CUCURBITACEAE 1137 
long, usually puberulent : peduncle with a toothed scale at the end: hypanthium nearly 
glabrous, campanulate, 2-3 mm. long, sepals oblong, about 6 mm. long: petals golden- 
yellow, obovate, 1-1.5 cm. long, obtusish : berries elongated, 3-6 em. long, orange, fleshy : 
seeds ovoid or oval, 10-12 mm. long, flattened, the faces wrinkled. 
In sandy soil, Louisiana and Texas to Mexico. Also in the tropics and in subtropical countries. 
4. CITRULLUS Schrad. 
Annual or perennial odorous herbs, with prostrate stems and 2-3-branched rarely spine- 
like tendrils. Leaf-blades 3-5-lobed, the lobes toothed or again lobed. Flowers monoe- 
cious, solitary: staminate with 5 sepals, a large yellow corolla with 5 lobes, 3 stamens 
whose filaments are very short ; anthers cohering, their connectives not produced beyond 
the sacs : pistillate flowers with rudimentary stamens and a more or less elongated ovary : 
style short: stigmas reniform: ovules numerous, horizontal. Berry globose or oblong, 
many-seeded, very fleshy or rarely rather dry. Seeds flat, oblong or obovate. 
1. Citrullus Citrállus (L.) Small. Foliage pubescent with soft spreading hairs, 
bright green. Stems stout, trailing, 1-4 m. long, angled, zigzag: leaf-blades ovate in out- 
line, deeply 3-7-lobed, the lobes shallowly toothed or again lobed ; petioles about half as 
long as the blades: hypanthium campanulate-turbinate, 5 mm. long: sepals linear or 
nearly so, nearly as long as the tube, obtuse or acute: corolla rotate ; lobes ovate or obo- 
vate, pale-yellow, rugose, ciliate with glandular hairs, villous without, glandular within : 
berries globose or oblong-cylindric, 1-6 dm. long, smooth, edible: seeds flat, oblong or 
obovate, 1-2 cm. long, white or black. [C. vulgaris Schrad.] 
In waste places, North Carolina to Florida and Texas. WATERMELON, 
5. CUCUMIS L. 
Annual or perennial trailing or climbing herbs, with simple tendrils. Stems often 
clothed with rough pubescence. Leaf-blades entire or 3-7-lobed, long-petioled. Flowers 
monoecious : staminate clustered or rarely solitary ; hypanthium campanulate or turbinate ; 
corolla yellow, of 5 more or less united petals ; stamens 3 ; filaments short, distinct ; con- 
nective produced beyond the anther sacs. Pistillate flowers solitary : calyx and corolla like 
those of the sterile: staminodia wanting. Ovary 1-celled, with 3-5 placentae: stigmas 
obtuse. Ovules numerous, horizontal. Berry pulpy, with a soft rind, smooth or echinate. 
Seeds numerous, flattened. 
Corolla less than 2 cm. broad: fruit prickly. 1. C. Anguria. 
Corolla over 8 cm. broad: fruit not prickly. 2. C. Melo. 
1. Cucumis Angüria L. Stem slender, hispid, branched : leaf-blades mostly 5-8 cm. 
long, deeply 3-5-lobed, the lobes shallowly toothed : corolla 1-1.5 em. broad : fruit oval to 
oblong, 3-6 em. long. 
In thickets and waste places, Florida and Texas to tropical America. BUR GHERKIN. WEST 
INDIAN GHERKIN. GOOSEBERRY GOURD. 
2. Cucumis Melo L. Stem stout, somewhat hispid : leaf-blades larger than those of 
C. Anguria, merely toothed or NT lobed : corolla 3-5 cm. broad: fruit of various 
shapes, depressed or elongated, not prickly. 
In waste places and fields, more or less established in the Gulf States, and cultivated. Native of 
Asia. MELON. CANTALOUPE. MUSKMELON. 
6. LAGENARIA Ser. 
Annual, musk-scented herbs, with clammy pubescent foliage. Stems climbing by 
means of 2-branched tendrils. Leaf-blades toothed or 3-5-lobed, petioled : petioles with 
2 glands at the top. Flowers monoecious, or rarely dioecious, solitary : staminate long- 
pedicelled : hypanthium campanulate or funnelform ; sepals 5, spreading ; corolla white, 
of 5 petals; stamens borne on the hypanthium; filaments distinct; anthers lightly 
cohering in a head. Pistillate flowers short-pedicelled : calyx and corolla like those of the 
sterile flowers. Ovary variable in shape, 1-celled, with 5 placentae: style short : stigmas 
3, 2-lobed. Ovules numerous, horizontal. Fruit very variable in shape, with a woody 
rind and fleshy pulp. Seeds numerous, flattened. 
1. Lagenaria Lagenaria (L.) Cockerell. A diffusely climbing vine, with finely 
clammy pubescent and musk-scented foliage. Leaf-blades ovate to triangular or orbicular- 
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