454 DICOTYLEDONEZ. MOMORDICA . 
2. Stamina 2. 
25. M. tuberosa; foliis orbiculari-reniformibus, obtuse leviter- 
que 5-7-lobatis, basi profunde emarginatis, margine integerrimis vel 
leviter undulatis, utrinque glabris et sublævibus ; pedunculis masculis 
foliis brevioribus, ebracteatis, apice racemoso-2-5-floris; floribus 
parvis; ealyce leviter villoso, segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis ; 
fructu inermi, longitudinaliter 8-costati. — Cucumis tuberosus Roxb. 
in E. Ind. Comp. Mus. tab. 461 ined. ; Ainsl. Mat. med. Hind. p. 236. 
— Luffa tuberosa Roxb.! Hort. Beng. p. 104, Fl. Ind. 3, p. 717; 
Wight et Arn. Prodr. 1, p. 344; Rem. Syn., fasc. 2, p. 65. — 
L. amara Wall.! List, n. 6754 B (non Roxb.). — L. Hilapikku Herb. 
Madr. ex Wall.l.c. — Cucumis Hilapikku Herb. Madr. ex Steud. 
Nomenel. — Momordiea Cymbalaria Fenzl! in Kotschy, Iter Nubic. 
n. 147 ; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 12, p. 134 ; Hook. f. in Oliv. 
Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 540; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, 
p. 618. 
Monoica. Radix lignosa, tuberosa, perennis. Caulis gracillimus, 
scandens, ramosus, striatus, glaber vel leviter puberulus. Petiolus 
crassiusculus, striatus, leviter puberulus, 2-5 cent. longus. Folia 
supra intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, utrinque tenuissime 
denseque punctata, rarius leviter pilosa, 2-4 '/, cent. longa, 2 '⁄75 
cent. lata; sinus basilaris anguste rotundatus, '/,-1'/, cent. profun- 
dus. Cirrhi capillares, brevissimi, leviter puberuli, simplices. Pedun- 
culus communis masculus filiformis, striatus, puberulus, ?/,-3 cent. 
longus ; pedicelli erecti, 3-12 mill. longi. Calyx atro-viridis, tubo bre- 
vissimo, late campanulato, ad basim leviter attenuato, segmentis 6-7 
mill. longis, 1*/, mill. latis. Corolla flava, segmentis obovatis, apice 
rotundatis, 10-12 mill. longis. Staminum filamenta brevissima, crassa 
compressa, */,-2 mill. longa ; antherz 2 mill. longs, una bipartita, 
altera tripartita, loculis conduplieatis, connectivo latiusculo margi- 
nantibus. Pedunculus femineus gracilis, 1-3 cent. longus, ebracteatus- 
Ovarium fusiforme, rostratum, puberulum ; stylus crassiusculus, 2 mill. 
longus, stigmata 2, patula, bipartita. Fructus pyriformis vel late 
fusiformis, carnosus, atro-viridis, sparse pilosus, oligospermus, 2 jo? 
cent. longus, 1 !/, cent. crassus. Semina atro-fusca, late ovoidea, le 
ter compressa, strophiolata, non marginata, utrinque lævia et nitida, 
7 mill. longa, 4 ?/, mill. lata, 3 mill. crassa. 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1108 in herb. Brux., Francav., Deless.. 
