464 DICOTYLEDONEJE. LUFFA. 
longo, 6 mill. lato, non anguloso, segmentis lanceolatis, carinatis, 
5-6 mill. longis. Petala patula, subovata, subacuta, 5-7-nervia, fundo 
barbata, extus basique pallidiora, 15-20 mill. longa. Stamina 5, qua- 
rum 4 geminatim approximata ; filamenta crassa, 1-2 mill. longa. 
Peduneulus femineus brevis, uniflorus vel interdum 2-3-florus. Fruc- 
tus fuscus, ovoideus, leviter villosus, 4-6 cent. longus, 2'/,-3 cent. 
crassus. Semina albentia vel cinerea, 6 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata, 1*/,-2 
mill. crassa. 
In India orientali (Wallich n. 6752 in herb. Lin. Soc.); in Sikkim, 
altit. 300-700 metr. (Hook. f. in herb. Kew.); in Bengalia orientali 
(Clarke in herb. Kew.); in Rajmahal (Roxburgh); in Chittagong 
(Kurz); in Samoa (Whitmee n. 82 in herb. Kew.); in Australia ad 
Victoria River (F. Mueller in herb. Kew.). 
5. L. echinata (Roxb.! Hort. Beng., p. 104); foliis parvis, reni- 
formi-suborbicularibus, obseure 5-angulatis vel satis profunde 5-loba- 
tis, utrinque scabris ; eirrhis bifidis ; floribus parvis, albis; staminum 
filamentis integris; fruetu parvo, ecostato, longe denseque aculeato, 
aculeis rigidis, ciliatis vel subglabris; seminibus ovatis, immargina- 
tis, tenuiter verucosis. — Roxb. Fl. Ind., 3, p. 716 ; W. et Arn. Prodr. 
1, p. 343; Rem. Syn. fase. 2, p. 66; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. 
Afr. 2, p. 531; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., 2, p. 615; Delponte 
in Mem. Acad. Torin. ser. 2, v. 26, p. 139. — L. Bindaal Roxb.! 
Hort. Beng., p. 104, Fl. ind. 3, p. 717; Walp. Ann. 4, p- 863: 
Momordica erinocarpa Fenzl! in Kotschy, Iter Nubic. n. 122. 
Caulis satis gracilis, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber vel ad 
nodos puberulus, lævis. Petiolus satis robustus, striatus, puberulus, 
4-12 cent. longus. Folia utrinque pallide viridia, apice rotundata vel 
rarius acuta, margine minute denticulata, 4-10 cent. longa, 5-11 cent. 
lata; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 1-3 cent. profundus; nervi subtus 
leviter prominentes. Cirrhi sæpius robusti, elongati, sulcati, glabri vel 
puberuli. Flores sæpius dioiei. Peduneulus communis masculus 
robustus, striatus, subglaber, apice puberulus, 7-15 cent. longus 
5-12-florus ; pedicelli filiformes, */,-1 cent. longi, basi bracteolati ; brac 
teolæ oblongæ, acutæ vel obtusæ, 2-3 mill. longæ. Calyx longule vil- 
losus, tubo subrotato, 3-4 mill. lato, dentibus triangulari-lanceolatis, 
5-6 mill. longis. Petala patula, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 5-nervia, func? 
villosa, 10-12 mill. longa. Stamina 3, 1 uniloculare, cetera biloculari 
antheris integris vel plus minusve bifidis; filamenta 3-4 mill. long? 
Peduneulus femineus 1-3 cent. longus. Fructus fuscus, ovoideus, 
