1877.] Knoioledr/e of the 'Burmese Flora. 101 



*2. L. ACUTANGULA, Eoxb. Fl. lud. 118. 713 ; DC. Prod. III. 302 ; 

 Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 122 ; Miq, Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l. 6G8. 

 {L. fatida, Cav. Icon. I. 7. t. 9—10 ; DC. 1. c. ; Bot. Mag. t. 1638 ; Cu- 

 cumis acutangulus, L. sp. pi. 1436 ; Fetola BengaJensis, liumph. Amb. V. 

 t. 149 ; Eheed. Hort. Malab. VIII. t. 7). 



Hab. Cultivated by natives in Chittagong. 



Luffa amara, Eoxb., with oblong fruits only 3 — 4 inches long and 

 tapering at both ends, is probably only a variety of the above. 



3. L. GEAVEOLENS, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 716 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. 

 nat. 4 ser. XII. 124. 



Hab. In rubbishy places in a village near Chittagong. — Fl. Fr. Octob. 



4. L. ECHiNATA, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 715 ; Walp. Eep. II. 200 ; 

 WA. Prod. I. 343 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 128. (L. Bindaal, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 717 ; Edg. in Linn. Proc. IX. 322 (L. Bandaal). 



Hab. Arracan, in hedges and rubbishy j)laces in the Kolodyne valley. 

 — Fl. Fr. Octob. 



Dr. Hooker (in Fl. trojD. Afr. II. 531) states that the flowers in In- 

 dian specimens of this species are always yellow, not white as Eoxburgh 

 describes and figures them. The species is common enough in the i^lains 

 of Northern Bengal but never have I seen the flowers of it other than 

 white. 



Benineasa, Savi. 



*1. B. CEEIFERA, Savi Mem. sojora Plant. Cucurb. I. 1818. 6. cum 

 icon. ; DC. Prod III. 303 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 87 • 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l. 665. Jacq. Eel. pi. t. 153-54. {CucmUta Pepo, 

 Lour. Coch. 593 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 718 ; Eumph. Herb. Amb. V. t. 143 \ 

 Eheed. Hort. Malab. VIII. t. 3). 



Hab. Generally cultivated by the natives. — Fl. ES. ; Fr. CS. 



Momordica, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Monoecious. Bracts only 2 — 3 lin. long, at about the middle of the filiform 



peduncle. 

 Leaves pahnately 5-lobed ; calyx-lobes oblong, acute ; bracts entire, at the apex of the 



peduncle ; fruit few- seeded, small, jf. Charantia. 



As preceding, but bracts minutely toothed, below or near the middle of the peduncle • 



fruit larger, many-seeded, M. halsamina. 



* * Dioecious. Bract of the male {and sometimes of the female) flowers just he- 



low the flower and embracing the calyx, ^ — 1 in. long or longer. 

 Leaves 3- to 5-lobed ; calyx-lobes linear, acuminate ; seeds about 3 lin. long, M. dioica. 

 Leaves cordate, not lobed or only angular ; bracts pubescent or velvety ; calyx-lobes 



oblong, blunt ; seeds about 3 lin. long, M. subangulata. 



Leaves 3- rarely 5-lobed, with the lobes acuminate ; bracts often hirsute ; calyx-lobes 



oblong, acuminate j seeds about an inch long, . . , , , , , . , M. Cochinchinensis. 



