106 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
cordatis subiutegris vy, lobatis, basi biglandulosis; cirrhis 3—4-fidis; pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris 
fasciculatis albis. 
1. L. vulgaris, Ser. in DC. Prodr. vol. ni. p. 299.—Cucurbita Lagenaria, Linn. Spec, 1484; 
Forst. Prodr. u, 362, Nomen yernac. Tahitense, * Hue,” teste Pritchard; Vitiense, “ Vago,” teste 
Seemann.—Cultivated and naturalized in Viti (Seemann! n. 495), Tahiti (Banks and Solander! in 
Mus. Brit.), Java (Horsfield! in Mus, Brit,), Easter Island (Forster !), Sandwich Islands (Seemann !) 
The Bottle-zourd is one of the Ovcurbifacee, found cultivated in the different Polynesian Islands when 
they were discovered by Europeans. In Viti it is extensively used for making bottles for holding oil and 
other fluids. 
VI. Cucumis, Linn. Gen. n. 1479; Endl. Gen. n. 5137. Flores monoici v, polygami. Mase. ; 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Petala 5, calyci inserta, ovata, acuta, patentia. Stamina 5, ealyci 
inserta, 5-adelpha; filamenta conniventia ; anthers lineares; loculi lineares; connectivi crassiuseuli, 
recti, dorso infra apicem integrum v. bipartitum anfractu simplici adnati, Foem.: Calyx tubo sub- 
globoso y. eylindrico, cum oyario connato, limbo supero 3-dentato. Corolla maris. Ovarium infe- 
rum, 8-loculare, placentis juxta septa utrinque parictalibus, co-ovulatis. Stylus brevis; stigmata 3, 
crassa, 2-partita. Bacca carnosa suleata verrucosa y. levis, indehiscens y, irregulariter rupta, so- 
sperma. Semina ovata, compressa, margini acuta. Embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledoucs foliacer, 
radicula brevissima centrifuga.—Herbe annu, humifuse, cirrhiferse; foliis alternis petiolutis, integris 
v. lobatis ; pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris, masculis seepissime aggreratis, foemineis solitariis,— Jelo, 
Tournef. Inst. 104, exel. sp. 
1, ©, Melo, Linn. Spec. 1436; caule scabro; foliis rotundatis angulosis; flovibus maseulis, 
tubo calycis basi subventricoso apice dilatato, staminibus inclusis, antheris connectivo brevioribus ; 
floribus hermaphroditis, antheris ut in masculis ; stigmatibus 3-4 breve 2-lobis; bacea ovata v, 
subglohosa §-12-suleata, carne saccharata flava y. alba,—‘* Melon” of the English colonists. Culti- 
vated in Viti (Seemann !), Also grown in the Sandwich (Seemann !) and Society Islands (Cuzent), 
but in all these islands known to be introduced by Europeans. 
2. C, sativus, Linn. Spec, 1437; caule scabro; foliis cordatis obscure 5-lobis, lobo terminali ; 
floribus breve pedunculatis subternis majusculis, floram mascul. tubo calycis tubuloso-campanulato, 
limbo patente deflexo, petalis acutiusculis; baccis oblongis subtriquetris per maturitatem sublevibus 
spe uitidis, carpellis intus distinctis separabilibus.—* Cucumber”? of the English colonists, Culti- 
vated in Viti (Seemann !); also in the Sandwich (Seemann!) and Society Islauds (Lay and Collie! 
Cuzent), but in all these groups introduced by Europeans. 
3. C. acidus, Jacq. Obs. Bot, pars iv. p. 14 (1764) ; foliis cordatis subangulatis acutinscnlis 
argute dentatis scabris; baccis subglobosis, ovatis v. ellipticis obtusis pubescentibus y. glabratis viri- 
dibus striis obseurioribus angnstis longitudinalibus pictis, adultis albis absque ullis striis—Cneumis 
pubescens, Willd. Spec. yol. iy. p. 614 (1805) ; DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 8301; W ight, Ieon. t. 496, 
Cucumis Maderaspatanus, Roxb. F\. Ind. vol. iii. p. 723, non alior, Cucurbita aspera, Sol. ms, in 
Forst, Prodr, n. 555 (1 786), et in Parkins, Drawings of Tahit. Plants (ined.), t. 110; Sol. Prim, FI. 
Ins. Pacif. p.. 836. Nomen vernac, Tahitense, “ H-atu” vel « Ha-ea,” teste Solander; Vitiense 
“Timo.” —Viti Leva (Seemann! n, 194). Also gathered in Tahiti (Bauks and Solander! ja Mis. 
Brit.), Java (Horsficld! in Mus. Brit.), Hast Indies (Roxburgh! in Mus, Brit.), Ceylon (Thwaites ! 
iu Mus, Brit.), Cape de Verd Islands (fide A, Gray), Kuka, Central Africa (Eduard Vogel! n. 59 
in Mus, Brit), es 
aay An authentic Speciinen of Cueumis acidus in the British Museum, with J acqguin’s m anuscript note:— 
cies ae eee nata in Horto Bot. Vind. anno 1762 e sentinibus Indicis sine nomine a Gronovio 
13s PUGTUS Inte tut Oye q Vi fetse ta f : ) y 
P bus iuterue uti Cuewmis, sed Acilissimus, fivura obovata elabra,” has enabled me to { dentify 
