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Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! 
A herbaceous climber j fruit and tuberous root sometimes eaten. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia. 
J'J’. Cucumis Linn. 
101. Cucumis trigonus Roxb. ; F. I. ii. 722; F. B. I. ii. 619. E. D, 
C 2298, 
Northern clearings, not uncommon, Calcutta Garden Collectors\ 
Prain ! 
A herbaceous climber ; root tuberous ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— Tropical and subtropical Asia. 
Whether this is the wild plant from which the cultivated melon has been 
derived, or is a condition of the melon ‘ feral by reversion ’ is not absolutely clear, 
but, in the writer’s opinion, the latter is the more probable explanation of its 
origin, so far at least as Bengal is concerned. 
1 ?8. Ceplialandra Schrad. 
102. Ceplialandra iiidica Naud. ; F. B. I. ii. 621. Momordica 
monadelpha F. I. iii. 708. E. D. C 919. 
Northern clearings, frequent, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! Prain I 
Vernac. Bhimbu ; Tela Kucha, 
A herbaceous climber; fruit eaten cooked when green and fresh when ripe. 
Distrib.— Tropical Africa; S,-E. Asia. 
79 , Zehneria Endl. 
103. Zehneria umbellata Thw. ; F. B. I. ii. 625. Momordica 
umbellata F. I. iii. 710. E. D. Z 182. 
Northern forests, Heinig ! 
Vernac. Kudaru 
A herbaceous climber ; fruit sometimes eaten. 
Distrib. — S.-E. Asia ; N. Australiat 
XXIX.— FICOIDEJS, 
80 , Sesuviuin Linn. 
104. SesuviumPortulacastrum Linn.; F. I. ii. 509; F. B. I. 11 . 
659. E, D. s 1203. 
Locally plentiful on muddy banks, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
Prain ! Sea-face, plentiful, Heinig\ Prain ! 
Vernac. Noona ; Gangatora-sag, 
An extensively creeping plant ; a tolerable mud-binding and an excellent 
sand -binding species. 
Distrib.— Cosmopolitan on tropical shores. ’ 
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