MOMORDICA CHARANTIA. 



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parts of these Provinces. The following figures were returned as representing the 

 ground occupied in four of the N.-W. Provinces temporarily settled districts during the 

 rainy season of 1881 : — 



Acres. 



Muttra, ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 



Mainpuri, ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 



Allahabad, ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 



Bijnor, ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 



Explanation of Plate LXIV. 



1. Female flower, vertical section, 



2. Ripe fruit, 



3. Male flower, 



I nat. size. 



4. Fruit, 



5. Portion of a branch with a male 



and female flower. 



' nat. size. 



From a drawing of a living specimen cultivated at Saharanpur. 



