CUCURBITACEZ. XXI. Ancurta. 
5 A. rosea (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 122.) 
branches glabrous; leaves truncately cordate at the base, quite 
entire, 3-lobed at the apex, glabrous, membranous; tendrils 
undivided, glabrous; male flowers disposed in racemes ; calyx 
cylindrically campanulate, ventricose at the base, with a 5-parted 
rose-coloured limb, having the segments roundish and longer 
than the tube ; stamens 2, sessile. Y. J. S. Native of New 
Granada, in temperate places near Turbaco, at the height of 6000 
feet. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Rose-coloured-flowered Anguria. PI. cl. 
6 A. umprosa (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 121.) leaves pedately 
5-parted, sinuately cordate ; lobes quite entire, ovate-lanceolate, 
outer ones much the shortest and divaricate ; flowers panicled ; 
peduncles very long; calyx roughish, having the tube ventricose 
at the base, of a vermilion colour; stamens 2, free; anthers 
linear ; female flowers unknown. XY. U.S. Native of the 
temperate provinces of New Andalusia, near Bordones and Cu- 
manacoa. 
Shaded Anguria. FI. June, July. Clt. 1827. Pl. cl. 
7 A. TRIFOLIATA (Lin. spec. 1576.) stems thickish, terete, 
rugged; tendrils simple; leaves palmately ternate ; leaflets en- 
tire: lateral ones unequal-sided ; male flowers in racemes pur- 
ple; tube of calyx long and ventricose ; peduncles short ; fruit 
irregularly ovate-oblong, bluntly mucronate, 4-celled, green, 
lined with white ; flesh of fruit red, and sweet. Y.. S. Na- 
tive of St. Domingo.—Plum. pl. amer. t. 99. 
Trifoliate Anguria. F]. June, July. Pl. cl. 
Cult. The species of this genus delight in a light rich soil, 
and may be propagated either from seeds or cuttings. 
; + Genera allied to Cucurbitacea, but are not sufficiently 
nown. 
XXII. ZU'CCA (meaning unknown). Comm. in Poir. suppl. 
5. p. 526. Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 319. 
Lin. syst. unknown. Flowers solitary, axillary. Bractea 
large, concave, involving a large, coloured, 5-sepalled calyx, and 
girded by 5 scales at the base. Stamens 5.—A doubtful genus, 
said to be related to the order Passifloree ; but according to St. 
Hilaire (mem. mus. 9. p. 190.)it belongs to Cucurbitacee, from 
the lateral situation of the tendrils. 
1 Z. Commersonta'na (Ser. in D.C. prod. 3. p. 319.) Native 
country unknown. 
Commerson’s Zucca. PI. cl. 
Cult. See Angiria for culture and propagation. 
XXIII. ALLA‘SIA (adXazg, allas, a sausage ; from the colour 
and form of the fruit resembling a sausage). Lour. coch. p. 85, 
D. C. prod. 3. p. 319. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogýnia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Calyx gamosepalous, girded by a short involucrum ; segments 5, 
acutish, hairy. Corolla 4-petalled ; petals roundish, very hairy, 
small. . Stamens 4 or perhaps 8 joined by twos; anthers 2- 
lobed? Style subulate ; stigma acute. Berry fleshy, large, 
oblong, obtuse, pendulous, l-celled. Seeds imbedded in the 
pulp, ovate, compressed, tumid. 
1 A. Pa‘yos (Lour. l. c.) a tree, with spreading unarmed 
branches ; opposite digitate leaves; the lobes 5, oval, quite en- 
tire and pilose ; flowers nearly terminal, pale ; peduncles many- 
owered. h.S. Native of the eastern coast of Africa, on the 
shores of Mozambique. Jaracatia Brasiliàna, Pison, bras. p. 
160. ex Lour. l. c. Flowers pale. Fruit brownish-red. 
Payos Allasia. Tree. i 
Cult. A light rich soil will suit this tree, and cuttings will 
Strike root in the same kind of soil under a hand-glass in heat. 
XXII. Zucca. 
XXIII. Arrasa, &. PAPAYACER. 43 
XXIV. GRONO'VIA (so named by Houston, in honour of 
John Frederick Gronovius, M.D. a learned botanist of Leyden). 
Lin. gen. no. 391. Juss. gen. p. 394. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 2. p. 119. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogiynia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, 5-parted, coloured. Scales 5, linear, 
petal-formed, pellucid, alternating with the calycine segments. 
Stamens 5, free, alternating with the scales. Ovarium inferior. 
Style 1, crowned by a subcapitate stigma. Berry dry, nearly 
globose, 1-seeded, crowned by the dry permanent calyx.— 
Climbing herbs, adhering by tendrils, with leaves like those of 
Bryonia. Peduncles opposite, rather umbellate. Flowers dis- 
posed in unilateral spikes, cymose, sessile, bracteate. 
1 G. sca’npEns (Lin. spec. 292.) ©. U.S. Native of Vera 
Cruz. Jacq. coll. 3. p. 197. icon. rar. t. 338. Lam. ill. t. 144. 
f. 2. G. Humboldtiana, Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 492. 
Fruit ribbed, while young. Flowers greenish-yellow. Leaves 
5-lobed. The hairs on the leaves sting like those of a nettle. 
Climbing Gronovia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. Pl. cl. 
Cult. Being a tender annual plant, the seeds of it require to 
be sown on a hot-bed ; and after the plants have grown a suffi- 
cient size in the seed-pot, they should be potted off singly into 
other pots, and after a time placed in the stove, and trained upon 
sticks. 
XXV. KO’LBIA (this genus is dedicated to Peter Kolbe or 
Kolben, a German traveller, who published a description of the 
Cape of Good Hope). Beauv. fl. d’ow. 2. p. 91. t. 120. D. C. 
prod. 3. p. 320. 
Lin. syst. Dice‘cta, Monadélphia. Flowers dioecious. Male 
flowers with a gamosepalous calyx, composed of 5 joined sepals, 
having a crenulated margin; the corolla is gamopetalous, and 
5-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, with glandular edges. Nectarium? 
5-leaved, having lanceolate lobes, which taper to the base, with 
their edges plumosely ciliated. Stamens 5, monadelphous ; 
filaments short; anthers long, conniving. Pistillum unknown. 
1 K. e’teGans (Beauv. l. c.) stem sarmentose, bearing ten- 
drils; leaves glabrous, petiolate, cordate ; peduncles 4-flowered. 
Y. 5S. Native of the western coast of Africa, in the king- 
dom of Benin. Flowers red. Nectarium blue. 
Elegant Kolbia. Pl. cl. 
Cult. A light rich soil will suit this elegant plant, and cut- 
tings will root in the same kind of mould under a hand-glass in 
heat, 
Orper CIV. PAPAYA'CEÆ (this order contains only the 
Papaw trees). Martius, 1829.—Papàyæ, Agardh. 1824.— 
Caríceæ, Turp. in atl. du dict. des sc. nat. 
Flowers unisexual. Calyx inferior, minute, 5-toothed. Co- 
rolla monopetalous ; in the male tubular, with 5 lobes and 10 
stamens, all arising from the same line, and of which those that 
are opposite the lobes are sessile, the others on short filaments ; 
anthers adnate, 2-celled, bursting longitudinally ; in the female 
divided nearly to the base into 5 segments. Ovarium superior, 
1-celled, with 5 parietal polyspermous placentas. Stigma ses- 
sile, 5-lobed, lacerated. Fruit succulent, indehiscent, 1-celled, 
with 5 polyspermous parietal placentas. Seeds enveloped in a 
loose mucous coat, with a brittle pitted testa. Embryo in the 
axis of the fleshy albumen, with flat cotyledons, and a terete 
radicle, turned towards the hilum.—Trees, without branches, 
yielding an acrid milky juice. Leaves alternate, palmately 
lobed, standing on long terete petioles. 
It was the opinion of Jussieu that the genus upon which this 
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