580 ENUMERATION OP PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



Batan Islands, Luzon (Ifugao, Lepanto, Benguet, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, 

 Sorsogon), Polillo, Camiguin de Misamis, Mindanao (Lanao), Merrill 6581, 

 Sp. Blancoanae 848, Cuming 543, Elmer 14421, B. S. 2063, 14-608, 14-75 

 Ramos. Along streams, in old clearings, etc., at low and medium altitudes. 

 India to China through Malaya to the Moluccas; Samoa. 



Local names: Melon-daga (Tag'.); simonkaram (Iv.) ; timun-ambau 

 (Sul.). 



MELOTHRIA LEUCOCARPA (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 

 601; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 352; var. TRILOBA Cogn. 1. c, 

 Engl. Pflanzenreich 66 (1916) 102; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 116, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 143. 

 Melothria odorata Hook. f. & Th. var. triloba C. B. Clarke ex Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1879) 626. 

 "Philippines," without locality, Cuming 1917. It is very possible that 

 this specimen came from Malacca, not from the Philippines. Elmer 5894 

 referred by Cogniaux to M. leucocarpa Cogn. var. philippinensis Cogn. is 

 M. mucronata Cogn. India to China, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, 

 Moluccas. 



MELOTHRIA LOBATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 104. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 1241. In thickets along trails, altitude 

 about 1,300 m. Endemic. 



MELOTHRIA MADERASPATANA (Linn.) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 

 (1881) 623, Engl. Pflanzenreich 66 (1916) 126, /. 29. 

 Cucumis maderaspatanus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1012. 

 Bryonia scabrella Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 424. 

 Mukia scabrella Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 276. 



Luzon (Lepanto, Amburayan, Bontoc, Cavite, Laguna), Masbate, Pa- 

 nay, Mindanao, Merrill 4467, 10629, 6299, 3379, B. S. 30939, 38482 Ramos 

 & Edano. In open grasslands, old clearings, etc., at low and medium al- 

 titudes. Tropical Africa and Asia through Malaya to tropical Australia. 



MELOTHRIA MARGIN ATA (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 

 573, Engl. Pflanzenreich 66 (1916) 93. 

 Bryonia inarginata Blume Bijdr. (1826) 924; Seringe in DC. Prodr. 



3 (1828) 305. 

 Melothria rumphiana Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 1 (1876) 25. 

 Palawan, Mindoro, Merrill 5252, F. B. 9945 Merritt. In thickets at low 

 altitudes. Malay Peninsula and Borneo, a variety in Java. 



MELOTHRIA MUCRONATA (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 

 608; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1883) 352; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 137, 5 (1910) Bot. 391. 



Bryonia mucronata Blume Bijdr. (1826) 923. 



Zehneria baueriana Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 116, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 143, non 

 Endl. 



Melothria leucocarpa Cogn. var. philippinensis Cogn. in Engl. Pflan- 

 zenreich 66 (1916) 102. 



Melothria perpusilla Cogn. et var. subtruncata Cogn. op. cit. 106, 

 quoad Philip. 



