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in shape, &c., inedible, with a hard shelly coat. L. small very 
distinctly lobed. 
The usual Mad. forms of this sp. belong to the 2nd of these groups, 
“ Les Citrouilles proprement elites” and are referable espe- 
cially to the subvar. “ b. La Citrouille de Touraine ” Naud. 
1. c. p. 36. t. 2 A. ff. 2, 11. 
The common English “ Vegetable Marrow ” is rarely cult, in Mad. 
It is placed by Naudin in the 3rd of the above groups, Les Gi- 
raumons, and constitutes his subv. “ c. La Courge a la moelle ” 
p. 38. 1. c. 
ttt3. C. melanosperma Braun. Boganga. 
Hispid-pubescent ; 1. not large light-gr. immaculate soft and 
flaccid hispid-velvety indistinctly 5-lobed rounded-cordate, 
lobes equal regular rounded short obtuse minutely denticulate 
subentire with distinct open rounded sinuses ; ov. downy rounded 
even ; fr. middle-sized oval, very smooth and even, hard solid 
shining, without bloom, speckled gr. and w. or pure w., flesh 
pure w. firm solid, seeds black shining broad roundish-oval. — 
Naud. in Ann. des Sci. (ser. 4) vi. 53. 
a. picta ; fr. elegantly speckled gr. and w. like a snake’s back. 
— Boganga hr am , B. rajada or B. Tenerifa. 
ft. lactea ; fr. uniform pure w. or cream-colour. — Boganga 
branca. 
Herb. ann. Mad. cult. reg. 2, ccc. Grown perhaps more exten- 
sively and abundantly than either of the two preceding sp. in 
the whole Chestnut region of Mad. above 1000 or 1200 ft,, cover- 
ing the ground in fields or on banks as if perfectly wild, but 
rarely if ever trained on trellises, as Abobora preta and A. de Ma- 
chado mostly are. FI. throughout the year ; fr. principally Oct., 
Nov. — The pale or light gr. soft foliage at once distinguishes 
this sp., and the smaller size and peculiar shape of the 1. are 
equally characteristic. St. trailing extensively 20-30 ft. or more, 
sparingly or remotely branched, more slender than in either 
of the two preceding sp., pale gr., succulent, and, like the 
petioles and main ribs of the older 1. beneath, harsh and almost 
prickly-strigose or hispid-pubescent. L. 6 or 8 in. in diam. 
rounded regularly palmate-lobed with distinct rounded very ob- 
tuse equal lobes and rounded sinuses, softly hispid or roughish- 
velvety but not harsh or stiffly strigose. FI. (especially the 
male) produced copiously all over the pi. at all seasons, bright 
or.-y., 3-5 (sometimes 6-8) in. in diam. Cor. altogether smooth 
inside, subpubescent outside only on the nerves. Male fl. 
mostly 3 or 4 in. in diam. ; cal. -cup or torus bristly flat and shal- 
low, sep. very small leafy linear flat acuminate ^ in. long, mostly 
withered often black and dry, always spreading or recurved. 
Cor.-cup a little inflated, with 25 principal ribs, viz. 3 to eenh 
