CUCURBITACE^:. XII. MOMORDICA. 



7 M. HEYNEA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6744.) leaves 3-lobed, mu- 

 cronately denticulated ; peduncles 1 -flowered, solitary, furnished 

 each with a large bractea under the flower, which encloses it 

 before expansion; tendrils simple. Q.t F. Native of the 

 East Indies. Flowers large. 



Heyne's Momordica. PI. tr. 



8 M. SUBANGULA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 928.) leaves deeply cor- 

 date, acuminated, rather angular, mucronulately denticulated, 

 scabrous above ; flowers dioecious ; bractea cordate, quite en- 

 tire at the top of the peduncle. F. Native of Java, on 

 Mount Salak, where it is called by the natives Aroy Gambas. 

 Allied to M. cylmdrica and M. dioica. The inflorescence of this 

 plant agrees with the figure in Humph, amb. 5. t. 150. ex Blume. 

 Fruit fibrous. 



-^ngu/ar-leaved Momordica. PI. cl. 



9 M. PAI'NA (Hamilt. ex Wall. cat. no. 6742.) leaves cordate, 

 triangular or hastate, sometimes lobed at the base, acuminated at 

 the apex, coarsely toothed ; tendrils simple ; female peduncles 

 1 -flowered, solitary ; male ones racemose ; racemes aggregate ; 

 fruit round, beset with a few scattered prickles. O- F. Native 

 of the East Indies, in Goyalpara. 



Paina Momordica. PI. tr. 



10 M. TUBIFLORA (Roxb. ex Wall. cat. 6749.) plant white from 

 down ; leaves round, angularly and roundly lobed, cordate at 

 the base; tendrils simple; fruit oblong, acuminated, ribbed; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered, solitary, bracteate. 0.F. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



Tube-flowered Momordica. PI. tr. 



11 M. PU'RGANS (Mart, reise. bras, ex Linnaea. vol. 5. p. 40.) 

 stems angular, climbing, clothed with resinous farina at top ; 

 leaves ovate-orbicular, acuminated, with a roundish recess, cor- 

 date, obsoletely 5-lobed, denticulated ; male corymbs erect, 

 axillary ; female flowers solitary, axillary, drooping ; fruit ob- 

 long, crested longitudinally from warts. Q. F. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Purging Momordica. PI. cl. 



12 M. OPERCULA'TA (Lin. spec. 1433.) leaves S-lobed, 

 toothed ; fruit elliptic, angular, tuberculated, operculated by 

 a deciduous beak. Q. F. Native of America. Comm. rar. 

 22. t. 22. ex Lin. and Willd. spec. 4. p. 603. This plant is pro- 

 bably referrible to the genus Lvffa. The top falling off from 

 the fruit when it is green. 



izrf-fruited Momordica. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 1731. PI. cl. 

 13 M. ELATE'RIUM (Lin. spec. 1434.) plant scabrous, hispid, 

 and glaucescent ; stems dwarf, without tendrils ; leaves cordate, 

 somewhat lobed, crenate-toothed, very rugged, on long petioles; 

 fruit ovate, obtuse, hispid, and scabrous, on long peduncles ; seeds 

 bay-coloured. 1<:.F. orQ-H. Native of the south of Europe. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 1914. Blackw. herb. t. 108. Woodv. med. 

 hot. t. 43. Elaterium cordifolium, Mcench. meth. p. 563. Ec- 

 balium L. C. Rich. Root thick. Flowers yellow. Fruit green, 

 expelling the seeds when ripe. Perhaps a proper genus. Dr. 

 Clutterbuck has lately ascertained that the active principle of 

 wild cucumber is contained almost exclusively in the juice 

 around the seeds, and that genuine elaterium is the matter which 

 subsides spontaneously from the juice obtained without pressure. 

 He found that the eighth part of a grain thus prepared seldom 

 failed to purge violently, and of this according to Dr. Barry, 

 from 55 to 64 per cent, only were soluble in alcohol of 0'809. 

 The bitter principle found in it is not in itself purgative, but 

 quickens the action of elatin when combined with it. Elatin is 

 a new principle obtained by Dr. Barry of a green colour ; it is 

 purgative in very minute quantities. In medicine a few grains 

 of elaterium operates as a drastic purgative, and was sometimes 

 used in dropsies. It is high priced, and seldom used, though 

 recommended by Dr. Ferriar. 



Elaterium or Common Squirting Cucumber. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1548. PI. tr. 



14 M. ? LAMBERTIA'NA (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 311.) his- 

 pid ; stems prostrate, flexuous ; tendrils nearly simple ; leaves 

 cordate-roundish, 5-lobed, denticulated, scabrous; petioles short; 

 flowers ? fruit solitary, elliptic, pilose ; peduncles short, hispid. 

 Q. F. Native of the East Indies. Ecbalium L. C. Rich. Allied 

 to M. elaterium, but distinct. 



Lambert's Momordica. PI. tr. 



15 M. ECHINA'TA (Muhl. ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 605.) leaves 

 cordate, with 5 lobed angles ; lobes acuminated, quite entire, 

 glabrous ; tendrils multifid ; fruit roundish, 4-seeded, echinated 

 by bristles. O- H. Native of the western parts of Pennsyl- 

 vania, near the river Ohio. Sicyos lobata, Michx. amer. 2. p. 

 217. Fruit roundish, size of a gooseberry, beset with long su- 

 bulate bristles, very like those of Sicyos, but 4-seeded. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Echinated-fnihed Momordica. PI. tr. 



16 M. nioicA (Roxb. ex Willd. spec. 4. p. 605.) stem an- 

 gular, climbing ; leaves cordate, acuminated, toothed, glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; tendrils. filiform ; flowers dioecious ; female 

 ones solitary ; fruit elliptic, muricated. O F. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



Dioecious-flowered Momordica. PI. cl. 



17 M. RENIGERA (Wall. cat. no. 6743.) leaves cordate, dentate 

 or distantly and mucronately denticulated ; peduncles long, 1- 

 flowered, solitary, furnished each with a kidney-shaped hooded 

 bractea, just below the flower ; tendrils simple. I/ . S. Native 

 of the Burman Empire, about Prome. 



Kidney-bearing Momordica. PI. cl. 



18 M. HAMILTONIA^NA (Wall. cat. no. 6748.) leaves cordate, 

 toothed, crenated, acuminated; bractea toothed ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered, solitary; tendrils simple; fruit hispid. Tj . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, in Goyapara and Gongachora. Flowers 

 large. 



Hamilton's Momordica. PI. cl. 



19 M. BI'COLOR (Blum, bijdr. p. 928.) leaves deeply cordate, 

 somewhat 5-angled, bluntish, glabrous, mucronately denticu- 

 lated, with rather strigose margins (when dry dotted above), 

 glandular beneath ; flowers dioecious, pedunculate, axillary, 

 usually 3-together ; fruit oblong, glabrous, variegated with red. 

 O- F. Native of Java, in calcareous soil near Kuripan, where 

 it is called Aroy Pupassang by the natives. Nearly allied to M. 

 dioica. 



Var. a; base of leaves deeply cordate. Native of the Mo- 

 luccas. 



Var. ft ; leaves cordately 3-lobed ; lateral lobes angular. 

 Native of Java, on Mount Parang. 



Two-coloured-frwied Momordica. PI. tr. or cl. 



20 M. ACULEA'TA (Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 723.) stem slender, 

 climbing ; leaves palmately pedate, with 5-7 dentately lobed seg- 

 ments, having white scattered dots above, but with the nerves 

 and petioles beset with short prickles beneath ; petioles and 

 middle nerves clothed with rough reflexed hairs ; male flowers 

 racemose, on long peduncles ; female flowers solitary, hardly 

 pedunculate ; fruit subglobose, glabrous, size of a pea. . F. 

 Native counh-y unknown. 



Prickly Momordica. PI. cl. 



21 M. HY'STRIX (Gill. mss. ex Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. 

 p. 234.) leaves 5-lobed, glabrous, smooth, somewhat cuneated 

 at the base ; lobes mucronate, denticulated, middle lobe tlie 

 longest ; tendrils simple ; male and female flowers rising from 

 the same axils : male ones disposed in racemes : female ones soli- 

 tary, pedunculate ; fruit oblique, ovate, echinated with strong 

 bristles. O- F. Native of Buenos Ayres. 



Porcupine Momordica. PI. tr. 



