SET 
— afa-] LIV. CUCURBITACEA. 317 
Fl. Ind. iii. 712 ; Wight, Ic. t. 499 ; L. cylindrica, Roem.; Naud. in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 4. xii. 119, with the long list of synonyms. adduced ; L. leio- 
carpa, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 107. 
land. i and Burdekin rivers, F. Mueller; Fitzroy river, Thozet ; Edge- 
eom Dallac 
The species is wid ge spread over trap and subtropical Africa and Asia. Naudin dis- 
tinguishes the Australian plaut as a variety which F. Mueller raises to a species yt ME 
ut in 
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specimens sent by F; Mueller from the Gilbert river, the fruits a ie uite as large, and the 
y hel lines quite as conspicuous as in several of the Dior 
veolens, Rox). Fl. Ind. ii. 716? A mt id more slender and . 
smaller plant than Z. egyptiaca, the leaves smaller and less divided, the lobes 
short and broad, sometimes very obscure, all rounded an lightly sinuate- 
denficulate, or the central lobe more acute. Flowers smaller t L. 
tubercles or very short s spines. Seeds flat smooth, about 
mi in Ànn. Sc. Nat . xii. 124; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. teg 
ustralia. , Bynoe ; tributaries x o Victoria river, F. hir ller 
The rs if correctly determined, is alo on the of Coromande d. bu e speci- 
Re are so imperfect e it is deel to establish ee doubt the Sch pel eet 
yNandin 1 from the In several of d Australian specimens the leaves are much more 
hie ly lobed than ege are d in Roxburgh's drawing, and the calyx-lobes have a 
llow Ses at the base, Ge Lei to F. Mueller the specific name of L. 
i 
4. CUCUMIS, Linn. 
x in the males, and free part of it in the females turbinate or campa- 
nib with 5 sal or ET eee campanulate, deeply 5-lobed or divided 
yx. 5 lam hort, free; anthers two with 2 cells, 
: bun. l cell; ilis Tuar "nes connective produced into a crest-like 
pendage beyond the cells. Ovary in the female with 3 (rarely 5) placentas 
a n numerous horizontal ovules; style short, with 3 (rarely 5) obtuse 
| less hispid, Tendrils simple. Flowers yellow, the males in axillary clusters 
ZE solitary, the females solitary, usually sessile or shortly pedicellate. 
ZS TA CR sri rel the tropical and veni ced omn of the New and the Old 
in only 
ustralian species is a common 
oxb. Fl. Ind. iii. ber "m slender nage ah or 
ti us- 
ii E Tai hispid, almost E sometimes 
eit Leaves not large, usually broadly p so gn in their outline, 
Nine entire or more or les ia: 5- o ës hs bed, the lobes slightly or 
"rni more deeply toothed, usually emt Sege, small, on short 
pedicels. Calyx in the males from a little more than 1 line to nearly 
