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foliis alternis cordatis palmato-3—7-lobis; cirrhis simplicibus elongatis; pedunculis axillaribus filifor- 
mibus 1-floris medio v. supra basim bractea foliacea instructis.— Elaterium, 'Tournef. Amordica et 
Poppya, Neck. Elem. n. 391, 392. ' Muricia, Lour. Coch. 733. 
l. M. Charantia, Linn. Spec. 1433; foliis 7-lobo-palmatis dentatis subhirsutis; cirrhis pubes- 
centibus; bractea cordata integerrima infra medium pedicelli; baccis oblongis acuminatis angulatis 
tuberculatis (coccineis v. rubris) ; pulpa (lutea) molli; seminibus oblongis tuberculatis ; arillo rubro- 
.sanguineo.— Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2455. Rheede, Mal. vol. viii. p. 71. t. 9.— Viti, probably Vanua 
Levu (Williams!). Also collected in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! U. S. Expl. Exped.). Common 
in the East Indies. 
A. Gray, not knowing this plant was amongst the older collections, supposed it to be a recent intro- 
duction to Tahiti. “In Venezuela," says Mr. A. Ernst, “the ripe fruit, bruised and mixed with olive oil, 
is put on wounds or contusions. Children are very fond of eating the red pulp. It is, however, insipid, 
and thought to produce diarrhoea." 
IV. Luffa, Tournef. Act. R. S. 107; Endl. Gen. n. 5134. Flores monoici v. dioici. Masc.: 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Corolla calyci inserta, profunde 5-partita, patens. Stamina 5, imo 
calyci inserta distincta v. 1-3-adelpha ; filamenta brevia; anthers 1-loculares, loculo lineari, connectivi 
crassi margini sinuato extus adnato. Foem.: Calyx tubo clavato, cum ovario connato, limbo supero 
5-fido. Petala 5, annulo epigyno inserta, basi vix coalita. Stamina abortiva. Ovarium inferum, 3- 
loculare, placentis juxta septa hinc parietalibus oo-ovulatis. Stylus 3-fidus ; stigmata crassa, reniformi- 
2-loba v. 2-partita. Bacca obovata v. oblonga, demum exsucca, intus pilosa, indehiscens v. disco 
epigyno deciduo apice operculo aperta, oc-sperma. Semina compressa, reticulata v. serobiculata.— 
Herb: scandentes ; foliis alternis petiolatis lobatis dentatis scabris; cirrhis simplicibus; floribus mas- 
culis racemosis, foemineis solitariis.— Tyrevouzia, Scop. Introd. 575. 
l. L. insularum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 644; caule sulcato glabro; foliis rotundatis 5-lo- 
batis v. 5-angulatis sinu profundo cordatis margine denticulatis v. repando-dentatis ; racemis masculis 
elongatis; staminibus discretis; calycis lobis fl. fem. subtus glanduliferis; bacca oblonga levi haud 
sulcato bipollicari.— Cucurbita multiflora, Sol. ms. in Forst. Prodr. n. 556, et in Parkins. Drawings 
of Tahit. Plants, t. 108 (ined.); Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 335 (ined.); Sprengel, Syst. vol. v. p. 
45; DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 818. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, “‘Huerharho,” teste Solander, * Hua- 
roro," teste Cuzent.—Common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 193). Also found in Tahiti (Banks 
and Solander! Forster! in Mus. Brit.), Tongan Islands (Barclay! n. 3405, in Mus. Brit.). 
A Cucurbitacea, mentioned by Collie under the native name of * Arroro," and thought by Hooker and 
Arnott to be Cucurbita Aurantia, is probably this species, the name being simply incorrectly spelt, whilst 
the statement that the fruit was employed for holding scented cocoa-nut oil is correct, though throughout 
Polynesia the Bottle-gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) has, from time immemorial, been more commonly used 
for that purpose. . 
V. Lagenaria, Ser. in Mem. Soc. H. N. Genev. vol. iii. p. 29. t.2; DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 299; 
Endl, Gen. n. 5136. Flores monoici. Masc.: Calyx tubo campanulato, limbo brevi 5-partito. 
Petala 5, summo calycis tubo inserta, ovata, acuta, patentia. Stamina 5, imo calyci inserta, 3-adelpha ; 
filamenta brevia, conniventia; antheree 1-loculares, loculo lineari, connectivi crassi, anfractuoso- 
sinuati, papillosi margini dorsali adnato. Foem.: Calyx tubo cylindrico v. ventricoso, superne atte- 
nuato, eum ovario connato, limbo supero brevi 5-partito. Corolla maris. Ovarium inferum, 3-locu- 
lare, placentis juxta septa parietalibus oc-ovulatis. Stylus subnullus; stigmata 3, crassa, 2-loba, 
granulosa. Bacca carnosa, maturitate lignescens, oo-sperma. Semina obovato-oblonga, compressa, 
margine tumido, apice truncato-2-lobo cincta. Embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledones foliacez, radi- 
cula brevissima centrifuga.— Herba annua, molliter pubescens, moschata; foliis alternis petiolatis 
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