718 MONOECIA SYNGENESIA, Cucurbita. 
only eight angles, about an inch and a half long, and half an 
inch in diameter ; internal structure as in the last described 
three species, . 
CUCURBITA. Schreb. gen. N. 1478. 
Male calyx five-toothed. Corol five-cleft. Filaments 
three. Female calyx and corol as in the male. Seeds with 
a tumid margin, © 
1. C, lagenaria, Willd. iv. 606. 
Leaves somewhat angular, tomentose, bi-glandular at the 
base underneath, Fruit with a woody cortex. =~ 
Bela-schora. Rheed. Mal. viii. t. 1. 
Cucurbita Lagenaria. Rumph. Amb. vet, 144: bad. 
Beng. Kudoo, Laoo. , | 
Sans. Ulava. fe SSeS SN; PSRISIET STIS 
A wild bitter variety is called Tita Laoo, yi ‘hie Bongleds | 
and Hindoos; and Kutoo toombee in Sanscrit. 
The shape of the fruit varies much, from that of a flask to 
round, and cylindric. 
2. C. Pepo, Willd. iv. 609. 
Leaves angular, toothed, very downy. Fiuit subscylea 
dric, both ends obtuse, surface very even. 
- Cumbulam, Rheed. Mal. viii. t. 3. 
_ Sans, Kurkaroo, 
- Beng. Koomra, - 
Teling. Boorda-goomoodoo. 
This plant I have only found in a cultivated state. 
Root annual, Stem and branches numerous, &c. as in C. 
Melo-pepo but exceedingly hairy. Tendrils lateral, gene- 
rally three-cleft. The first or lower leaves angular, the 
exterior from five to nine-angled, all toothed, remark-— 
ably soft and downy, from four to six inches log, and about 
the same breadth. | ' Petioles round, tapering, hairy. Sti- 
