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campanulate, 5-lobed hardly half-way down ; stamens 3, inserted low in the calyx- 

 tube, anthers connate, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, cells conduplicate. Female: 

 calyx and corolla as in the male ; ovary oblong, style short, stigmas 3, bifid ; 

 ovules very many, horizontal; placentas 3. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, often 

 large. Seeds ovoid or oblong, compressed, margined or not. — Distrib. Species- 

 5, whereof 4 are cultivated, 1 is said to be wild in Africa. 



1. C znaxixna, Duchesne in Lamh. Diet. ii. 151 ; leaves with 5 shallow 

 lobes or subentire sinus between the lobes narrow, hairs of the petiole equal 

 not pungent, calyx-segments lanceolate-linear, fruiting peduncle stout corky 

 striated not grooved. DC. Jh-odr. iii. 316 ; Wall. Cat. 6720 ; Naud. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 4, vi. 17. 



Throughout India, cultivated. — Distbib. Cultivated in all warm and temperate 

 parts of the globe. 



Annual. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., hispidulous and also with much soft hair, denti- 

 culate ; petiole often nearly as long as the blade. Mole peduncle 4 in., female li in. 

 Corolla 3-4 in. — The Common Gotird. 



2. C. moscliata, Duchesne] DC. Prodr. iii. 317; hairs of the petiole 

 equal not pungent, calyx-segments spathulate or foliaceous, Naud. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 4, vi. 47 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Sac. 1877, pt. ii. 104. 0. maxima, 

 W. ^ A. Prodr. 351 ; Wight III. t, 105 ; Wight Ic. t. 507. 0. Melopepo, Roxb. 

 FL Ind. iii. 719; Wall. Cat. 6725. 0. Camolenga, Wall Cat. 67l8.—Iiheede 

 Mart. Mai. viii. t. 2. 



Throughout India, cultivated. — Distbib. Widely cultivated in tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions. — The Musk'Melon. ' 



8. C. Pepo, DC. Prodr. iii. 317; leaves 5-lobed sinus between the lobes. 

 broad, hairs on the petiole beneath rigid almost prickly, fruiting peduncle woody: 

 strongly grooved. Moxb. FL Ind. iii. 718 , W. ^ A. Prodr. 351 ; Nmd. m 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, vi, 29 ; Wall. Cat. 6722. 



Throughout IraiA, cultivated.— Distrib. Cultivated in all warm and temperate 

 parts of the globe. 



Annual. Leaves 4-6 in, diam., with much soft hair, hispidulous on the nerves 



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slightly lobed ; petiole often nearly as long as 

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Climbing herbs, scabrid or glabrous ; tendrils 2-fid in the Indian species. 



Jjeaves petioled, palmately 5-lobed or 3-5-angul 

 males and females nlnstftrfHl in ih(^ aama o^iio /in + 



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celled). Male: calyx-tube widely campanulate, &-tootnea; coruutt •t-m*-—-/ 

 stamens 3, inserted low down the calyx-tube, anthers free, two 2-celled one 

 1-celled; cells curved or somewhat sigmoid, never quite conduplicate, ^^J^T' 

 tive not produced ; rudiment of ovary 0. Female : calyx and corolla a** ^n tne 

 male ; ovary ovoid ; style slender, 3-fid at the top, no disc at the base 

 Indian species ; ovules many, horizontal, placenta 3. Sernj spherical, i°^^^.^^ 

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