102 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 2, 



*1. M. CuARANTiA, L. sp. pi. 1433 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 707 ; DC. 

 Prod. III. 311 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2455 ; Fl. d. serr. t. 1017 ; WA. Prod. I. 

 348 ; Wight Icon. t. 504 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 131 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Eat. I/l. 663. (M. muricata, Willd. sp. pi. IV. 602 ; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 707 ; WA. Prod. I. 348 ; Miq. 1. c. ; M. Senegalensis, Lamk. 

 Encycl. IV. 239 ; DC. 1. c. ; Oucumis Africanus, Ldl. Bot. Eeg. XII. t. 980 ; 

 Amara Inclica, Eump. Herb. Amb. V. t. 151 ; Rbeed. Hort. Malab. VIII. 

 t. 9—19.). 



Hab. Generally cultivated all over Burma, and frequently seen like 

 wild in deserted toungyas and gardens, in rubbishy places around villages, 

 &c.— Fl. Fr. C. and HS. 



2. M. DioiCA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 709 ; DC. Prod. III. 312 ; WA. 

 Prod. I. 349 ; Wight Icon. t. 505—506 ; Dene, in Jacq. Voy. IV. 60. t. 

 71. ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 133. 



Hab. Burma (according to Rev. Dr. Mason). 



3. M. subangijlata, B1. Bydr. 928 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l. 664. 

 Hab. Chittagong (H. Bruce) ; Pegu and Prome (Wall. Cat. 6743). 



— Fl. Sept. 



4. M. CocHiNCHiNENSis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. III. 14. (Ifuricia Co- 

 chinchinensis, Lour. FL Coch. 11. 732 ; DC. Prod. III. 318 ; 31. mixta, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 709 ; WA. Prod. III. 349 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5145 ; Fl. d. 

 serr. XIV. t. 1478 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 132 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. I/l. 664 ; Ziicca Coimnersiana, Ser. in DC. 1. c. 319). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests, especially along choungs, 

 of the eastern and southern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, and from Martaban 

 to Tenasserim. — Fl. Jan. — March. 



Thladiantha, Bunge. 



1. T. DFBIA, Bung. Enum, PL Chin. Bor. 29 ; Walp. Rep. V. 763 ; 

 Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 150 -, Bot. Mag. t. 5469. (Gymnope- 

 talum JLorsfieldii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l. 680.) 



Hab. Frequent along banks of choungs, especially along the borders 

 of hill-toungyas and savannahs, of the Pegu Yomah. — Fl. March, April. 



Cucumis, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 X Flowers on slender pedicels, several together in the axils of the leaves. 

 Ovary muricate, spindle-shaped ; male flowers by 3 — 6, females solitary, .... (7. sativus. 

 Ovary densely villous or pubescent, usually oblong or elliptical ; male and female 



flowers usually mixed, c. Melo. 



X X Flowers all singly from the leaf-axils, on stiff, rather short peduncles. 

 Flowers inconspicuous, , C. trigonus. 



