522 BENGAL PLANTS. [Momordica 
875. Momorpica cocnincuinensts Spreng.; F. B. I. ii. 618 s 
» D. M. 634, 4 iii. 709. : 
nic? 
C. and E. Bengal ; Chittagong. 
A large climber. Vernac. Kakrol, gol-kakra. 
367. Cucumis Linn. ony 
Herbaceous, hispid or scabrous herbs ; leaves petioled, pal- 
mately lobed or entire, dentate or serrate; tendrils simple. 
Flowers yellow, monecious, all short-peduncled, axillary; the 
males fascicled, the females solitary. Sepals 5, connate in a tur- 
binate or campanulate calyx-tube ; lobes small. Petals 5, connate 
below in a campanulate tube; lobes oblong or ovate, acute. ¢ 
Stamens 3; anthers free, one 1-celled, two 2-celled; cells flexuose : 
or conduplicate, connective crested. 9 Carpels 3, connate in an 
Leaves hispidulous, and sometimes also softly hairy but not soabrid, 
~angular or slightly 5-lobed, the lobes acute ; fruit almost always ae 
dric, faintly muriculate; root annual; always cultivated ..--++++ situ 
876. Cucumis rriconus Roxb. ; F. I. iii. 722; F. B. L ii, 619% 
E. D. c. 2298. ¢. turbinatus F, I, iii, 723. 
In most of the provinces. : 
An annual or perennial climber or creeper ; not cultivated. 
Sometimes considered the original source of the Melon, it may aus 
probably be a form of that iti which has become feral after escaP® 
pee 
877. Cucumis Mexo Linn. ; F. I. iii. 720; F. B. 1. ii: 620; & 
; 2268. C. utilissimus P. 1. ib: 991. 
Cultivated in all the provinces. 
