48 THE CUCURBITACEJE OF TROPICAL POLYNESIA. 
indicated by the accurate Parkinson, probably they are not so promi- 
nent in fresh specimens; even in some of the leaves before me they 
are scarcely preceptible. Solander says of them, “ glandulis minutis 
distinctis, in siccis parum inerustatis." Otherwise Banks and Solander's 
specimens, and the latter's description agree well with A. Gray's account 
ofthe plant. When the female flowers and fruit are better known, it 
will probably turn out that the species under consideration is not a 
true Karivia.  Bryonia?, sp. nov.?, no. 290 of Guillemin's list, 
Tahiti (Bert. et Mcerenh.), and irjódid Johnstoni, Cuzent, O'Taiti, 
p. AP (name only), are doubtless identical with the plant. 
. Citrullus vulgaris, Schrad. in Eckl. et Zeyh. Enum. p. 279.— 
deia Citrullus, Zinn. Spec. 1435.— Cultivated in the Sandwich 
(Seemann !), Vitian (Seemann /), and Society Islands (Cuzent), but 
known to be introduced by Europeans. 
5. Momordica Charantia, Linn. Spec. 1433.—Viti (Williams 1). Ta- 
hiti (Banks and Solander !, United States Expl. Exped.), supposed to 
be a recent introduction, by A. Gray, who did not know of its being 
contained in the older collections. 
6. Luffa insularum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 644.—Cucurbita mul- 
tiflora; Sol. ms. in Forst. Prodr. n. 556, et in Parkinson's Drawings 
of Tahitian Plants, t. 108 (a branch with yellow male flowers) ; Soland. 
Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 335 ; Sprengel, Syst. v. p. 45 ; De Cand. Prodr. 
ii. p. 318. Nomen vernaculum Tahitense, “ Ehuerharho ?,” teste Sol., 
* Huaroro,” teste Cuzent.— Tahiti (Banks and Solander !, Forst ! in 
Mus. Brit,), Tongan Islands (Barclay ! n. 3405, in Mus. Brit. ), Vitian 
Islands (Seemann ! n. 193). 
A Cucurbitacea mentioned by Collie under the native name of “ Ar- 
roro,” and thought by Hooker and Arnott to be Cucurbita Aurantia, is 
probably this species, the name being simply incorrectly spelt, whilst 
the statement that the fruit was employed for holding scented cocoa- 
nut oil is quite correct, though throughout Polynesia the Bottle-gourd 
(Lagenaria vulgaris) has, from time immemorial, been more generally - 
applied for that purpose, the fruit of Lufa being not so well suited for 
conversion into vessels intended for holding fluids. 
7. Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. in De Cand. Prodr. iii. p. 299.— Cucur 
bita Lagenaria, Linn. Spec. 1434; Forst. Prodr. n. 362. Cucurbita 
bicirrha, Forst. ms. in Guill. Zeph. Tait. n. 285. “Nomen vernaculum 
Tahitense, ‘‘ E'Hooe ” (= E’ Hue), teste Solander, ** Hue," teste W. 
