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Fruit vermillion when ripe, sub-globular, apiculate when young, 

 glabrous ; without ridges or papillae, 2-2*5 in. in diam. ; seeds as in 

 M. Gochinchinensis. 



Perak ; ScortecHni 1605 ; King's Collector 8340 ; Wray 3273. 

 This species is allied to M. Cochincliinensis and has seeds exactly alike those of 

 that species. But the leaves of this are of thinner texture than those of M. Cochin- 

 chinensis, and they are not lobed ; moreover the petiole in this is eglandular, and the 

 fruit is quite free from ridges or papillae of any kind. I have named it in honour 

 of my friend Mr. C. B. Clarke who believes with me that it is a hitherto undescribed 

 species. 



2. Momordica subangulata, Blume Bijdr. 928. Stem slender, 

 glabrous, angled, sulcate, several feet long ; tendrils single. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, deeply cordate at the base, the apex acute, the edges 

 with remote cartilaginous teeth ; upper surface glabrous, the lower 

 with sparse small adpressed hairs ; length l'75-2'25 in., breadth 125- 

 T65 in. ; petiole 1 in. long, glabrous, eglandular. Male peduncle 

 *5-l in. long, pubescent ; the bract close to the flower broader than 

 long, its apex obtuse, its base cordate, minutely pubescent, the veins 

 prominent ; flower nearly 1 in. in diam. ; calyx deep purple ; its lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, glandular, nearly *2 in. long ; corolla yellow, partite 

 to the base, the segments oblong. Female flower unknown; fruit 

 ellipsoid, 2-3 in. long, obscurely ribbed, the ribs broken into joints. 

 Ser. in DC. Prodr. Ill, 316; Roem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 58 ; Miq. in Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. I, Pt. I, 664 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XL\TI, Pt. II, 

 102; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. Ill, 443. 



Perak ; Scortechini 399. Distrib. Java, Brit. India. 



3. Momordica Cochin-Chinensis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. Ill, 14. 

 A powerful climber ascending tall trees ; stem angled, glabrous. Leaves 

 in general outline sub-orbicular or broadly ovate, the base cordate or 

 emarginate, usually 3-lobed to the middle or below it (sometimes 5- 

 lobed), the margins with sparse umbilicate glands, both surfaces 

 glabrous, length 4-7 in., breadth nearly the same ; petiole 2-3 in. long, 

 glandular at the middle and upper part ; tendrils long, stout, simple. 

 Male peduncle 2-6 in. long with an orbicular-reniform cucullate bract 

 at its apex embracing the flower-bud ; calyx-segments dark, coriaceous, 

 hairy ; corolla 1*75-3 in. across, white tinged with yellowish, some of 

 the petals with black spots at the base, others with yellow glands. 

 Female peduncle 1-2 in. long, (longer in fruit), with a small bract 

 about the middle. Fruit ovate, pointed at the apex, fleshy, bright red 

 and covered with conical points but not ribbed ; 4-5 in. long ; seeds 

 numerous, blackish, ovate, compressed, sculptured, the margins undulate- 

 sub-lobulate. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI, Pt. 2, 102 ; Clarke 

 in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 618 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. Ill, 444. 



