77 
599. C. MeLo. w. & a. 1052. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 720. Moris. Hist. 1. ¢. 6. 
Ff. 4. Blackwell. t. 329. 
The Melon;—~ Khurbooza;—cultivated all over India.—It seems to have been 
a favourite food with the Israelites in Egypt, as they put Moses in mind of 
it in the Desert. 
‘© We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt; the Cucumbers and 
the Melons.” (Peponai.) (Numbers 11, 5.) 
600, C. Momorpica, w. & A. 1053. Rox. Flora, 3. p. 720. 
Cultivated; much like the common cucumber, but smoother, and larger. 
601. C. Sativus. w. & a. 1054. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 720, Blackwell. ¢, 4. 
Mullen belleri. Rheed. Mal. 8. ¢.6, Moris. Hist. 1. ¢. 6. f. 6. Lam. Illust.— 
é, 795. 
Keera, Kankurai—common Cucumber, cultivated to a considerable extent 
as anarticle of food among the natives. 
“< Pant for the praise of dressing to the taste 
Of critic appetite, no sordid fare, 
A cucumber.” 
Cowper’s Task. 
602. C. Urtittssimus. w & A. 1056. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 721. 
Field Cucumber, also called Kunkarai or Kakri;—cultivated much more 
commonly than the last. 
603. C. CoLocyntuts, w. & A. 1062. Rox. Flora. 3. p, 719. Moris, Hist. 
1. ¢. 6. f. 1. Blackwell. ¢. 441. Ainslie. Mat, Ind. 1, p. 84. 
Indrayan, or Indophul, the Colocynth plant;—fruit round smooth, size of 
an Orange, streaked. 
Common in Salsette Jungles; on the plains of the Deccan; in great abun- 
dance on the sea shores of Guzerat. (Dr. Gibson.) There is a sweet varie- 
ty which is edible, and cultivated. (Mr. Vaupell.) 
Perhaps the Indian Colocynth is different from the Turkish, though both 
would appear to possess the same medicinal qualities. 
There is a variety, or probably a distinct species on the waving downs 
south of the Beema;—the leaf is nearlyjJentire, and the plant is destitute of 
tendrils. (Dr- Gibson.) 
289. LUFFA. Tourn. Monoecia Pentandria- 
The Arabic name of one of the species, altered. Cay. Icon. 1. ¢. 9. 
604. L. Penranpra. w. & A. 1064. Rox. Flora. 3, p. 712. Rheed. Mal. 
8, ¢. 8. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢..147, ; AD 
Gosalee Toorai.—Fruit oblong, round, smooth, marked with longitudinal 
lines; from 1 to 3 feet long, and about 3 inches in diameter. Cultivated. 
605. L. AcuTANGULA. Ww. & A. 1065. Rox. Flora. 3,p. 713. Rheed. Mal. 
8. ¢. 7. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢. 149. : 
This is also called Gosalee or Toorat, 
leaves resemble those of J'ussilago petasvies. 
606. L. Amara. w. & A. 1066, Rox. Flora. 3. p, 715, Pluk. ¢. 172. f. 1. 
Fruit oblong, tapering towards each end, 3 or 4 inches long, bitter; me- 
dicinal. N. 
Grows wild about Bombay in the rains, and throughout the Concans. 
290. BENINCASA. Savi. Monoecia Triandria. 
In honour of Benincasa, an Italian Nobleman. — « 
607. B. Crrirera. w. & a. 1070. Cucurbita pepo. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 71S. 
Rheed. Mal. 8. ¢.3. E ; ; 
Pandree Chickee;—fruit sub-rotund, 12 or 15 inches in diameter, hay 
and is commonly cultivated. The 
