104 S. Kurz — Gontrihutions towards a [No. 2, 



Hab. Frequent in hedges, village-bushes, along river-banks and in 

 rubbishy jDlaces, all over Ava, Chittagong, Arracan, and Pegu. — Fl, Sept., 

 Aug. 



Cueurbita, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



X Calyx-lobes subulate. 



Leaves not deeply lobed ; petiole scarcely prickly, C. maxima. 



Leaves deeply lobed ; petiole prickly, C. Fepo. 



X X Calyx-lobes leafy. 

 Leaves more or less lobed ; petiole scarcely prickly, C. moschata. 



*1. C. MOSCHATA, Duch. Dict. d. so. nat. XI. 234 ; DC. Prod. III. 

 317 ; Naud. in Ann. d. so. nat. 4 ser. VI. 47. (O. maxima, WA. Prod. I. 

 351 ; Wight Icon. t. 507, non Duch. ; Eheed. Hort. Malab. VIII. t. 2). 



Hab. Cultivated in Chittagong, Pegu, and probably elsewhere. — Fl. 

 Fr. April, May. 



Bryonia, L. 



1. B. LACINIOSA, L. Mant. 498 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 728 ; DC. 

 Prod. III. 308 ; WA. Prod. I. 345 ; Wight Icon. t. 500 ; Planch. Fl. d. 

 serr. 2 ser. 11. 39. t. 1202 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc, nat. 4 ser. XII. 139. 



Hab. Not uncommon in hedges and in rubbishy places near villages 

 of Prome and Chittagong. — Fl. Octob. ; Fr. March. 



Muckia, Am. 



1. M. MADEEASPATA:tirA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, 58. 

 (Cucumis maderaspatanus, L. sj). pi. 1438, non Eoxb. ; M. scahrella, Arn. 

 in Hook. Journ. Bot. III. 276 j Wight 111. II. t. 105* ; Walp. Eep. II. 

 199 ; Naud. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. XII. 142 ; Bryonia scahrella, L. f . 

 Suppl. 424 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 724 ; Wight Icon. t. 501). 



Var. a. scabeella, leaves broadly triangular to ovate in outline, 

 deeply sinuate- cordate at the base, 3 — 5-lobed or -angular, the lobes acute 

 or blunt ; berries often 4 — 6 lin. thick. 



Var. ^. GEACiLis, {Bryonia gracilis, IV dX\. Cat. 6714), leaves not 

 lobed nor angular, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, almost hastate -cordate at 

 the base ; berries usually only 3 — 4 lin. thick. 



Hab. Both varieties frequent in hedges, bushes, &c., in deserted toun- 

 gyas, along river-banks, &c., all over Burma ; var. /S. more especially in the 

 savannahs of the plains. — Fl. Fr. CS. 



Zehneria, Endl. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Suhg. \. Kariviaj Arn. Berry large, nearly 2 in. long ; seeds numerous, almost 

 globular. 



