 
[Found in flower in March, at 5? S. lat., growing over the fences; again at 6? to 9? N. lat., on the banks 
of the Nile, The name of “ towel-gourd > has been given to this, as the gourd is sufficiently watery for 
the natives to wash their hands &с. with it.—J. А. G.] 
3. Lurra ECHINATA, Roxb.; Hook. fil. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 581.— Luffa. no. 2 
App. Speke's Journ. 635. 
Hab. On the Nile, 16? N. lat. ; fruit, April 1868, Col. Grant! Also Indian. 
[Found in the Nile at 16? N. lat., amongst the reeds and grasses there. In fruit April.—J. А. G.] 
4. MOMORDICA TRIFOLIOLATA, Hook. fil. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 537. Саше tenui; 
valide sulcato, glabro; foliis brevissime petiolatis, 3-foliolatis, scabrulis; foliolis petiolulatis, 
ovatis, obtusis, mucronatis, basi rotundatis v. cordatis, integris subtrilobatisve remote den- 
ticulatis, cirrhis simplicibus; floribus masculis subracemosis v. solitariis, pedicellis inzequi- | 
longis patentibus, bracteis subulatis, bracteola sub flore rotundata ; calyce hemisphærico, 
5-040, lobis late ovatis v. rotundatis, obtusis; floribus fæm..... — Momordica no. 2, 
App. Speke's Journ. 635. 
Foliola 1 poll. longa; petiolus 1-4 poll. petioluli 4-4 poll. longi. Pedunculi 4-14 poll. longi. Fi. 
mas. 1 poll. diametro. FI. fem. et fruct. desunt. 
Hab. Zungomero, 7° 27’ 8. lat. ; flower, October 1860, Col. Grant! 
Plate XLI. fig. 1. Bud; fig. 2. Expanded staminate flower; fig. 8. Andræcium. 
[In flower in October at 7° 27’ S. lat. Flowers yellow ; found clinging about grass.—J. А. G.] 
5. MomorpIca Мовковво, А. Rich.; Hook. fil in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 538.— 
М. Роде, Planch. in Fl. Міст. 369. М. cordifolia, Sond., M. Schimperiana, Naud., and 
M.? fætida, Schum. et Thonn. ( Бас Hook. fil. 1. as Momordica no. 1, App. "e 8 
Journ. 685. 
Hab. Ukidi, fruit, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Zambesi-land and in the Gulf of 
Guinea. re 
(This plant smells unpleasantly. The stem is streaked with green; the four corners are sharp and 
twisting. The leaves on their upper surface, if reversely rubbed, are as rough as a file. The flowers, in 
November, 249 N. lat., are of a rich cream-colour. Fruit a thorn-apple, 2 inches in diameter, elliptical, 
of the palest green colour, covered with curved thorns, which are of a rich yellow colour. Seeds flat, 
elongated, and covered with an envelope.—J. А. G.] 
6. CrrruLLus Согосухтила, Schrad.; Hook. fil. in Oliv. Fl. MALA Afr. ii. 548 ; App: 
Speke’s Journ. 635. А. 
