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*1. C. SATIYUS, L. sp. pi. 1437 ; DC. Prod. III. 300 ; Naud. in Ann. 

 d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XI. 27 ; Koxb. Fl. Ind. III. 720.— (O. Momordica, Roxb. 

 1. c, ; C. sativus var. Silckimensis, Hf . Bot. Mag. t. 620G ?) 



Hab. Much cultivated, especially in the plains. — Fl. Jan. 



2. C. Melo, L. sp. pi 1436 ; DC. Prod. III. 300 ; WA. Prod. I. 

 341 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 720 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XI. 34. c. 

 syn. plurimis. (O. dellciosios, Eoth; C. Conomon, Thbg. ; C. fleccuosus, Jj. ; 

 G. Ghate, L. and G. Dudaim, L. Andr. liepos. VIII. t. 548, ap. Sering. in 

 DC. Prod. 1. c. ; G. utilissimus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 321 ; WA. Prod. I. 342 ; 

 G. cieatrisatus, Stocks in Hook. Kew Card. Misc. IV. 148 ; Walp. Ann. 

 IV. 864). 



Var. a. pijbescens {G. puhescens, Willd, sp. pi. IV. 614 ; Wight 

 Icon. t. 496 ; WA. Prod. I. 342 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 723 ; DC. Prod. III. 

 301 ; Royle 111. Him. PI. I. 220. t. 47. £. 1 ; G. Melo agrestis, Naud. in 

 Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XI. 73 ; C. trigonus, Bth. Fl. Austr. III. 317, vix. 

 Roxb. ; G. Maderaspatanus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 723, non L. ; G. turhina- 

 tus, Roxb. 1. c. ?, lobis calycinis subulatis et tubo supra ovario valde con- 

 stricto insignis), all parts much smaller ; fruits only as large as a plum, 

 from oblong to turbinate, not edible ; flowers smaller and shorter pedicelled, 

 usually only by 2 — 3 in the leaf-axils. — Considered by Naudin to be the 

 wild stock of the cultivated melons. 



Var. /3. CULTA (cf. syn. sub specie citat. et var. numerosissimse ap. 

 Naud. 1. c), all parts more robust ; fruits larger and often very large, vari- 

 ously shaped ; flowers nearly an inch across, on long filiform pedicels, usual- 

 ly by 3 — 5 from the leaf-axils. 



Hab. Var. a. not unfrequent along banks of rivers, in uncultivated 

 and rubbishy jDlaces, etc., all over Ava, Chittagong and Pegu; var. (^. gener- 

 ally cultivated in several varieties. — Fl. H. & R. S ; Fr. DS. 



CitruUus, Schrad. 



*1. C. VULGAEIS, Schrad. in Linnsea XII. 412 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. 

 nat. 4. ser. XII. 100 cum syn. numerosis, (Gucurhita GitruUus, L. s|). 

 pi. 1435 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 719 ; WA. Prod. I. 351 ; Guciomis GitruUus, 

 Ser. in DC. Prod. III. 301 ; G. Jistulosus, Stocks in Hook. Journ. Kew. 

 Card. Misc. III. 74. t. 3 ; Walp. Ann. IV. 863 ; Anguria Indica, Rumph. 

 Herb. Amb. V. t. 146). 



Hab. Much cultivated all over the country. — Fl. Jan., Febr. ; Fr. 

 HS. 



Cephalandra, Schrad. 



1. C. GEANDis (Bryonia grandis, L. Mant. 126 ; DC. Prod. Ill, 

 305 ; Momordica monadelplia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 708 ; Goeeinia Indica, 

 WA. Prod. I. 347 ; Wight 111. II. t. 105 ; Dene, in Jacq. Voy. IV. 60. t. 

 72; Hook. Icon. t= 138), 



