II. Cucurbiteae. — 3. Bryonieae. 



53 



36. llomordica. 



L. gen. 1477. *). - Melsn. gen. 127. (91.) — Endl. gen. 5133. — J)C. 1. c. 311. 

 1. c. 35. — ,S'pac/i 1. c. 219. — W. & A. 1. c. 348. — Elaterium Tourn. 



I. Momordica s. str. 



(Floribus monoicis.) 



Folia 

 1. indivisa, cordata, 



1) obtusiuscula, cuspidata; dentato- 

 repanda, denticulis obtusis rau- 

 cronulatis ; calyces fructusque echi- 

 nati. 



2) acuniinata , dentata ; cirrbi sim- 

 plices; pedunculi solitarii, uni- 

 flori, 



(1) longi , sub flore bractea reniformi 

 cucuHata instructi, 



G.Dun 



l.M. foetida Schmn. & Thonn. Dansli. Vi- 

 densk. Selsk. Afh. IV. 200. - nip. Rp. 

 II. 200. 

 In Giiined. 



(2) bractea dentata instructi; fructus 

 hispidus. 



2. ang^ulata, cordata, 

 1) triangularia (pedunculis Q. uni- 

 floris solitariis), 



(1) vel tiastafa, interdum basi lobata, 

 apice acuminata, grosse dentata : cirrhi 

 simplices ; pedunculi </ racemosi, ra- 

 cemis aggregatis ; fructus rotundus, 

 echinis paucis sparsis obsessus. 



(2) sub-51oba serrulata; calyx ovatus 

 pilosus , laciniis linearibus angustis ; 

 fructus ovato-mucronati valde pilosi ; 

 semina subglobosa(?) 



2) sublobata, 



(1) dentata ; caulis 5angularis ; fructus 

 cylindricus longissimus subvillosus re- 

 ticulatus ; bractea integerrima cordata 

 ad basin pedunculi. 



(2) subrotunda, angulato-rotimde lobata ; 

 fructus oblongus acuminatus costatus ; 

 pedunculi uninori solitarii bracteati. 



3) Slobo-angulata, sinuato-cordata, 



grosse serrato-dentata; racemi 



masculi 



.(1) rjimosi brevissimi; flores Q. soli- 



tarii breviter pedunculati , pepones 



ovati acuti, setis carnosis echinati, 



5-8spermi, semina laevia. 



(2) simplices longissimi ; flores Q. in 

 iisdem axillis solitarii subsessiles ; pe- 

 pones setis longis densis echinati. 



2.M. reniffera H"a7/. L. 6743. — G.DomI. e. 

 36. 17. 



In regno Binnano circa Prome. 2^.. 



Folia distaiiter et mucronalo-denticulata. 

 3.M. Hamiltoniana n'ult. L. 6748. — G. 



Don 1. c. 18. 

 In Goyapard et Gonyachord Indiae orient. 5. 



Flores ampli, folia dentato-crenata. 



4.M. Paina Ham. in Wall. L. 6748. - 

 1. c. 18. 

 In Indid orient. in Goyalpard. Q 



G.Don 



5.M. sicyoides Ser. in DC. 1. c. 312. 15. — 

 G.Don 1. c. 37. 23. — Braam Ic. pl. Chin. 

 t. 12. 



In Chind. 



Caulis volubilis, teres, cirrhis simplici- 

 bus. Fructus maturi flavo-aurantii. 



6.M. cylindrica L. Sp. pl. 1433. — TVlld. 



1. c. 604. 7. — Sprg. 1. c. 14. 4. — DC. 



1. c. 311. 5. — G.Don 1. c. 35. 6. 

 In Ceylon et Chind. © 



Folia cucumerina, basi serrato-dentata, 

 angulis acutis : Infermedio productiore, sinubus 

 angulis rectis instructis. Flores lutei. Fru- 

 ctus pedalis, fibris tenacibus reticulatis con- 

 sistens. non elastice dissiliens. Semina nigra. 

 7.M. tubiflora Wall L. 6749. — G.Don l. c. 



36. 10. 

 Cucumis tubiflorus Roxh. in E. I. C. Mus. 



t. 1696. 

 In Indid orientali. 



Tomentoso-alba, cirrhis simplicibus. Fru- 

 ctus laevis, lente nec elastice dehiscens. 



8.M. Ibracliybotrys P. & E. Chil. II. 54. — 

 Wlp. 1. c. 200. 7. 

 In Peruvid. 

 Caulis angulosus. Folia secus nervos pu- 

 berula. 



9. M. racemosa std. Ncl. 

 M. muricata Fl. Flum. X. t. 94. 

 In Brasilid. 



*) Pctala 5, basi calycis adnata, decidua; antherae omnes cohaerentes; ovula in singulis 

 loculis uniscriata; stigma bilobum ; fructus peponida capsularis, elastice dissiliens, 

 3valvis. Wight 1. c. 19. 



