646 PHANEROGAMIA. 



delicate fringe. Filaments 3 7 short : anthers united into a cylindrical 

 mass. Female flowers and fruit not seen. 



This is evidently a congener of T. palmata, Roxb., and of T. tricus- 

 pidata, Lour.; from which the leaves and the long pedicels distin- 

 guish it. I cannot identify it with any described species. 



5. MOMORDICA, Linn. 



1. Momordica Charantia, Linn. 



Hab. Luzon ; at Banos, Laguna, &c. Point Venus, Tahiti : doubt- 

 less recently introduced. 



2. Momordica Senegalensis, Lam. 



Momordica Senegalentis, Lam. Diet. 4, p. 239; DC. Prodr. 3, p. 311. 

 Hab. St. Jago, Cape de Yerde Islands. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



6. CUCUMIS, Linn. 



1. CUCUMIS PUBESCENS, Willd. 



Cucumis pubescens, Willd. Spec. PL 4, p. 614; DC. Prodr. 3, p. 301; Wight & Am. 

 Prodr. Fl. Ind. Or. 1, p. 342. 



Var. ? (3. fructu subgloboso mox glabrato {vix pollicari) . 



Var. ? y. fructu glaberrimo ovali (sesquipollicari) . 



Cucumis bicirrha, Forst. Mss. ex Guill. Zeph. Tait. p. 56 ? 



Hab. St, Jago, Cape de Verde Islands : in wild and rocky situa- 



