in Extra-Tropical Countries. 107 



Cucumis Momordica, Roxburgh. 



Cultivated in India. It produces cucumbers 2 feet long, bursting 

 slowly when ripe into several divisions. Young, the fruit is used like 

 cucumbers, older like melons. Referred by Cogniaux to the varieties 

 of C. Melo. 



Cucumis sativus, Linne". 



The Cucumber. North-Western India. Indicated here merely for 

 completeness' sake, also because gherkin-pickling ought to become a 

 more extended local industry. Dr. G-. King brought under notice and 

 Indian culture the Chinese Cucumber " Solly- Qua," which attains a 

 length of 7 feet. It must be trained on walls or trellises, to afford to 

 the fruit sufficient scope for suspension. For definitions of numerous 

 varieties of Melons, Cucumbers and Gourds, as well as for full notes 

 on their cultivation, see, irrespective of other references, G-. Don's 

 Dichlamydeous Plants III, 1-42. Seeds will retain their vitality 

 for ten years or more (Vilmorin). 



Cucurbita maxima, Duchesne. 



Large Gourd or Pompion. Indigenous probably in South- Western 

 Asia. Yields some sorts of pumpkins. Instances are on record of 

 fruits having weighed over 2 cwt. This species also is eligible for 

 naturalization in the interior. Amongst other purposes it serves for 

 calabashes. The seeds will keep about six years. 



Cucurbita Melopepo, Linn4. 



The Squash. May be regarded as a variety of C. Pepo. It will 

 endure storage for months. 



Cucurbita moschata, Duchesne. 



The Musky Gourd. Doubtless also from the Orient, but its exact 

 nativity never traced (A. de Candolle). A variety, much cultivated 

 in Italy, produces fruits so large as occasionally to weigh fully 

 40 Ibs. (Vilmorin). 



Cucurbita Pepo, Linne. 



The Pumpkin and Vegetable Marrow, as well as the Succade- 

 Gourd. Countries on the Caspian Sea, but A. de Candolle believes 

 it to be of North-American origin, where some other though not 

 culinary species of this genus occur. Its naturalization in hot deserts 

 would be a boon. The seeds on pressure yield a fixed oil; they are 

 also anthelmintic. Most of the ornamental gourds are varieties of 

 this species. This, with many other Cucurbitaceae, yields much 

 honey for bees. The fruit of the perennial C. melanosperma (A. 

 Braun) is not edible. 



Cudrania Javensis, Trecul. 



East-Australia, Southern and Eastern Asia to Japan, East- Africa. 

 This climbing thorny shrub can be utilized for hedges. Fruit edible, 

 of a pleasant taste; the root furnishes a yellow dye. 



