8 5 ° LXV. CUCURBITACE/E. [Melothria. 
Batu Caves. Sungei Ujong, Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, Kwala 
Kangsa; Larut (Kunstler). Dindings, Bruas. Kelantan, Chaning. 
Distrib. Borneo. Native name : Akar Kundur Tikus. 
{2) M. indica Lour. Flor. Cochinchine, 35; King, l.c. 38. 
Stem slender rooting at nodes, tendrils simple. Leaves 
triangular-cordate acute entire or 3-lobed, glabrous except the 
hairy nerves, lobes denticulate or lobulate, 1-25 to 2 in. long and 
as wide; petioles *6 to 1 in. long, Male pedicels solitary or racemose, 
2 to 3 on a 1 in. peduncle. Calyx-tube broad, campanulate, teeth 
subulate. Corolla white, puberulous, 1 in. wide; petals ovate- 
oblong. Anthers connective much produced. Peduncle of female 
flowers solitary. Fruit oblong, white, *5 to 75 in. long. Hab. 
Open country. Malacca, Chabau. Selangor (Kunstler). Province 
Wellesley, Bukit Mertajam (Burkill). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
(3) M. odorata Clarke, tn Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 626; var. triloba, 
Clarke, l.c. 
A slender climber. Leaves widely 3-lobed, sagittate, lobes 
lanceolate glabrous, 2*5 to 3 in. long, •2 to ‘5 in. wide. Flowers 
small white. Calyx narrow, campanulate. Stamens very short. 
Fruit as big as a pea. Hab. Open country. Malacca, Ayer Panas 
(Griffith). Pahang, Labong, Endau (Evans). Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya. 
(4) M. marginata Cogn. Mon. Phan. iii. 593; King, l.c. 39. 
Stems creeping rooting angular. Tendrils simple, puberulous. 
Leaves ovate-cordate or more or less 3-lobed, acute edge minutely 
denticulate, coarsely strigose both sides; nerves pubescent, 1 to 
1*25 in. long and about as broad; petioles 75 to 1 in. long, 
tomentose. Males umbellate on a filiform peduncle, glabrous 
short; pedicels *2 to *3 in. long. Calyx campanulate, pubescent. 
Petals villous, yellow. Female flowers solitary; peduncle *5 in. 
long. Fruit narrow, cylindric, beaked velvety, 75 in. long. Seeds 
6 to 8 foveolate. Hab. Thickets, waste ground, Pahang, Pekan. 
Malacca (Maingay). Sungei Ujong (Cantley). Selangor; Batu 
Caves. 
var. heterophylla Cogn. l.c. 594. 
Leaves entire, ovate cordate almost smooth except nerves. 
Hab. Pahang, Pahang River, Perak, Kwala Temengoh. Penang 
(Wallich 6704); Pulau Betong (Curtis). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
Native name : Timun Tikus. 
7 . ZEHNERIA, Endl. 
Climbing herbs. Tendrils simple. Leaves entire or lobed. 
blowers small. Males in a short corymb. Females solitary or 
sub-corymbose. Bracts o or very small. Male calyx tubular, 
campanulate, teeth 5. Corolla divided nearly to base into 5 
triangular segments. Stamens 3, anthers 2- or i-celled, curved 
