Vo1 - 3 CUCURBITACEAE 583 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Citrullus COLOCYNTHis Schrad. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 97. 



8. CUCUMIS Tournefort 



CUCUMIS MELO Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1011; Blanco PL Filip. (1837) 775, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 534, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 179; Miq. PL Ind. Bat. 1 * (1856) 

 670; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 482; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 97; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 460, Sp. Blancoanae 

 (1918) 372. 



The common melon, cultivated in several forms or varieties, occasional 

 as an escape. Cultivated in all warm countries. 



Local names: Atimon (Bis.); inkug (Sul.); itimon (Ilk.); katimon 

 (Bis.); melon (Sp.). 



CUCUMIS SATIVUS Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1012; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 97; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) t. 299; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912)) 460. 



The common cucumber, generally cultivated in the Philippines. Planted 

 in all warm countries. 



Local names: Kalabaga (Bis.); kasimum (Bon.); maras (Sul.); madas 

 (Sul.) ; pepino (Sp.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Cucumis trigonus Roxb.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 97. 



9. BRYONOPSIS Arnott 



BRYONOPS1S LACINIOSA (Linn.) Naud; in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. V 6 

 (1866) 30; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 116, Rev. PL Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 143; Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 477. 

 Bryonia lacinlosa Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1013; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 98. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Benguet, Bulacan, Rizal, Sorsogon), Biliran, Leyte, 

 Panay, Mindanao, Basilan, Merrill 4306, 5408, Elmer 15521, B. S. 12534 

 Ramos, 38731 Ramos & Edano, 18865 McGregor, 26070 Fenix. In thickets, 

 old clearings, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Tropical Africa and 

 Asia through Malaya to Australia. 



Local names: Bayong (Bag.); melong-uak (Tag.); tavadadai (Iv.). 



10. BENINCASA Savi 



BENINCASA HISP1DA (Thunb.) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 

 513; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 459, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 372. 

 Cucurbita hispida Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 322. 



Benincasa cerifera Savi in Bibl. Ital. (1818) 158; Seringe in DC. 

 Prodr. 3 (1828) 303; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1856) 665; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) .96. 

 Cucurbita pepo-aspera Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 773, ed. 2 (1845) 

 532, ed. 3, 3 (1879) 176, t. 323. 

 Cultivated for its large edible fruits, a purposely introduced plant in the 

 Philippines, occasionally met with as an escape. India to Japan, Malaya, 

 and Polynesia in general cultivation. 



Local names: Kandol (Bis.); kondol (Iv., Tag.); kundul (Sul.); rodal 

 (Bik.) ; tabugok (Sub.); tambulok (Tagb.); tibiayon (Bis.). 



