449 l DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MOMORDICA . 
v. 12, p. 133; Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. p. 102; Thw. Enum. pl. Zeyl. 
p. 126 (excl. var. 8); Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1877, part. 2, 
p. 102; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 617 (exd. 
syn.). — Erima-Pavel Rheed. Hort. Malab., 8, p. 23, tab. 12. — 
Bem-Pavel Rheed. 1. c. p. 35, tab. 18. — Momordica? sicyoides Ser. 
in DC. 1. c. p. 312; Roem. l. e. p. 53. — M. hispida et M. tuberosa 
Dennst. ad Hort. Malab.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., 1, part. 1, p. 664.— 
Trichosanthes Russeliana Wall.! List, n. 6696; Rœm. Syn. fasc. 2, 
p. 96. — Bryonia grandis Wall.! List, n. 6700, I (non Linn.). — 
Momordica Missionis Wall.! List, n. 6739; Rœm. I. e. p. 57. — 
M. Balsamina Wall.! List, n. 6741, A, B. — M. Roxburghii G. Don. 
Gen. Syst. Gard., 3, p. 35; Rem. l. e. p. 58. — M. Wallichii Rem. 
l. e. p. 58; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 664. — M. trilobata Wight 
herb. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, v. 2, p. 155. — Braam Ic. pl. Chin. 
tab. 12. 
Radix tuberosa, perennis. Caulis gracilis, ramosus, suleatus, glaber. 
Petiolus gracilis, puberulus, striatus, 1-3 cent. longus. Folia Supra 
læte viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, acuta vel obtusa et mucronulata, 
4-10 cent. longa, 3-8 cent. lata, lobis triangularibus, ovatis vel 
oblongis, rarius subdissectis; sinus inter lobos latiusculi, obtusi, 
basilaris subrectangularis, 1-2 cent. profundus, 2-3 cent. latus. Cirrhi 
subfiliformes, elongati, sulcati, glabri, simplices. Pedunculus mastu- 
lus gracilis, angulatus, glaber, 4-9 cent. longus; bractea cucullata, 
sessilis, extus rarissime longe villosa, margine integerrima, interdum 
ciliata, 1*/,-2 cent. lata. Calycis segmenta 5-7 mill. longa, 1*/,-2 mill. 
lata. Corolla omnia flava, segmentis oblongis, 2 cent. longis, obtusis. 
Antheræ ovatæ, loculis flexuosis. Pedunculus femineus 2-8 cent. 
longus, fere ad basim minute bracteatus. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, 
dense longeque papillosum. Fruetus ovoideus, basi rotundatus, apice 
breviter rostratus, dense molliterque echinatus, 3-4 cent. longus. 
2-2 1/, cent. crassus. Semina late ovoidea, leviter compressa, emargr 
nata, pallide fulva, leviter irregulariterque corrugata, 7 mill. longa, 
6 mill. lata, 5 mill. crassa. 
In India orientali (Roxburgh in herb. Brux. et Edinb. ; Wight ?- 
1117 part., 1120 part., 1123 part., 1127 part., 1128 part., 1129 part-; 
Wallich n. 6696, 6700 I, 6739 A, B, 6741 A, B; Jacquemont n. 1383; 
Heyne; Royle; Rottler; Stewart n. 1237 part. et 1238 ; Hügel n. 1754; 
Edgeworth n. 68); in Maisor et Carnatie (Thomson; Hügel n. 286); 
in Scinde (Stocks) ; in Assam (Masters et Jenkins n. 423); in Cachar 
(Keenan); in Punjab (Thomson; Aitchinson n. 194 et 503); in Cache- 
