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no proper museum wherein to preserve them.* Since Gallatly col- 
lected this in 1877, the species appears never again to have been 
collected until brought from Minbu district in 1903, 
Its nearest affinities appear to be with Momordica dioica ) from 
which it differs markedly in having much larger leaves, glandular 
petioles, considerably shorter peduncles, and coarser fruit spines. 
158, Cucumis Linn. 
815, Cucumis Melo Linn. 
Cultivated in the alluvial belt, 
Burm. Tha-khwa-thee. 
Distribution— Cultivated throughout the tropics. 
159, Citrullus Schrader. 
810. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. 
Cultivated in the alluvial belt. 
Burm. PayS-thee. 
Distribution.— C ultivated throughout the tropics. 
160. Cephalandra Schrader. 
317. Cephalandra indica Naud. 
Minbu district. 
DISTRIBUTION.— Throughout India and Burma, Malaya, Tropical 
Africa* 
161. Cucurbita Linn. 
318. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. 
Cultivated in the alluvial belt and irrigated tracts. 
Burm. Pay on thee. 
Distribution.— Throughout the tropics. 
168. Mukia Arn. 
319. Mukia scabrella Arn. 
Minbu district. 
Distribution.— T hroughout the Eastern tropics. 
163. Zehneria Endl. 
380, Zehneria umbellata Thw. 
Nwamadaung hills. 
Distribution —Throughout Tropical Asia and N. Australia. 
