CALYCIFLOR-E, POLYPETAL.-E. 299 



ORDER XLVL, HALORAGEyE. 



\. Myriopliylhiv! spicatum. L. Sp. 1410. Water Milfoil. 

 Upper Jordan valley and central districts. Area, Europe, Siberia, 

 North Africa, North America, the Cape. 



2. Callitnchc vcrualis. Kiitz. Linn, vll., p. 175. Water Startwort. 

 In standing water, general. Area, Europe, North Africa, Siberia, 

 North America. 



ORDER XLVII., CUCURBITACE/E. 



1. Momordica balsam iiia. L. Sp. 1453. 



Nooks by the east side of Dead Sea. Area, Arabia, India, tropical 



Africa. 



2. Ciicuiuis pi-ophetarnm. L. Sp. 1436. 

 Round the Dead Sea. 



3. Ctintmis trigonns. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii., p. 722. 

 Plain of Huleh. Area, India. 



^. Cucnmis sativus. L. Sp. i437- Heb., D^p. Cucumber. 

 ^. Cucuiuismdo. L. Sp. 1436. Heb., D^HDnX. Melon. 



6. Cticufnis dtidain. L. Sp. i437- 



7. Ctiaimis chate. L. Sp. 143 7- Hairy Cucumber. 

 Z. Cucnrbita citniUns. L. Sp. 1435. Water Melon. 

 All five cultivated, but often found growing spontaneously. 



g. Citrullus colocynihis. (L. Sp. 1433.) Colocynth. 

 Maritime plains and Jordan valley, round the Dead Sea. Area, 

 North Africa, South Spain, Nubia, Arabia, the Cape, India. 



10. Ecballium elaterinm. (L. Sp. I434-) 

 Very common in sandy plains. Area, Mediterranean region. 



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