536 LXii. cucrBBiTACE.?:. 



of Linn.). Cucumis cicatrisatiis, Stocks, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) 

 p. 148. — Veen. TahnaJc ; Shinde. 



Deccan : couinion, Dahcll ^- Gibson ; Khaudala, Bhiva I S. M. Country : Castle- 

 rock, Cooke ! ; Londa, Cooke ! Sind : (cviltivated) Dalsell 4" Gihson, Stocks. 

 The plant is cultivated in Sind and the fruit is eaten (Stocks). 



Cucumis Melo. The Melon (Yeen. Kharhuj). The origin of the plant 

 is uncertain. M. DeCandolle considers it to be probabl}' a native of 

 N.AV. India, Beluchistan, and perhaps Tropical Africa. It is largely 

 cultivated throughout India, especiall_v in the sandy beds of rivers. 

 A good figure may be seen in Dutliie & Fuller's 'Field and Garden Crops' 

 (1882) t. 50. (See also Firminger, Man. Gard. ed. 3, p. 189, and Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 627.) 



There are several varieties differing much in properties and in the 

 size and appearance of the fruit. Duthie k Ftiller (l. c.) give figures of 

 two of the varieties, viz. Momordica, t. 49, and ^itilissiinus, tt. 53 & 54, 



3. Cucumis prophetarum, Lvm. Cent. Amoen. Academ. v. 4 (1759) 

 p. 295, Monoecious, Stems slender, branched, angled and grooved, 

 scabrid. Tendrils very short, striate, sometimes 0. Leaves poly- 

 morphous, rigid, |-2 in. long and broad, somewhat ash-colored, scabrid, 

 coarsely hairy on the nerves beneath, cordate or truncate at the base, 

 frequently 3-lobed, the lobes often lobulate with rounded apices, the 

 terminal lobe often contracted at the base ; nerves prominent beneath ; 

 petioles ^-1 in. long. Male floavers solitary or fascicled ; peduncles 

 filiform, densely hairy, -Jg-i in. long. Calyx-tube subcylindric, ^ in. 

 long, densely hirsute; teeth linear, -i- in, long. Corolla hairy, ^-^ in, 

 long ; segments ovate-oblong, subacute. Filaments filiform, slightly 

 hairy ; anthers oblong, the appendage to the connective slightly dilated 

 at the apex. Female flowers : Pedttncle (in fruit) stout, ^-1 in. long. 

 Fruit subglobose, 1-1 1 in. long and nearly as broad, longitudinally 

 striped with green and white, echinate, the spines not or scarcely 

 pungent, -^^-^ in, long. Seeds ellipsoid, not margined, J- in. long. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p, 619 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 11 (1898) p, 640. 



In the Bombay Presidency confined to Sind. Sind : Dahell cf- Gihson, p, 103 

 (under Cucumis pvhescens), JJalzell, 36!, Stocks I The Hub, near Karachi, Bhola 

 I'uran ! ; Mulir, Woodrow \ — Distrib. India (Sind) ; Beluchistan, Arabia, Tropical 

 Africa. 



Ciicumis sativus, Linn. The Cucumber (Yern". Kah-i ; Khira). 

 DeCandolle considers N, India to be the original home of this plant. It 

 is cultivated widely throughout India, Duthie & Fuller, 'Field and 

 Garden Crops' (1882), give good figures (tt, 51 & 52). See also Watt, 

 Diet, Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 632. 



6. CITRULLUS, Schrader. 

 Perennial herbs usually trailing. Tendrils 2-3-fid, rarely undivided. 

 Leaves deeply 3-7-lobed, the lobes usually lobulate. Flowers rather 

 large, yellow, monoecious, all solitary. Male flowers: Calyx-tube 

 broadly campanulate ; lobes 5. Corolla 5-partite beyond the middle, 

 subcampanulate ; segments oblong-ovate, obtuse. Stamens 3; filaments 

 short, free ; anthers scarcely cohering, one 1-celled, the others 2-celled, 

 the cells linear, flexuose, the connective not produced. Pollen smooth. 



