848 lxv. cucuRBiTACEiE. [Gymnopetalum . 
cultivated in Europe). Disirib. Andamans and Nicobars, Borneo, 
Java. 
Motley, who collected it in Borneo, 1857 to 1858, says it is called Petola 
Bruang, and that it is common on dry ground after burning and fruit eatable, 
cultivated much in Singapore and Penang; but it seems to have disappeared 
of late years. 
4 . MOMORDICA, Linn. 
Climbers. Tendrils simple. Leaves cordate, entire. Flowers 
yellow or creamy. Males, solitary racemed, bracteate or not. 
Calyx-tube short, campanulate, 2 to 3 basal oblong incurved scales, 
lobes 5. Corolla, petals 5, free nearly to base. Stamens 3, con- 
duplicate. Female, ovary oblong; style long. Stigmas 3. Fruit 
oblong or spherical, sometimes prickly, sometimes 3-valved. Seed 
obovate. Species 25, Africa, Asia, America. 
Momordica charantia Linn, with small 5-lobed leaves, small yellow 
flowers and fusiform fruit acuminate at both ends, yellow, softly 
prickly, dehiscing into 3 valves, with the seeds in a crimson aril, 
is often cultivated and is known as “ Peria Laut.” 
Leaves entire, thin; flowers 1 in. wide or less. 
Flowers *75 in. wide on long slender pedicels . (1) M. Clarkeana 
Flowers 1 in. wide with large bract . . (2) M. subangulata 
Leaves trilobed; flowers 3 in. wide, cream yellow, 
black centre; fruit large spiny . . (3) M. cochinchinensis 
(1) M. Clarkeana King, l.c. 35. 
Stem 4-angled. Leaves thin membranous, ovate cordate acute, 
glabrous 3 to 5 in. long and nearly as wide; petioles 1-5 to 2 in. 
long. Male flowers 75 in. across; pedicels slender, several from 
one axil or in lax racemes. Calyx-lobes puberulous, broad, obtuse, 
edge glabrous. Corolla of 5 broad lobes, puberulous. Fruit 
sub-globular, apiculate, red, 1 to 2‘5 in. through. Hab. Forests. 
Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler) ; Kamuning (Ridley). 
(2) M. subangulata Bl. Bijdr. 928; King, l.c. 36. 
Stem angled. Leaves broad ovate deep, cordate with remote 
teeth, glabrous above, sparse hairy beneath, 175 to 2‘25 in. long, 
i'25 to i - 65 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Male peduncles 1 in. 
long, pubescent. Flower-bracts broad, cordate, blunt, minutely 
pubescent. Flower 1 in. across. Calyx deep purple, lobes oblong 
blunt, *2 in. long. Corolla yellow; petals oblong with black spot 
at base. Fruit ellipsoid 2 to 3 in. long, ribbed. Hab. Limestone 
rocks and river-banks. Perak, Ipoh (Curtis); Kamuning. 
Kelantan, Chaning, river-banks. Distrib. India, Java. 
(3) M, cochinchinensis Sprang, Syst. Veg. iii. 14; Bot. Mag. 
t. 5145 ; King, l.c. 36. M. mixta Roxb. Hort. Beng. 70. 
A big climber. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate trilobed, glabrous, 
4 to 7 in. long and as wide; petioles 2 to 3 in. long. Male peduncles 
2 to 6 in. long. Bract orbicular reniform cucullate. Calyx-lobes 
coriaceous, hairy. Corolla 3 in. across, cream white, base of petals 
