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CUCURBITACAEAE. 



Gurania cissoides (Bth.) Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. I. p. 18. 

 Anguria cissoides Bth. in Hook. Kew. Journ. of Bot. II. 242. 

 Sarakreek: Went 515 (fl. Oct.). 

 Surinam: Berthoud-Coulon 526 ex Cogn. 

 Northern Brazil, Guyana, Peru. 



Gurania diversifolia Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. I p. 42. 

 Surinam: WullschlAgel 1474 ex Cogn. 

 French Guyana. 



HELMONTIA Cogn. 



Helmontia leptantha (Schltd.) Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. I. p. 20. 

 Anguria leptantha Schltd. Linnaea XXIV. p. 779. 

 Lower Surinam River, near plant. Geyersvlyt: Kegel 723 (fl. Febr.). 

 Lower Saramacca River, near Maripaston : Kegel 1325 (fl. May). 

 Surinam: WullschlAgel 1313 ex Cogn. 

 British Guyana. 



Helmontia simplicifolia Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. I. p. 44. 

 Surinam: Berthoud-Coulon 526 ex Cogn. 

 Northern Brazil, British Guyana. 



MOMORDICA Linn. 



Momordica Charantia Linn.' Spec plant. Ed. I. p. 1009. 

 Paramaribo: Went 309 (fl. Aug.). 

 Surinam: Splitgerber 1137 H. L. B. 901, 288—429 (fl. Febr.); Focke 



615 (fl. May); Hostmann and Kappler 813; Hostmann 813a. 

 All tropical countries. 



LUFFA Linn. 



Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) Rom. Syn. fasc. II. p. 63. 

 Momordica cylindrica Linn. Spec, plant. 1009. 

 Paramaribo: Went 356 (fl. Oct.). 

 Surinam: Focke; WullschlAgel 1475. 

 Vernacular name: >Zeefkomkommer" (Focke). 

 Tropical Asia. 



Luffa acutangula Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 70. 

 Tapanahoni River: Versteeg 581 (fl. July). 

 Nickerie: Tulleken 281 H. L. B. 903, 332 — 1606. 

 Vernacular name: »Sikwa" (Versteeg). 

 Tropical Asia. 



Luffa operculata (Linn.) Cogn. Flora Bras. VI. 4 p. 12. 

 Momordica operculata Linn. Spec. II. p. 1430. 



