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88 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE 
CUCURBITACE.E. 
А good many of these are cultivated by the Chinese here, 
but very few are wild. 
Trichosanthes. Slender climbing pumpkins with white fimbriate 
tubular flowers, opening about ten o'clock at night, and egg 
shaped crimson fruit yellow inside the flat seeds enclosed 
їп а dark green slimy pulp. They are said to. be poisonous, 
but are used by the natives in medicine, the pumpkin 
being squashed on the head to cure headache. 
T. Wallichiana Wight. Very common in woods and hedges, 
Over Singapore. 
T. Wawraei Cogn. Not rare, Tanglin. 
T celebica Cogn. Leaves deep green rather stiff and shining 
trifoliate. The fruit much larger and cylindrical oblong. 
Tanglin, Choa Chu Kang. 
Commonly cultivated and sometimes occurring in waste 
ground are Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. Bottlegourd; Luffa cegyptiaca 
Mill. * Petola ;” Momordica charantia L; Cucumis sativa “ Ti- 
mon,” cucumber: Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Water melon; 
Cucurbita moschata Duch. €. pepo De С. “ Labu,” and Benincasa 
cerifera Savi. “ Kundur.” 
FICOIDER, 
Sesuvium portulacastrum L. Herb, flowers pink. Tidal mud, 
/'hangi, Tampenis road. í 
Mollugo stricta L. “ Tapak Burong.” A small weed with white 
flowers. Common, Tanglin, Changi. 
UMBELLIFERÆ. 
This order, as elsewhere in the tropics, is very scantily 
represented. I have doubts as to any of the species being native. 
Hydrocotyle asiatica. L, “ Pegaga.” A very variable creeping 
herb i ici 
, much in request as a salad and as medicine, it is 
