BOTANY OF THE LAOGADIVES. 473 



pentaridra Roxb,, Flor. Ind., iii., 712. L. racemosa Roxb., Fl. Ind., 

 iii, 715. L. clavata Koxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 714. Momordica Lufa 

 Linn., Sp. PI. 1009. 



Minikoi ; cultivated, Fleming ! 



Generally cultivated throughout the tropics. 



63. Momordica Charantia Linn., Sp. PL 1009; Roxb., Flor. 

 Ind., iii., 707 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 616 ; Watt, Diet., v., 256. 



Minikoi ; cultivated, Fleming ! 



Cultivated in tropical Africa and throughout S. E. Asia. 



64. Cdcumis Melo Linn., Sp. pi. 1011; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 

 720; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 620; Watt, Diet., ii., 627. C. 

 utilissimus Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii,, 721. The Siueet Melon. 



Kadaraum; growing " wild" round the village, Fleming ! Kiltan ; 

 cultivated only, Fleming! Akati; cultivated, Fleming! Minikoi, 

 frequent, Fleming ! 



Cultivated throughout the tropics. 



65. CucuMis SATivus Linn., Sp. PI. 1012; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 

 20;' Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 620; Watt, Diet., ii., 632. The 

 Cucuinber, 



Kiltan; "found growing wild, only one creeper seen," Fleming! 



Cultivated throughout India, as it is in all tropical and temperate 

 countries; here palpably an escape from cultivation. 



QQ. Cephalandra iudica Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. v., v., 16 : 

 Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 621. Momordica monadelpha Roxb., 

 Flor. Ind., iii., 708. 



Akati ; Fleming ! 



A very common creeper in hedges throughout Africa, India and 

 Malaya ; here most probably a species introduced by birds. 



67. CucuRBiTA MAXIMA Duchesne mLamk., Encyc. Meth,, ii., 151 ; 

 Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 622; Watt, Diet., ii., 638. The 

 Common Gourd. 



Minikoi; cultivated and also growing ^^wild," Fleming ! 

 Cultivated in all warm countries. 



FlCOIDE^. 



68. Sesuvium Portulacastrum Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii.,) 684 

 Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 509; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 659. 

 Portulaca Portulacastrum Linn., Sp. PI. 446. 



