106 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
-cordatis subintegris v. lobatis, basi biglandulosis; cirrhis 3—4-fidis; pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris 
fasciculatis albis. 
l. L. vulgaris, Ser. in DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 299.— Cucurbita Lagenaria, Linn. Spec. 1434; 
Forst. Prodr. n. 862. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, “ Hue," teste Pritchard; Vitiense, ** Vago,” teste 
Seemann.—Cultivated and naturalized in Viti (Seemann! n. 495), Tahiti (Banks and Solander! in 
Mus. Brit.), Java (Horsfield! in Mus. Brit.), Easter Island (Forster !), Sandwich Islands (Seemann !). 
The Bottle-gourd is one of the Oucurbitacee, found cultivated in the different Polynesian Islands when 
they were discovered by Europeans. In Viti it is extensively used for making bottles for holding oil and 
other fluids. 
VI. Cucumis, Linn. Gen. n. 1479; Endl. Gen. n. 5137. Flores monoici v. polygami. Maso.: 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Petala 5, calyci inserta, ovata, acuta, patentia. Stamina 5, calyci 
inserta, 3-adelpha; filamenta conniventia; antherz lineares; loculi lineares; connectivi crassiusculi, 
recti, dorso infra apicem integrum v. bipartitum anfractu simplici adnati. Foem.: Calyx tubo sub- 
globoso v. cylindrico, cum ovario connato, limbo supero 5-dentato. Corolla maris. Ovarium infe- 
rum, 3-loculare, placentis juxta septa utrinque parietalibus, oc-ovulatis. Stylus brevis; stigmata 3, 
crassa, 2-partita. Bacca carnosa sulcata verrucosa v. levis, indehiscens v. irregulariter rupta, oc: 
sperma. Semina ovata, compressa, margini acuta. Embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledones foliaceze, 
radicula brevissima centrifuga.—Herbe annuz, humifuse, cirrhiferze ; foliis alternis petiolatis, integris 
v. lobatis ; pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris, masculis szepissime aggregatis, foemineis solitariis.— Melo, 
Tournef. Inst. 104. excl. sp. 
]. C. Melo, Linn. Spec. 1436; caule scabro; foliis rotundatis angulosis; floribus masculis, 
tubo calycis basi subventricoso apice dilatato, staminibus inclusis, antheris connectivo brevioribus; 
floribus hermaphroditis, antheris ut in masculis; stigmatibus 3-4 breve 2-lobis; bacca ovata v. 
subglobosa 8-12-sulcata, carne saccharata flava v. alba.—** Melon” of the English colonists. Culti- 
vated in Viti (Seemann!). Also grown in the Sandwich (Seemann!) and Society Islands (Cuzent), 
but in all these islands known to be introduced by Europeans. 
2. C. sativus, Linn. Spec. 1437 ; caule scabro; foliis cordatis obscure 5-lobis, lobo terminali ; 
floribus breve pedunculatis subternis majusculis, florum mascul. tubo calycis tubuloso-campanulato, 
limbo patente deflexo, petalis acutiusculis; baccis oblongis subtriquetris per maturitatem sublevibus 
seepe nitidis, carpellis intus distinctis separabilibus.—** Cucumber” of the English colonists. Culti- 
vated in Viti (Seemann!) ; also in the Sandwich (Seemann!) and Society Islands (Lay and Collie! 
Cuzent), but in all these groups introduced by Europeans. 
: 3. C. acidus, Jacq. Obs. Bot. pars iv. p. 14 (1764); foliis cordatis subangulatis acutiusculis 
argute dentatis seabris; baccis subglobosis, ovatis v. ellipticis obtusis pubescentibus v. glabratis viri- 
dibus striis obscurioribus angustis longitudinalibus pictis, adultis albis absque ullis striis.— Cucumis 
pubescens, Willd. Spec. vol. iv. p. 614 (1805); DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 301; Wight, Icon. t. 496. 
Cucumis Maderaspatanus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 723, non alior. Cucurbita aspera, Sol. ms. in 
Forst. Prodr. n. 555 (1786), et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.), t. 110; Sol. Prim. FI. 
Ins. Pacif. p. 336. Nomen vernac. Tahitense, “ E-atu” vel * Ea-ea," teste Solander; Vitiense, 
*'Timo."—Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 194). Also gathered in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! in Mus. 
Brit.), Java (Horsfield! in Mus. Brit.), East Indies (Roxburgh! in Mus. Brit.), Ceylon (Thwaites ! 
in Mus. Brit.), Cape de Verd Islands (fide A. Gray), Kuka, Central Africa (Eduard Vogel! n. 59, 
in Mus. Brit.). 
.. An authentic specimen of Cucumis acidus in the British Museum, with Jacquin’s manuscript note :— 
* Nova certe species, nata in Horto Bot. Vind. anno 1762 e seminibus Indicis sine nomine a Gronovio 
acceptis. Fructus interne uti Cucumis, sed acidissimus, figura obovata glabra,” has enabled me to identify 
