CUCURBITACEAE 



495 



Three forms are described by Rumphius, all of which I consider 

 to represent variants of Cucurbita pepo Linn. The figure rep- 

 resents a form of the common squash, but was thought by 

 Teysmann, quoted by Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 138, to 

 represent Lagenaria hispida Ser.=Benincasa hispida Cogn., 

 which is figured and described by Rumphius under the name 

 Camolenga (see p. 493). Hasskarl thought that it was pos- 

 sibly intended for Cucurbita cantalupensis Haberle. Pepo in- 

 dicus Burm. does not appear in Index Kewensis. 



COCCI NEA Wight and Arnott 



COCCI NEA CORDI FOLIA (Linn.) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 529. 

 Bryonia cordifolia Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1012. 

 Bryonia grandis Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 126. 

 Momordica monadelpha Roxb. PL Ind. ed. 2, 3 (1832) 708. 

 Vitis alba indica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 448, t. 166, f. 1. 



This species is not represented in our Amboina collections; 

 according to Rumphius it was an introduced and cultivated 

 plant in Amboina. Vitis alba indica Rumph. was originally 

 reduced by Linnaeus to Bryonia cordifolia Linn. Syst. ed. 10 

 (1759) 1279; but later, Mant. 1 (1767) 126, it was placed under 

 Bryonia grandis Linn., which, however, is a synonym of Coccinea 

 cordifolia (Linn.) Cogn. It is cited by Roxburgh in the orig- 

 inal description of Momordica monadelpha Roxb. ; and by other 

 authors it has been cited under Coccinea indica W. & A., 

 C. loureiriana Roem., and C. grandis Roem., all synonyms of 

 Coccinea cordifolia (Linn.) Cogn. The species is widely dis- 

 tributed in the Indo-Malayan region in cultivation and is prob- 

 ably a native of British India. 



MOMORDICA (Tournefort) Linnaeus 

 MOMORDICA CHARANTIA Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 1009. 



Momordica indica Linn, in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, Amoen. 



Acad. 4 (1759) 132 (type!). 

 Amara indica Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 410, t. 151. 

 Amara sinica Rumph. L c. 411. 

 Amara silvestris Rumph. 1. c. 413, t. 152, f. 1? 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 391, on trees near the beach, 

 October 31, 1913, locally known as papari. 



The reduction of Amara indica Rumph. to Momordica char- 

 antia Linn, is manifestly correct and scarcely needs discussion. 

 It is to be noted, however, that the Rumphian figure is the 

 whole basis of Momordica indica Linn., published in 1754, re- 

 peated in 1759, but which does not appear in subsequent liter- 

 ature; it is not included in Index Kewensis. Amara sinica 



