CUCURBITACEAE 1283 
OnpER CAMPANULALES — CAMPANULAL ORDER 
rbs, or rarely shrubs or trees. Leaves ko alternate: blades 
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simple, entire, or divided. Flow onoecious or dioecious, 
sometimes irregular Hypanthium- ell: dev eise d. alyx of several dis- 
tinet or partly united sepals. Corolla of several distinet or partly united 
petals. Androecium of 1-5 stamens. Anthers distinct or connate. 
Gynoecium of 1-several united carpels, the ovary wholly or partially in- 
ferior. Fruit capsular, baccate, or drupaceous. | 
nee variously disposed, but not in heads. 
wers monoecious or dioecious : plant usually tendril- 
bearing vines: LE wanting. 
Flowers perfect or mainly so: herbs or shrubs: endo- 
sperm present. 
Fam. 2. CAMPANULACEAE. 
Corolla irregular, split on one side: 
n EE S united around the style: stigma naked : 
Fam. 1. CAMPANUTACEAE, 
Fam. 3. LOBELIACEAE. 
nthers separate: stigma surrounded by a cup- 
ike indusium: suceulent shrubs. 
Flowers bolt on a flat or elongate receptacle. 
Famiiy 1. CUCURBITACEAE — GourD FAMILY 
Vines, usually tendril-bearing. Leaves alternate: blades palmately 
di 
or pedately veined, and commonly lobed. Flowers monoecious or dioe- 
cious. Calyx or 5, or rarely 6, distinet or partly united sepals. 
Fam. 4. BRUNNONIACEAE. 
Fam. 5. CALYCERACEAE. 
adherent to the calyx. Androecium of 3 stamens (2 anthers 2-celled and 
1 anther l-eelled), or rarely of 1, 2, 4, or 5 stamens. Filaments some- 
times united. Anthers straight or ' bent. Gynoecium 1-several-earpellary. 
Styles united. Fruit a fleshy or partly dry berry (pepo) —About 90 
genera and 700 species, mostly tropieal. 
Stamens distinct or with the fila pd partly united. 
Anther-saes straight or merely curved. 
Anther-saes S-shaped or AA sh aped, 
Stamens united into a colu 
Tribe I. MELOTHRIEAE. 
Tribe II. CUCURBITEAE. 
Tribe III. SICYOIDEAE. 
I. MELOTHRIEAE 
Slender trailing or climbing, mostly monoecious vines. 
II. CUCURBITEAE 
1. MELOTHRIA. 
irs horizontal, numerous. 
rolla rotate. 
uc thers distin . 
lyx with 2 or 3 scales at the bottom within. 2. MOMORDICA. 
Calyx without buoni Scales within 
Staminate flowers racemose: frui t dry . 3. LUFFA. 
Staminate flowers solitary or in n fruit 
fleshy. 
Anther-saes not surpassed by the connective: 
tendrils branched. 4. CITRULLUS. 
Anther-saes PLE by the connective: teri- 
5. Cucumis. 
drils simple 
; 6. oe 
T. 
Ovules erect or E 1—4 in each cavity. 8. du 
III. SICYOIDEAE 
Corolla campanulate: fruit smooth. 
Corolla rotate: fruit bristly or echinate. 
Pistillate flowers mostly solitary: ovary 2- or 3- celled, with 
ules: fruit bladdery, few seeded, opening at th 
9. COCCINEA, 
apex. : 10. MICRAMPELIS. 
Pistillate flowers clustered : ovary 1-celled, with one ovule: 
fruit succulent, indehiscent. 11. Sicyos. 
