VoL 3 CUCURBITACEAE 581 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Lepanto, Benguet, Bataan, Rizal, 

 Laguna, Tayabas, Sorsogon), Mindoro, Polillo, Ticao, Samar, Leyte, Panay, 

 Negros, Mindanao. In thickets at low and medium altitudes, in Benguet 

 ascending to 2,300 m; common. India, to Formosa, and Malaya. 



Local names: Alalat (Ig.) ; batbatek (Bon.); ditidid (Ig.) ; dumeg 

 (Klg.) ; kandul-maya (Buk.) ; kalulumitan (Ig.) ; kaskasimum (Bon.) ; 

 malabalanti (S. Li Bis.); pilotpilot (C. Bis.); trotankua (S. L. Bis.). 



MELOTHRIA SCABERRIMA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 330; Cogn. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 66 (1916) 97. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Elmer 5862, Merrill 4657, Williams 1055, 

 B. S. 32011 Santos, 12758 Fenix, 15979 Bacani. In thickets, altitude 1,400 

 to 2,300 m. Endemic. 



Local names: Kuako (Ig.) ; salatgat (Ig.). 



4. ILOCANIA Merrill 



ILOCANIA PEDATA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 65. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte), B. S. 274-90, 27552 Ramos. Borders of clearings 

 at low altitudes. A monotypic endemic genus. 

 Local name: Parparya (Ilk.). 



5. MOMORDICA Tournefort 



MOMORDICA CHARANTiA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1009; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



1 * (1850) 663; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 97; Cogn. in DC. Monog. 



Phan. 3 (1881) 436; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 



138, 3 (1908) Bot. 84, Fl. Manila (1912) 461, Sp. Blancoanae 



(1918) 370. 

 Momordica balsamina Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 768, ed. 2 (1845) 539, 



ed. 3, 3 (1879) 172; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 97, non Linn. 

 Momordica cylindrica Blanco op. cit. 769, ed. 2, 172, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 172, 



t. 357, non Linn. 



Throughout the Philippines in cultivation and also thoroughly natural- 

 ized in thickets, waste places, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Pan- 

 tropic. 



Local names: Amargoso (Sp.) ; ampalaya (Tag.); ampalia (Tag.); 

 apalaya (Tag.); apalia (Pamp.) ; apape' (Ibn.) ; apapet (Itn.) ; margoso 

 (Tag.) ; palia (Bis., Bon., If.) ; paria (Bik., Ilk., Sul.) ; pulia (Sub.) ; 

 saligun (Sul.). 



MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. 3 (1826) 14; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 97; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 

 (1881) 445; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 116, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 142; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 461, Sp. Blan- 

 coanae (1918) 371. 



Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 771, ed. 2 (1845) 

 531, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 174, t. 380. 



Passiflora saponaria Blanco op. cit. 650. 



Modecca ? saponaria Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 453, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 

 53. . 



Momordica ovata Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 446; Rolfe in 

 Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 213; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 

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



