CUCURBITACEAE 



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the latter is the whole basis of Cucumis ? rumphii Hassk., 

 which, incidentally, is not listed in Index Kewensis. The figure 

 is very poor. Cucumis indicus II boetonensis Rumph. 1. c. 404 is 

 probably another form of Cucumis sativus Linn, with somewhat 

 3-angled fruits; Hasskarl suggests that it may be C. trigonus 

 Roxb. or C. turbinatus Roxb. (= trigonus Roxb.), which can 

 hardly be accepted on account of the geographic range of 

 Roxburgh's species, while Rumphius's description does not agree 

 with the characters of C. trigonus Roxb. Cucumis indicus IV 

 maximus Rumph. is referred by Hasskarl to Cucumis conomon 

 Thunb. =C. melo Linn., and is probably a form of the latter. 



CUCUMIS MELO Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1011. 

 Melo Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 404. 



The description doubtless applies to this Linnean species, to 

 which Melo Rumph. was reduced by Henschel. The major part 

 of the description in this chapter, however, refers to the 

 common cucumber, Cucumis sativus Linn. 



BEN I NCASA Savi 



BEN I NCASA HISPIDA (Thunb.) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 513. 



Cucurbita hispida Thunb. PI. .Tap. (1784) 322. 



Benincasa cerifera Savi in Bibl. Ital. 9 (1818) 158. 



Camolenga Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 395, t. 143. 

 Amboina, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 396, August 23, 1913, along road- 

 sides, locally known as labu. 



The identity of Camolenga is so evident that it scarcely needs 

 discussion, for Rumphius's figure is an excellent one of this 

 commonly cultivated plant. By Linnaeus it was erroneously 

 reduced to Cucurbita pepo Linn., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 

 23, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1859) 132, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1278, but 

 generally it has been correctly placed by modern authors. 



LAGENARIA Seringe 



LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA (Duch.) Rusby in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 4: 43. 

 Cucurbita leucantha Duch. in Lam. Encycl. 2 (1782) 150. 

 Cucurbita lagenaria Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1010. 

 Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. in Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 3 1 (1825) 25. 

 Cucurbita lagenaria Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 397, t. 1UU- 



This commonly cultivated plant is not represented in our 

 Amboina collections. The reduction was made by Linnaeus, 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 23, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1859) 132, 

 Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1278, has been very generally followed by 

 other authors, and is certainly the correct disposition of the 

 Rumphian plant. It is suspected that the plant described as 



