IX, C. 2 
Merrill: The Plants of Guam 
CUCURBITA Linnaeus 
151 
CUCURBITA MAXIMA Duch. in Lam. Encycl. 2 (1786) 151. 
G. E. S. 22, locally known as calamasa. 
Cultivated in all warm countries. 
CUCUMIS Linnaeus 
CUCUMIS SATIVUS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1012. 
G. E. S. 2, McGregor £53, cultivated, locally known as pepino. 
LAGENAR1A Seringe 
LAGENARIA LEUCANTHA (Duch.) Rusby in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 6: 
43. 
Cucurbita leucantha Duch. in Lam. Encycl. 2 (1782) 150. 
Cucurbita lagenaria Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1010. 
Lagenaria lagenaria Cockerell in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 19 (1892) 95; 
SafTord 304. 
G. E. S. 355, 39i, locally known as tagoa. 
Cultivated in all tropical countries. 
LUFFA Adanson 
LUFFA CYLINDRICA (Linn.) Roem. Syn. Pepon. 2 (1846) 63. 
Momordica luff a Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1009. 
Momordica cylindrica Linn. 1. c. 
G. E. S. h09, the wild form, locally known as pachodag. 
A native of the tropics of the Old World, now wild or cultivated in all 
tropical countries. 
MELOTHR1A Linnaeus 
MELOTHRIA GUAMENSIS sp. nov. § Solena. 
Herba scandens, monoica, glabra; foliis membranaceis, reni- 
formi-ovatis vel suborbiculari-ovatis, usque ad 7 cm latis, basi 
profunde cordatis, apice acuminatis, margine distanter apicula- 
to-dentatis, nitidis, supra punctis scabridis notatis; floribus <5 
racemosis, campanulatis, 8 ad 10 mm longis; fructibus subglo- 
bosis, glabris, circiter 1 cm diametro, seminibus compressis, 
crassis, elliptico-obovoideis, 4 mm longis. 
A slender, climbing, glabrous, monoecious herb, the stems 
striate or sulcate, 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves membrana- 
ceous, reniform-orbicular to orbicular-ovate, 6 to 7 cm wide, 6 to 
9 cm long, somewhat acuminate, base deeply cordate, the sinus 
broad, the basal lobes very broadly rounded, the margins rather 
distantly apiculate-dentate, very slightly undulate between the 
teeth, when dry rather dark-green, the upper surface with nu- 
merous, small, whitish, scabrid dots, the lower surface not at 
all scabrid, showing the positions of the dots only; tendrils 
slender, simple, up to 15 cm in length; petioles 3 to 5 cm long. 
Male flowers racemose, the racemes axillary 3 to 4 cm long, 
