335 



Experiments with Musk melons, Rane, New Hampshire College, 

 Agric. Exp. St. Bull. No. 70, 1900, pp. 15-44, with figures of fruits of 



95 varieties. Musk melons, Craig, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. St, 



New York, Bull. No. 200, 1902, pp. 158-176, with descriptions of 



70 varieties, illustrated. " Melon, Cucumis Melo" in Les PI. 



Potageres, Vilmorin-Andrieux, pp. 403-425 (Paris, 1904) ; English 



Translation, Robinson, pp. 411-432. "Le Melon Sauvage et la 



Culture des Melons en Asie Centrale," Barsacq, in Le Jardin, xx. 



1908, pp. 213-216. " Cucumis Melo," in Comm. Prod. India, Watt, 



pp. 437-439. Commercial Melon Growing, Troop & Woodbury, 



Purdue Univ. Agric. Exp. St. Indiana, Bull. No. 123, 1908, pp. 1-23, 

 illustrated. 



Cucumis metuliferus, E. Mey. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 543. 



III.— Rev. Hort. 1860, p. 188; Kotschy, PI. Tinneanea, t. 8 

 {C. Tinneanus) ; Bot. Mag. t. 8385. 



Vernac. names. — Nonon Kura (Katagum, Dalziel). — Concombre 

 metulifere. 



Niger River ; Borgu. Recorded also from Abyssinia, Angola, 

 Shire River (E. Africa), Natal, Pondoland, &c. 



The fruits are olive green, ripening to rich scarlet and highly 

 ornamental (Bot. Mag. I.e.). According to Barter (No. 1527, Herb. 

 Kew) they are too bitter to be used ; found in cultivated ground, 

 Borgu. 



Cucumis Prophetarum, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 545. 



III.— Schk. Handb. t. 315. 



Vernac. names. — Kam-fakara (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Ta-meer-umboi 

 (Abyssinia, Bohr). 



Fruit bitter (Fl. Trop. Afr. I.e.). Used as an emetic, and in small 

 doses with honey as a stomachic for children (Moloney, For. W. 

 Afr. p. 359) ; believed to possess antisyphilitic properties (Rohr, 

 Herb. Kew). Found in waste places as a ground trailer, Katagum 

 (Dalziel, Herb. Kew). 



Cucumis sativus, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 542. 



Vernac. names. — Khiyar (Arabic, Brown). — The Cucumber. 



Tropical Africa, cultivated. 



Used green for salads and pickles. In Russia there is a small 

 gherkin cucumber about the size of a goose's egg (" Concombre de 

 Russie," Vilmorin-Andrieux, PI. Potageres, p. 186) which is pickled 

 very largely (Queensland Agric. Journ. ix. 1901, p. 511); the 

 method being to immerse the cucumbers in strong brine for a month 

 or six weeks, when they are taken out, graded, and packed in jars or 

 tubs, finding a ready market at a price which pays the grower better 

 than the fresh fruits (I.e. viii. 1901, p. 436). " Boston Pickling " or 

 "Green Prolific" is largely used in America in the same way 

 (Vilmorin-Andrieux, seq. p. 197). 



Cucumbers grow well all the year round, Oloke-Meji (Foster, 

 S. Nig. Govt, Gaz. Oct, 21st, 1908, Suppl. p. 1); thrive splendidly in 

 Zaria, and grown in Bornu (Parsons, N. Nig. Gaz. 30th April, 1910, 

 p. 101) ; grown successfully in Old Calabar, fruiting freely during 

 April, May, June, and July (Report, Bot. Gdn. Old Calabar, 1900- 

 1901). Cultivated by the Arabs, Cent, Africa (5° S.) (Grant, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxix. 1875, p. 78), 



