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Male flowers (partly) in racemes. Fruit opening by 



a stopple ^ . , ^. ... 7. Luffa.. 



: Flowers all solita'ry. Fruit very fleshy, indehiscent . 8. Bjsnincasa. 



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^^;%.I ;' ^ Male flowers (partly) racemed. Tendrils simple . . 9. Momordica. 

 ;.;'. Male flowers clustered or solitary. Tendrils simple . 10. Cucumis. j 

 ;;;;'; Flowers all solitary. Tendrils 2-3-fid .... . 11. CrrBULLxrs. - 



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-':i;Y{^.Tendrils simple. Flowers white ... . . . . .12. Cephalandra. ' ; ;; 



.,. Tendrils divided. Flowers yellow 13. Cucurbita. . '/V 



^'l Anther-cells straight (or in HryomSb somewhat curved). 

 0;^^ . . * Flowers not lai^ge^ yellow^ mate racemes or pedicels not stout, 



t -Sfcf/e and female pedicels l-Jloivered, clustered, 



1: " Tendrils 2.fid .,..;.'.'..;...'. 14. Bryonia. 

 .,' Tendrils simple . . '. . . . . . '. . . . . 15. Mukia. 



;' ■ :V tt Male Jlo%vers corymbose or subumbeUate or i'acemed, 



4'. ■ Fruit shortly peduncled. Connectire not produced . 16. Zbhneria. 

 y , Fruit on a capillary peduncle. Connective produced . 17. Melothria. 



. Fruit sessile, beaked . . [^ 18. Eutnchocarpa. 



v; Fruit circumsciss near the tiase 19. Corallocarpus. 



L Fruit subsessile, indehiscent, without a beak ... 20. Ckbasiocarpum. 

 :.- Ciliate bracts resembling stipules at base of the 

 j; petioles , 21. Ctenolkpis. 



; ■ • Flowers large deep yelloxVy male raceme stout, 



H--:-' Calyx- tube short. Seeds very many . . *. . . . 23. Thladiantha. 

 -;V- Calyx-tube elongate. Seeds 3-9 . . . ^ . . '. 24. Edgaria. 



VK ARiBE 11. Ortbospermeee. Ovules and seeds erect. 



g;'; Seeds 3, each with two empty cells . \\ . ... 22. Dic^lospbrmuic. 



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 ^ panicles or many-flowered racemes. Stamens 5, free, each with a single 

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-^ -Fniit small circumsciss. Leaves serrate . . • • *^- Actinostemma. 

 ' y Fruit \on^ clavate. Leaves subentire . . . . . 28. Zanonia. 



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^- Leaves pedatelv divided into 3-5 leaflets. 



Fruit trigonous obovoid. Leaflets serrate. Tendrils . . 

 X- bifid . ., i V . ... • . . . . ■ • • 25. GoMPHooTNK. 

 Fruit pea-like. Leaflets serrate. . Tendrils simple . 27. Gynostkmma. 

 ■Pruit eldngate'clavate. ' Leaflets^ entire ' . '. . . • 29. Alsomitea. 



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