42 CUCURBITACER. XVIII. Cucursira. 
17 C. mammea'ta (Molina, 1. c.) leaves many-parted ; fruit 
spherical, beset with protuberances. ©.F. Native of Chili. 
Teated Gourd. PI. tr. 
18 C. rroxòsa (Mill. dict.) leaves rough, lobed ; fruit woody. 
@.F. Native of South America. This is a large gourd, and 
is cultivated for the sake of the shell of the fruit, which will 
frequently contain between 2 and 3 quarts. Where aloes is 
manufactured in any quantity, it is commonly preserved in these 
shells ; but in Jamaica they are used to hold water, and small 
yrain. 
p Woody-fruited Gourd. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.? PI. tr. 
19 C. murtiriéra (Forst. ex Spreng. syst. 5. p. 45.) leaves 
broadly cordate, 3-lobed, acute, denticulated, glabrous; flowers 
minute, crowded in cymes. ©. F. Native of the Society 
Islands. 
Many-flowered Gourd. PI. tr. 
Cult. The species of Cucúrbita are propagated from seeds, 
which are large, and require to be covered nearly an inch. Sow 
in April in a hot-bed, under a frame or hand-glass, to raise plants 
for transferring to the open garden at the end of May, under a 
warm aspect, or for planting out in the middle of May on a 
trench of hot dung under a hand-glass or half shelter ; other- 
wise sow at the beginning of May, under a hand-glass, without 
bottom heat, for transplanting into a favorable situation; or sow 
3 weeks later (after the 20th) at once in the open garden, under 
a south wall, for the plants to remain. The smaller fruited kinds 
do best trained to an upright pole or trellis. From time to time 
earth up the stems of the plants. As the shoots extend 5 feet 
or more, peg down at a joint, and they will take root. Water 
copiously whenever warm weather without showers makes the 
ground arid. Mr. Gray (Gard. mag. vol. 1. p. 150.) plants in 
paths between asparagus beds, and lets the vines of the gourds 
run over them ; and he considers that their large leaves do good 
to the asparagus roots, by protecting them from the sun, while 
the tall stems of the asparagus afford a shelter to the leaves of 
the gourds. In very dry seasons they are an excellent substi- 
tute for cabbages and turnips, when the drought is apt to burn 
up these vegetables. Mr. Gray therefore recommends, espe- 
cially where the soil is liable to be burnt up in summer, planting 
the vegetable marrow and other cucurbitaceous plants as a re- 
serve crop. The tender tops of all the edible species of Cucur- 
bitàceæ, boiled as greens or spinage, are a fully more delicate 
vegetable than the fruit. It must be worth something to gar- 
deners and cooks to know that either or both may be used for 
this purpose when scarcely any thing else can be got. 
XIX. INVOLUCRA'RIA (involucrum, an involucre ; in refer- 
ence to the umbels of male flowers being involucrated by brac- 
teas). Ser. diss. in mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. vol. 3. pt. 2. D.C. 
prod. 3. p. 318. 
Lin. syst. Monoécia, Monadélphia. Flowers monoecious. 
Male flowers umbellate, sessile, involucrated by reniform brac- 
teas, which are dentately fringed at the apex ; common peduncle 
very long, furnished each with an oblong bractea at the base. 
Alabastra nearly like those of the rose. Tube of calyx obco- 
nical ; limb with acute linear sepals. Corolla, stamens, and 
filaments unknown. Anthers joined, with the cells as in the 
rest of the Cucurbitacee. Female flowers solitary on long pedun- 
cles, rising from the same axille as the males, as well as of the 
same form. 
1 I. Watricura‘na (Ser. l. c. t. 4.) leaves deeply 5-lobed, 
cut, scabrous ; lobes obovate-oblong, coarsely toothed ; tendrils 
quinquefid. ©.? F. Native of Nipaul. 
Wallich’s Involucraria. Pl. cl. 
Cult. See Cucúrbita for culture and propagation. 
XIX. 
Invoztucraria. XX. Murcia. XXI. ANGURIA. 
XX. MURI'CIA (from muricatus, muricated ; in reference to 
the warted berries). Lour. coch. p. 596. D. C. prod. 3. p. 318. 
Lin. syst. Monoècia, Monadélphia. Flowers monoecious, 
Calyx of 5 sepals, inclosed in a large, undivided, 1-flowered 
sheath ; sepals subulate, striated, coloured, joined together at 
the base. Corolla campanulate ; petals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 
nerved. Stamens 5, in 3 bundles, and with the anthers con- 
nected at the apex. Style 1; stigmas 3, sagittate, horizontal. 
Berry muricated, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds orbicular, 
large, reticulated, with tubercular margins. 
1 M. Cocutncutne’nsis (Lour. l. c. p. 596.) a large shrub, 
with 5-lobed leaves, the 3 superior lobes acuminated, and the in- 
ferior ones obtuse, short, and denticulated ; flowers yellow, soli- 
tary, on long peduncles ; fruit reddish purple both inside and 
outside, scentless. h. G. Native of Cochin-china and China. 
Momérdica Cochinchinénsis, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 14. The seeds 
and leaves are aperient and abstergent. 
Cochin-china Muricia. Shrub. 
Cult. A mixture of peat and sand will answer this shrub; 
and cuttings will root in the same kind of soil. i 
XXI. ANGU'RIA (one of the Greek names for the cucum- 
ber, from ayyoc, angos, a vessel; shape of fruit). Lin. gen. no. 
399. Juss. gen. p. 395. Lam. ill. t. 747. D.C. prod. 3. p. 
318.—Momórdica spec. of authors.—Psigùria, Neck. elem. bot. 
no. 384. 
Lin. syst. Monoècia, Diándria. Flowers monoecious. Male 
flowers. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla joined tothe 
calyx, ventricose, red, with a 5-parted spreading border. Sta- 
mens 2, opposite. Female flowers with a calyx and corolla, as 
in the males. Stamens 2, sterile. Style semi-bifid ; stigmas 
bifid. Fruit 2-4-celled, many-seeded, somewhat tetragonal. 
Seeds unknown. Roots thick, warted. 
1 A. INTEGRIFÒLIA (Nees et Mart. in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 
9.) leaves ovate, denticulated, 3-nerved, glabrous ; peduncles 
4-6-flowered, bractless; female flowers unknown.—Native of 
Brazil, at the river Ilheos. Flowers red. 
Intire-leaved Anguria. PI. cl. 
2 A. TRILOBA`Ta (Lin. spec. 1376.) root bitter ; stems slender; 
leaves deeply 3-lobed, or somewhat 5-lobed, veiny ; lobes a 
little toothed ; tendrils simple; male flowers large, in racemes, 
female ones solitary, almost sessile ; fruit ovate-oblong, umbili- 
cate, green, spotted with white ; seeds oblong, fulvous. 2. V+» 
Native of Martinico.—Plum. ed. Burm. pl. amer. t. 22. Jacq. 
amer. p. 243. t. 156. ed. pict. p. 119. t. 234. Flowers vermi- 
lion coloured. 
Three-lobed-leaved Anguria. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1793. Pl. cl. 
3 A. repatise'cra (Nees et Mart. in nov. act. bonn. 12. 
p. 10.) leaves pedately 5-parted ; lobes quite entire ; tendrils 
subumbellate; corymbs many-flowered ; flowers triandrous* 
fruit oblong, striated, attenuated both at the base and apex ; pu'!P 
white, spongy, rather acid; aril black. ©. U. F. Native of 
Peru. Momérdica pedisécta, Lin. spec. 1434. Lam. dict. 4 
p. 241.—Feuill. per. 1. p. 754. t. 41. Flowers white. Two 
outer segments of leaves lobed. The Peruvians use the fruit m 
soups. 
Pedate-cut-leaved Anguria. PI. cl. 
4 A. pepa‘ra (Lin. spec. p. 1376.) stems slender, terete; 
leaves pedately 5-parted ; lobes lanceolate, toothed ; tendrils 
longer than the leaves; flowers inodorous, male ones in ra- 
cemes ; racemes on long peduncles ; female ones solitary ; fruit 
oval-oblong, green, variegated with white. Y. |. S. Native 
of St. Domingo. Jacq. amer. 242. t. 155. ed. pict. t. 233.— 
Plum. ed. Burm. pl. amer. 23.? Flowers with orange-colour 
etals. 
Pedate-leaved Anguria. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. cl. 
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