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Cucumis Common a. Tsuke-uri et c. Ao-uri Sieb. Syn. PI. Oecon. 

 Jap. p. 41. 



Pepo oblong to oblong-cylindrical, depressed-obtuse with a slightly con- 

 cave centre at the apex, concavo-obtuse at the base, dark green, marked 

 with 10 deep-green longitudinal lines, about 28-35 cm. or more long, 10- 

 12 cm. or more across ; pulp thick, firm, greenish towards the rind and 

 white internally, not sweet. 



Norn. Jap. Ao-uri, Tsuke-uri, Maru-dzuke. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



forma c. variegatus Makino. 



Pepo similar to the preceding in form and size, alternate with pale 

 and green longitudinally. 



Nom. Jap. Shima-uri. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated, rare. 



This is probably an intermediate form by the hybridization of a. 

 cdbus and b. viridis. 



These fruits {forma a, b, and c.) are usually preserved in " Sake-no- 

 kasic " to make a kind of pickles called " Naradzuke" a refreshment used 

 in Japan after dinner. 



Falcata comosa 0. Kuntze var. japonica (Oliv.) Makino. 



Falcata japonica Komar. FL Manshur. II. p. 630. 



Amphicarpcea Edgeicorthii var. japonica Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 IX. (1867) p. 164; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 107; Maxim. 

 Fl. As. Or. Fragra. p. 9, et in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 69 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 188; Batchel. e Miyabe in Trans. Asiat. Soc. 

 Jap. XXL p. 217; Diels in Engler's Bot, Jahrb. XXIX. p. 417. 



Shuteria irisperma Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. III. (1867) p. 

 51, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 239. 



Glycine monoica Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 283, non Linn. 



Glycine javanica Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II. p. 340, non Linn. 



Subterranean legumes globose ellipsoid-globose or falcato-elliptical, com- 

 pre sed laterally, 1-2-seeded, 6-16 mm. long, with a persistent calyx at the 

 base ; carpel thin, densely covered with minute hairs, pale purpurascent ; 

 seed rounded to oval, with a thin purpurascent-maculated coat. 



Norn. Jap. Yabu-mame, Gin-mam e. 



Hab. Japan, common. 





