MOMORDICA , CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 443 
myr (Jacquemont n. 414 et 1434; Clarke); ad Saharampore (Jame- 
son); in Bengalia orientali (Griffith n. 764, 2550, 2551 part.; Clarke); 
in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 197, 1612, 1614 part., 1617; Burmann in herb. 
Deles. ; Walker n. 93 et 1531). 
12. M. subangulata (Bl.! Bijdr. p. 928); petiolo eglanduloso ; 
foliis tenuiter membranaceis, regulariter ovatis vel angulato-sub-3-5- 
lobatis, basi profunde emarginatis, eglandulosis, margine minute 
remoteque denticulatis, utrinque glabris et levibus; pedunculo mas- 
culo foliis ssepius breviore; bracteis suborbiculari-reniformibus, 
eglandulosis, utrinque brevissime molliterque pubescentibus demum 
glabris; floribus mediocribus ; calyce brevissime denseque villoso, 
segmentis ovato-oblongis, obtusis. — Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 316; 
Rem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 58; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 664; 
Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1877, part. 2, p. 102. — Poppya 
rotunda Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5, p. 415, tab. 153. 
Caulis gracillimus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber vel ad nodos leviter 
puberulus. Petiolus gracilis, tenuiter striatus, subglaber, 3-7 cent. 
longus. Folia supra leete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, acuta vel 
acuminata, 6-13 cent. longa, 4-9 cent. lata ; sinus basilaris subrectan- 
gularis, 1-2 */, cent. latus et profundus. Cirrhi subfiliformes, elongati, 
suleati, glabri, simplices. Pedunculus masculus satis gracilis, sulca- 
tus, breviter villosus præcipue ad apicem, 5-13 cent. longus; bractea 
cucullata, sessilis, margine integerrima et brevissime denseque ciliata, 
ápice subaeuta, basi leviter emarginata, 1-2 cent. lata. Calycis seg- 
menta atro-fusca, 7-8 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata. Corolla flava vel flavo- 
purpurea, 4-6 cent. lata. Staminum filamenta gracilia, glabra, 3 mill. 
longa; antheræ late ovatæ, 2*/,-3 mill. longs, loculis flexuosis. 
Pedunculus femineus 5-6 cent. longus, fere ad basim minute bractea- 
tus. Fruetus ovoideus, basi et apice attenuatus, dense molliterque 
echinatus, 6-7 cent. longus, 3-4 cent. crassus. Semina cinerea, ovato- 
Totundata, leviter eompressa, leviter verruculosa, 10-12 mill. longa 
ataque, 4-6 mill. crassa. 
In Java (Blume in herb. Lugd.-Bat., Brux., Mus. Par. ; Zollinger 
n. 1346 in herb. DC., Boiss., Francav., Mus. Par., Webb.); in India 
orientali (Ritchie n. 311 in herb. Edin. et Kew.); in Sikkim et mont. 
Khasia (Hook. f. et Thomson in herb. Berol., DC., Kew., Mus. Par.); 
'u virgultis prope Mangalor (Pl. Ind. or. edit. Hohenacker n. 2030, C. 
in herb, Brux., Francav., Berol., Boiss., hort. Petrop., Van H., Mus. 
Par., DC., Vindob.). 
