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indicus Grew. Mus. reg. Soc. p. 229, tab. 17, f. 2. — Picinna Rheed. 
Hort. Malab. 8, p. 13, tab. 7. — Petola Bengalensis Rumph. Herb. 
Amb. 5, p. 408, tab. 149. — Cucumis acutangulus Linn. ! Spec. ed. 1, 
p. 1011, ed. 2, p. 1436; Jaeq. Hort. Vindob. 3, p. 40, tab. 73-74; 
Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. 2, p. 74; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 591, ed. 
Willd. p. 727; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 612. — Luffa foetida Cav. Ie. 1, 
p. 7, tab. 9-10; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 380; Bl. Bijdr. p. 929; Ser. in DC. 
l. c.; Bot. Mag. tab. 1638; Roem. 1. c. p. 65; Miq. 1. e. — Cucurbita 
acutangula Bl.! Bijdr. p. 932. — Momordica Luffa Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, 
tab. 93 (non Linn.). — Luffa Gosa Ham.! in Wall. List, n. 6753. — 
L. drastica Mart.! Syst. mat. med. Bras. p. 81. — L. Fluminensis 
Rom. 1. e. p. 64. 
Caulis scandens, ad altitudinem 3-6 metr. et ultra assurgens, 5- 
angulosus, glaber, ad angulos scaber. Petiolus robustus, angulosus, 
scaber, 8-12 cent. longus. Folia pallide viridia, 15-20 cent. longa et 
lata; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 4-5 cent. profundus, 2-3 cent. latus; 
nervi ac venæ infra valde prominentes. Cirrhi elongati, subhispidi. 
rarius 2- vel 4-5-fidi. Flores maseuli et feminei in eadem axilla. Inflo- 
rescentia mascula 17-20-flora, 10-15 cent. longa, ad basim bracteo- 
lata; pedicelli 1-4 cent. longi, ad quartam partem superiorem pedun- 
culi communis inserti, infra apicem articulati, bracteolam ovalem at 
elandulosam ad trientem inferiorem gerentes. Calyx leviter pubes- 
cens, tubo brevi, campanulato, pentagonali, segmentis lanceolatis. 
carinatis, tubo paululum longioribus. Petala patula, obcordiformia, 
ad apicem emarginata ac in incisura mucronulata, leviter venosa. 
2 cent. longa, 2-2 !/, cent. lata. Stamina tria, 1 uniloculare, 2 bilocu- 
laria ; filamenta 3-4 mill. longa, ad basim barbata. Pistillodium glan- 
dula trilobata. Pedunculus femineus robustus, 5-10 cent. longus. 
Fruetus 15-30 cent. longus, 6-10 cent. crassus, claviformis, vertice 
obtusus vel breviter acutus, non verrucosus, unicolor aut rarius In 
angulorum acie atrovirens. Semina lutescens nigra aut nigrescens, 
corrugata, basi leviter biloba, 11-12 mill. longa, 7-8 mill. lata, 2 mill. 
crassa. 
In regionibus tropicis Asiæ (et Africæ?) indigena; in tropicis Ame- 
ricæ culta et interdum subspontanea. In India orientali ( Griffith 
n. 2545; Wallich n. 6736 B-C, 6753, 6759; Stewart n. 1234; Wight 
n. 1106; Ritchie n. 305; Royle); in Sikkim (Hook. f.); in Assam 
(Masters n. 428); in Canara (Ritchie n. 307); in Bengalia (Clarke); 
prope Bombay (Roux); in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1624); in China à 
Macao (herb. Berol.); in Manilla (Rodbertus); in Java (Blume; La- 
