6 
minutae, caducae; bracteolae sub calyce clavatae. Calya per- 
i 
brevis, ciliatus, vix 1 mm. longus, dentibus minutis acutis. 
Corolla infundibularis, 2mm. longa, ad apices loborum acutorum 
minute puberula. pian na 8, longe exserta. Ovariwm minute 
pubescens vel glabrum. Legumen curvatum, glabrum, obtusum 
vel paullo acutum, a 10 5 longuin, 10-12 mm. latum, suturis 
sinuatis aculeis reflexis conspicue ornatis. iene 6-8 albumi- 
nosa, cotyledonibus planis orbicularibus 4 mm. lat 
Centran Inpia. Central Provinces, at apiae. and Chanda, 
. H. Haines 3251, 3249. 
Sourn Inpra. Kistna District, at Masulipatam and Bezwada, 
Gamble 12603, 21757; Ana antapur District, at Penekacherla, 
360 m., Gamble 20832: Hyderabad, Meebold 1512; Kurnool 
District, at Atmakur, Bourne 4701 (leaflets rather larger and more 
distant, peduncles longer and less prickly). 
West Inpra. At P oona, Jacquemont 459. 
Ii.—MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS. 
During the work connected with the preparation of the Mono- 
ag on “‘ The Genus Strychnos in India and the East,’’ by 
apt. Aco W-. Hill, K.B., - Nos.: 4-5; 1917, information was 
received from Mr. W. J. Tutcher, Director of the Botanical and 
Forestry Department, Hongkong, that seeds of Momordica 
cochinchinensis, Spreng., received from Szechuen, were some- 
I am informed by the Imports and 
Exports Office, Hongkong, that seeds of Momordica cochin- 
chinensis are imported as “Strychnos Nua-vomica seeds under the 
name of ‘Muk Pit Tsze’ from Annam and Haipong 
In a note I have sail from Mr. Nie alla n, * Goveraniant 
Apothecary, Hong ong, he says Momordica cochinchinensis 
seeds are cer tainly poisonous and appear to contain alkaloids 
similar, if not identical, with those contained in Strychnos Nua- 
vomica.’’ In order to test the validity of this suggestion, seeds 
of the ‘Momordica were submitted for examination to Professor 
. G. Greenish, Director of the Pharmacy Research Laboratory 
of the Pharmacentical Society of Great Britain, and under his 
supervision an investigation was conducted by Mr. E. R. Baines 
which resulted in the following report :— 
cp OF THE SEEDS OF Momordica cochinchinensis 
VED FROM THE Royat Borantc GARDENS, Kew 
‘i The : average weight of each seed was 3°13 grammes, the 
seed-coats constituting 36-7 per cent. of the total weight and the 
kernels 63°3 per cent. 
From part of the specimen received the seed-coats were 
separated and powdered. The moisture and ash. were then 
determined and the powder exhausted with petroleum spirit, 
ether, chloroform and alcohol successively i in a Soxhlet extractor. 
- 
