530 LXII. CUCUBBITAOE^. 



with soft spines. Seeds inany, | in. long, broadly ellipsoid, slightly 

 compressed, slightly and irregularly corrugated, enclosed in a red pulp. 

 Fl. -B. I. v. 2, p. 617 (exclud. syn. M. suhancjulala, Blume) ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 78 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 102 ; Wight, Icon. tt. 505, 506 ; Trim. Y\. 

 Ceyl. V. 2, p. 249 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 640 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Eeou. Prod. v. 5, p. 258. — Elowers : June-Aug. Vern. 

 Kartoli. 



Widely cultivated in the Deccan. Konkan : Lcm ! Deccan : Kadakvasla, Cooke ! ; 

 Kothrud near Poona, KanUkar ! S. M. Country : Badaini, Cooke I ; Caatlerock, Cooke ! 

 GuJAUAT : Godra, Cookel Sind: Stocks \ — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, 

 Malaya. 



4. Momordica subangulata, Blume, Bijdr. (1825) p. 928. 

 Dioecious ; stem slender, branched, furrowed, glabrous or slightly pube- 

 rulous at the nodes. Tendrils simple, slender, furrowed, glabrous. 

 Leaves membranous, deeply cordate, tlie upper surface glabrous, the 

 lower more or less pubescent, broadly ovate, acute, entire, or sub-3-5- 

 lobed, the margins remotely denticulate, 2-4 by 1|-3| in. long ; petioles 

 1-2 in. long, slender, striate, subglabrous, eglandular. Male floweks : 

 Peduncle solitary. 1-flowered, 1-3 in. long, furrowed, pubescent, especially 

 at the apex ; bract cucullate, close to the flow^er, 4-1 i'l- broad, not as 

 long as broad, pubescent on both sides and with ciliate margin. Calyx 

 dark-purplish ; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, glandular, i- 1 in. long. 

 Corolla yellow, partite to the base, the segments oblong. Female 

 ELOWEBS not known. Fruit ellipsoid, 2-3 in. long, attenuated at the 

 base and apex, densely and softly echinate, obscurely ribbed, the ribs 

 broken into joints. Coguiaux, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 3, p. 443 ; King, 

 in Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. v. 67, part 2 (1898) p. 36. 



5. M. Country : lUtchie, 311 ! ; Eelgaum, Uiichic, 311 .' 



A rare plant, of which only 2 specimens from Bombay exist in Herb. Kew. — 

 Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Java, Malaya. 



5. Momordica cochinchinensis, ^pre)ig. Sijst. v. 3 (1826) p. 14. 

 A strong climber ascending trees, dioecious ; root tuberous, perennial ; 

 stem robust, angular, glabrous. Tendrils simple, stout, angled, glabrous. 

 Leaves suborbicular in outline, cordate at the base, 4-7 in. long and 

 broad, glabrous on both surfaces, the margin near the base furnished 

 with umbilicate glands, divided to the middle or almost to the base into 

 3 (rarely 5) lobes, the lobes ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, diverging, the margins entire or faintly toothed : petioles 2-3 in. 

 long, stout, sulcate, almost invariably glandular at the middle and at the 

 apex, glabrous or nearly so. Male flowees : Peduncles 1-flowered, 

 2-6 in. long, angularly furrowed, more or less pubescent, especially near 

 the apex ; bract at the top of the peduncle embracing the flower, broader 

 than long, lg-l| by lg-2 in,, cordate at the base, pubescent or scabrid. 

 Calyx hirsute or scabrid ; lobes |-| in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla white, tinged with yellow, pubescent outside and more or less so 

 inside ; segments reaching 2\ by 1 in., obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse or subacute. Female flowers : Peduncles 1-2 in. long, with a 

 small bract about the middle. Fruit 4-6 in. long, ovoid, pointed, red, 

 fleshy, terete, densely covered with raised points about § in. long. 

 Seeds numerous, g by | by ^ in., ovoid, much compressed, sculptured 

 on both faces. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 618 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



