( 1914 ) 
Momorpica ELaTertuM. SQUIRTING . 
CucUMBER. | 
Feu. Cal. & fidus. —o S-partta. Silo 3a Peps 
elastice dissiliens, 
5 oe Se es 
Specific, Character and Synonyms. 
Pies. . ane 
Momorpica Elaterium ; pomis ‘ellipticis hispidis, foliis cor- 
datis hispidis obtusis dentatis, cirrhis nullis, Willd. Sp. 
Pl. A. p. 605. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 342. Persoon 
Syn. 2. p. 593. 
Momorpica Elaterium ; pomis hispidis, cirthis nullis. Sp. 
Pl. 1434. Reich. 4. p.202. Woodv. Med. Bot. 121. t. 43. 
: Regn. Bot. Martyn Mill. Dict. n.8._ 
_ Cucumis agrestis. Blackw. t. 108. as 
Cucumis sylvestris. asininus dictus, Bauh. 1 
Hist.647. 
Cucumis sylvestris. Cam. Epit. 946. 
Cucumis asininus. Ger. Emac. 912. Park. Theatr 161, 
Ic. 162. 
The Squirtine Copoutien has acquired this name i tin 
the power it possesses, when the fruit is ripe, of ejecting its 
seeds, together with a quantity of juice, with considerable 
force, from a small orifice made by its _ separation: from the 
TG, cease os 
t is this si that alone can recommend this 
plant to a pees in Le arden, except for its medicinal virtues, 
see few 
