36 MB. H. N. EIDLET ON THE 



CUCUEBITACEJE. 



LuFFA CTLiNDEiCA, 31. Boem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 63 ; Cogn. in DG. 

 Monogr. iii. p. 456. 



This is eoustantly cultivated in the gardens, being allowed to 

 grow on the hedges and walls. The fibrous network is used 

 as wadding for guns under the name of " Buchu." 



LuFFA PURGANS, Mart. Sijst. Mat. Med. Bras. p. 81 ; Naud. 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4 xii. p. 125. — L. operculata, Cogn. in Mart. 

 Fl. Bras. vi. 6. p. 11. 



" Cabacinha." Used here as a purge and emetic ; but a dau- 

 gerous drug, as persons have been killed by the use of it. 



[MoMOEDiCA Chaeantia, L. Sp. PI. ed. i. 1009. 



Rat Island ; see p. 3. 



Distribution. All tropical countries.] 



CucuMis Melo, L. Sj). ed. 1, p. 101 ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. 

 iii. p. 482. 



The Melon is very carefully cultivated, and produces exceed- 

 ingly good fruit, far better than that of the mainland. 



CiTEULLUs VULGAEIS, ScJirad. in Linncea, xii. p. 412 ; Cogn. I. c. 

 p. 588. 



This is also very productive here. I found a plant in which all 

 the flowers were converted into leaf-buds. 



CucuEBiTA Pepo, L. Sj). PL ed. 1, p. 1010; Cogii. in DC. 

 Monogr. iii. p. 545. 



This is the most commonly cultivated of the three last-named. 

 All these Melons, except Luffa, grow on all the open spaces, 

 climbing up to the top of the hills, and are often to be found 

 mixed up with endemic and other indigenous plants ; so that 

 it is at first difficult to see which is cultivated and which wild. 

 None of these occur on any of the other islands except Rat 

 Island, which was famed for its Melons in Webster's time. The 

 rats destroy a great quantity of them. 



Cataponia Tajuja, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. iii. p. 772. — Bryonia 

 Tajuja, Veil. Fl. Flum. x. t. 89. — Trianosperma Tajuja, Mart. 

 Sgst. Med. Bras. p. 80 ; Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, xvi. p. 192. 



This was abundant on the Peak, growing mixed with C. race- 

 mosa, Momordica. The flowers are greenish, fruit orange. It is 

 called " Tajuja" by the natives. 



Distribution. Goyaz to Rio Grande do Sul. 



