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small. Petals 5, linear, shortly acuminate, concave and 
sub-triquetrous at the apex, externally green, minutely 
puberulous, nearly an inch in length. Filaments triadel- 
phous, subulate at the apex, dilated and villous at the 
base : anthers yellow, cohering so as to form a cylindri- 
cal bodv with a villous tuft in the centre. Glandules 
two, minute, at the base of the calyx. Rudiments of the 
pistil a depressed 3-lobed glandular disk. $ Calyx con- 
tracted where it parts with the ovary ; afterwards dilated ; 
contracted at the throat. Petals as in the male flowers. 
Abortive stamens short, white, linear, ciliated, inserted 
at the base of the petals. Glandules 3-5, surrounding the 
base of the style, globular, yellow. Style length of the 
corolla, compressed: stigmata 3-4, free, reflected, cordate, 
expanded. Fruit size of a sparrow’s egg, oblong, gla- 
brous, of a reddish-orange when ripe, 1-2-celled: cells 
1-seeded : seeds oblong, slightly-compressed. 
I have given a full description of this plant, as it has 
not hitherto been the subject of accurate examination. 
The appellation ficidneus employed by Plunder, is very 
characteristic of the leaves. Browne describes the stig- 
ma or termination of the style as divided into three thin 
reflected lobes, and the fruit as seldom exceeding three- 
quarters of an inch in diameter. All parts of the plant 
are intensely bitter. It has received from the French the 
name of “ Liane au mol des yeux .” 
VI. Momordica. 
Flowers monoecious, yellow or white : pedun- 
cles uni-braeteated, filiform. $ Calyx 5-cleft, with 
the tube very short. Corolla 5-partite. Stamens 
3-adelphous: anthers connate. 9 Filaments 3, 
(5-triadelphous), sterile. Style 3-lid. Ovary 3- 
celled. Fruit frequently muricated, when ripe 
bursting elastically. Seeds compressed, reticul- 
ated. 
Name from momordi the perfect of mordeo to chew, in 
allusion to the appearance of the seeds. 
1. Momordica balsamina. Smooth-leaved 
Cerasee. 
Leaves quinquelobato-palmate coarsely toothed 
