1898,] G. King— UatmiaU for a Flora uf the Maliyan 'Pemnmla. 35 
bloom when ripe, 12-18 in. long and from 8-10 in. in diatn. Seeds wbit© 
.with tumid margina, '5 in. long and '15 in. broad- Cucnrhila hitpida^ 
ThnnK Flor. Jap. (178-t), p. 322; Bl. Bijdr. 931 j Wall. Cat. 6723. 
6'. Fepo, Lour. Fior. Coch.-Chin. p. 593 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 718 (wyt 
of Linn.). lk'itini:asa ceriferat SfLvi in Uibl, Tfcfil. IX, i59; DC, Prodr. 
in, 303 ; W. et Arn. Prodr. 344 ; Sliq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. T, 665 ; 
Clarke in Hook, fil, Flor. Br. Ind. 11, 616, Cncurhifa mllosn, Bl. BiJdr. 
931 ; DC. Prodr. Ill, 33 7. Cfarinosn, BL Bijdr. 9:^1. Cncnrbita alba, 
Roxb- in E. Ind. Coinp, Mns., tab. 457 (ex W, et Am.). GijvinopefainTH 
sepfemlobnm^ Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 1^ 679. Lagcnaria dasijstemo7i, 
Francb. et Sav. Ennni. PL ,3 up. T, 173. 
NlcOBAR AND Anhamak IsLAiVRS ; cultivated, Kiufi^ GoUectnrs. Drs- 
T Kill. —Malayan Araliipelago, Australasia, China, Philippines, Bi'itish 
India; cultivated. 
6. MououDicA, Linn. 
Climbing by simple tendrilfi. Leaves cordate, petioled, undivided 
in tbe Indian species. Flowers ycdlow or wliite, moncecious or dicecions, 
females solitary, peduncled; males solitary or racoraed, bracteate or not. 
Male; calyx-tnbc short, cam pannlate with 2-3 basal oblong- incurved 
scales (ex Hook. f. ) Jobcs 5 ; corolla 6-paiiile nearly to the base ■ stamens 
3 ; filaments short ; anthers at length free, one I-celled, one or two 
2'Colledf cells conduplicate or hoi se-shoe-shaped. Female ; calyx and 
corolla ns in the male; ovaVy oblong; style loiiff, stio-mas 3; ovules 
very many ; placentas 3, borizoutaL Fruit oblong or spherical, rough or 
sraootb, indebiscent or 3-valved, many- or few-seeded. Seeds ohovate or 
complanate, smooth, corrugate or sculptured. UiyTEin.— Spocioa 25, 
chiefly in tbe warmer parts of Africa, sevei-al in Tropical Asia, a few 
in Tropicrtl America. 
Leaves entire : — 
Malo pcclicela ebnictpats ... ... ... 1. M. ClarJeeana, 
Mnlo pedieelfi with fi bract close to the flower ... 2. Jf. subangutata. 
Leaves 3-lobBtl, the lotmbs entire ... ... 3. if. Cochinchinensig. 
Leaves O-T-lubod, ilro tobatos sinaato-deiittitoor lobn- 
late ... — ... 4. M. Okarantia. 
1. Mo.MORmCA Claukisana, n. spec. King, NfeiTi^ slender, 4-anglcd, 
glabrous, 20-30 feet long". Leaves thinly membranous, broadly o7ate, 
never lobed, acute, the base deeply cordate or emarginates, both surfaces 
quite gUbroua ; len^^h 3-5 in., breadth i in. ; petiole 1-5-2 in., Blender, 
eglandular. Male jloi&ets '7b in. in diam.^ on hlifoi-m pedicels several 
form a leaf-axil, or in few-flowered lax racemes; calyx-lobes puberuloiis, 
broad, obtuse, their m!U'i;inH membranous and ji^labrons; corolla deeply 
divided into 6 broad blunt lobes, puberuioua. Female flower unknown. 
