Momordica. monoecia syngenesia. 707 



neoiis, poroui5, villous nut ; in its base is a slit, or opening 

 through which the base of the next integument passes; the 

 niiildlo one thick and spongy particularly before perfect ma- 

 turity, in that state it may be taken for a perispcrm ; the ex- 

 terior one membranaceous, and slightly reticulate. PeriS' 

 perm no other than the middle gray spongy envelope of the 

 seed. Embryo erect. Cotyledons conform to the cell of 

 the exterior integument, thick, firm, white. Pluniiila of two 

 unequal lobate lobes. Radicle conic; inferior. 



MOMORDICA. Schreb. gen. N. 1477- 

 Male calyx five-tooihed. Corol five-parted, or five-pe- 

 talled. Female calyx and corol as in the male. Style trifid. 

 Pepo fleshy, bursting- Mlien ripe with or without elastic force. 

 Seeds enveloped in a soft aril. 



1. M. Charantia. Willd. iv. G02. 



Leaves palmate, having- nerves. Peduncles solitary, with 

 a round, reniform bracte at or below the middle. Frnil 

 lengthened, tuberclcd, tapering- at both ends. Seeds with a 

 thick notched margin. 



Pandi-pavel. Rheed. J\Ial. viii. t, 9. 



Amara-indica. Rumph. Amb. v. t. 151. 



Beny. Korjlla. 



Telincf. Korella. 



Cultivated in all the warmer parts of Asia for the fruit, 

 which the natives eat, while unripe, in their curries. The 

 fruits are bitter and reckoned wholesome. 



2. M. muricata. Willd. iv. 602. 



Leaves palmate. Peduncles solitary, with a reniform 

 bracte near the base. Fruit gibbous, muricated, with tu- 

 bercles between, tapering at both ends. Seed with a thick 

 notched margin. 



Pavel. Rheed. Mai. viii. t. 10. 



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