(240) TENTAMEN FLOR^ LUTCHUENSIS. 507 



31. Luffa, L. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1009; Lam. Encycl. IV, 

 p. 240; Lour. Fl. Cochincli. p. 590; Willd. Sp. Pl. IV, 

 p. 603. 



LuTCHU, cult. ex Tashiro in MS. 



DiSTRiB. Native country uncertain ; cultivated through- 

 out the tropical and subtropical zones of the world. Also 

 cultivated in Japan, China and India. 



Benincasa, Savi. 



=-=B. cerifera, Savi, in " Bibl. Ital. IX, p. 158(1818)"; 

 Ser. in '' Meni. Soc. Phys. Genev. III, pt. 1 (1825) t. 4," et 

 in I)C. Prodr. III, p. 803 ; Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. 

 Or. I, p. 344 ; '' M. Koeni. Syn. Pepon. p. 62 "; Miq. FL Ind. 

 Bat. I, pt. 1, p. (jQb; " Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, XII 

 (1862) p. 87"; Hook. f. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. II, p. 532; 

 Clarke, in Hook. f. FJ. Brit. Ind. II, p. 616 ; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I, p. 315. 



i>. hispida, Cogu. in I)C. Monogr. Phanerog. III, p. 

 513. 



Cucurbita cerifera, Fisch. '* Cat. Hoit. Gorenk, ex Savi, 

 inBibliot. ItaL IX (1818) p. 158." 



C. fariiiosa, Blume, Bijdr. p. 031 ; Ser. in DC. Pj'odr. 

 III, p. 317 ; " M. Eoem. Syn. Pepon. p. 91." 



a hispida, Thunb. FL Jap. p. 322 (1784) ; Willd. 

 Sp. PL IV, p. 608; Blume, Bijdr. p. 931. 



C. Pepo, Lour. FL Cochinch. p. 593 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 III, p. 718 (non L.). 



C. villosa, Bhime, Bijdr. \). 931 ; Ser. in LC. Prodr. 



