CUCURBITACEE. 
Corolla 5-petalled(f. 3. c.) ; petals oblong, fringed (f. 3. d.). Sta- 
mens 5, in 3 parcels. Female flowers. Limb of calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla as in the male. Stigma capitate, 3-lobed, ex Bojer. 
Fruit fleshy, 2-3 feet long, and 8 inches thick, elongated, fur- 
rowed (f. 3. e.). Flowers purple. 
18 Cucu’reita. Flowers monoecious, yellow. 
together, and with the calyx. Male flowers. 
late. Stamens 5, in 3 bundles and syngenesious. Anthers 
curved at both ends. Female flowers. Calyx clavate, narrowed 
towards the apex. Stigmas 3, thickish, 2-lobed. Fruit 3-5- 
celled. 
19 ĪNVOLUCRA`RIA. 
Petals joined 
Calyx campanu- 
Flowers monoecious. Male ones um- 
bellate, sessile ; bracteas reniform, fringe-toothed, involucrum- 
formed. Tube of calyx obconical ; sepals linear, acute. An- 
thers joined together. Female flowers solitary, on long pe- 
duncles. 
20 Mourrcia. Flowers monoecious. Calyx 5-parted, in- 
closed in a large undivided, 1-flowered sheath. Corolla cam- 
panulate, 5-petalled. Stamens 5, in 3 bundles, and syngenesious. 
Style 1; stigmas 3, sagittate, horizontal. Berry muricated, 1- 
celled, many-seeded. 
21 Awncu'r1a. Flowers monoecious. Male flowers. Calyx 
campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla joined with the calyx, ven- 
tricose, red, 5-parted. Stamens 2. Female flowers with a calyx 
and corolla as in the males, and 2 sterile stamens. Style semi- 
bifid ; stigmas bifid. Fruit 2-4-celled, many-seeded, somewhat 
tetragonal. 
+ Genera not sufficiently known. 
22 Zu’cca. Flowers solitary, axillary. Bractea large, con- 
cave, involving a large, coloured, 5-sepalled calyx, and girded 
by 5 scales at the base. Stamens 5. 
23 Auta‘sta. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx gamosepalous, 
girded by a short involucrum. Segments 5, acutish, pilose. 
Corolla 4-petalled ; petals pilose. Stamens 4, but more pro- 
bably 8, joined by twos; anthers 2-lobed. Style subulate, 
crowned by an acute stigma. Berry fleshy, large, oblong, ob- 
tuse, 1-celled, many-seeded. 
24 Gronovia. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx funnel- 
shaped, 5-parted ; scales 5, linear, petal-formed, pellucid, alter- 
nate with the calycine segments. Stamens 5, free, alternating 
with the scales. Style crowned by a capitate stigma. Berry 
dry, nearly globose, 1-seeded, crowned by the dry permanent 
calyx. 
25 Kérsia. Flowers dioecious ? Calyx gamosepalous, 
with a crenulated edge. Corolla gamopetalous, 5-lobed ; lobes 
with glandular edges. Nectary? 5-leaved; lobes with feathery 
ciliated edges. Stamens 5, monadelphous; filaments short ; 
anthers long, conniving. 
ribe I. 
NHANDIRO'BEE (plants agreeing with Nhandiroba in im- 
portant characters), St. Hil. ann. mus. 9. p. 215. Turp. dict. 
sc. nat. atlas. icon. 2. D. C. prod. 3. p. 297. Tendrils axillary, 
peduncular. Flowers dioecious. 
I, FEUI'LLEA (in honour of Louis Feuillée, a traveller in 
Chili; author of Journal des Observations physiques, mathéma- 
I. FEvi,uza. 
II. Zanonta. 3 
tiques, et botaniques, faites dans ]’Amerique Meridionale, &c. 
8 vols. 4to. Paris. vols. 1 and 2. 1714. and 8. 17265.). Lin. 
gen. 1118. Juss. gen. 397. Lam. ill. t. 815. D.C. prod. 3. 
p. 297.—_Fevillea, Pers. syst. regl. ed. 15. p. 929.—Nhandi- 
ròba, Plum. gen. 20, t. 27. 
Lin. syst. Dioècia, Pentándria. Flowers dioecious. Male 
flowers. Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle. Petals 5, rather 
joined at the base, inserted in the throat of the calyx, and alter- 
nating with the sepals. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, and 
alternating with them, sometimes 10, but when this is the case, 
5 of which are always sterile. (ex Juss.) Anthers 2-celled, 
didymous. Female flowers. Tube of calyx adnate to the ova- 
rium; limb 5-cleft. Petals 5, distinct, or joined at the base, 
oblong. Lamellze or abortive stamens 5, sometimes alternating 
with the petals (ex Juss.). Styles 3. Stigmas broad, bluntly 
bifid. Fruit globose, fleshy, 3-celled, indehiscent, with solid 
bark and a large fleshy trigonal central axis; cells many ovu- 
late. Ovula erect from the centre. Seeds compressed, oval. 
Embryo straight. Cotyledons flat, rather fleshy.—Intratropical 
American, rather frutescent climbing herbs. Leaves alternate, 
petiolate, exstipulate, palmately nerved, cordate, glabrous. 
Tendrils axillary, spirally twisted, in place of peduncles. Pe- 
duncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered. Flowers small. Seeds 
oily, bitter. This genus has a habit emulating Passiflora. Fruit 
in the form of that of Couroupita, a genus of Lecythidee. 
1 F. puncta‘ra (Poir. dict. 4. p. 418.) leaves 3-lobed or 
ternate, beset with glandular dots on both surfaces along the 
nerves, but more especially beneath; lobes of leaves lanceolate, 
rather cut. %.^. S. Native of St. Domingo. Trichosanthes 
punctata, Lin. spec. 1432. amoen. acad. 3. p. 423. exclusive of 
the country. Fevillea trilobata, Reich. syst. 4. p. 253. 
Dotted-leaved Feuillea. PI. cl. 
2 F. rrimopa‘ra (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 1014.) leaves rather 
glandular on both surfaces, 3-parted or trifid; lower lobes ob- 
tuse, upper ones acute. 2.%.S. Native of Brazil. F. scán- 
dens /3, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1457. F. hederacea, Poir. dict. 4. 
p- 419. Chandirdba or Nhandiréba, Margr. bras. 46. lower figure. 
Three-lobed-leaved Feuillea. PI. cl. 
8 F. corDIròLIA (Poir. dict. 4. p. 418.) leaves glandless, 
cordate, acuminated, or somewhat 3-lobed, and rather serrated. 
Y.~.S. Native of the West Indies. Plum. ed Burm. t. 209. 
F. scandens a, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1457. F. hederacea, Turp. 
in dict. sc. nat. with a figure. The leaves of this species are 
said to be a powerful antidote against vegetable poisons. 
Heart-leaved Feuillea. PI. cl. 
4 F. Javirta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 124.) 
leaves glandless, roundish, sinuately cordate, acuminated. 2. 
^, S. Native of New Granada, in woods near Turbaco, where 
it is called Javilla by the inhabitants. Seeds with subalate mar- 
gins, hence this species agrees with the genus Zandnia. 
Javilla Feuillea. Pl. cl. 
Cult. A light rich soil will suit the species of Feuillea ; and 
cuttings of them will root readily under a hand-glass, in heat. 
They are well fitted for training up rafters in stoves. 
II. ZANO'NIA (named in memory of Giacomo Zanoni, for- 
merly Prefect of the Botanic Garden at Bologna, author of 
Istoria Botanica, Bol. 1675. fol. edited in Latin by Monti, 
1742. He died 1682, aged 67.). Lin. gen. 1117. Juss. gen. 
397. Lam. ill. t. 816. Blum. bijdr. p. 937. D. C. prod. 3. 
p- 298. but not of Plum. 
Lin. syst. Dioécia, Monadélphia. Flowers dioecious. Male. 
Calyx 3-lobed (f. 1. a.). Petals 5, joined into a 5-parted rotate 
corolla (f. 1. b.c.). Stamens 5 (f. 1. ¢.); filaments flat, con- 
nected at the base; anthers 1-celled, adnate to the tops of the 
filaments. Female. Tube of calyx long, turbinate ; limb 5- 
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