130 ORDER 58 CUCUKBITACE^E. 



tinct, minute. Style very short Stig. 2, large. Fruit roundish, inflated. 

 echinate, 4-seeded. (T) Climbing, with branched tendrils. 

 E. lobata T. & G. Alluvion, Can. to Penn. and W. Smoothish. Lvs. thin, palmately 

 5-lobed. Fls. small, white, the barren in large racemes, fertile few below. Jl. Sep. 



2. LAGENARIA, S.er. GOURD. Fls. 8. Calyx campan., 5-toothed. 

 Pet. 5, obovate. $ Sta. 5, triadelphous. $ Stig. 3, thick, 2-lobed, subscs- 

 sile. Pepo ligneous, 1-celled. Seeds arilled, obcordate, compressed, mar- 

 gin tumid. Mostly climbing by tendrils. 



I,. VULGARE. Stem soft-pubescent ; tendrils branched ; Ivs. roundish, cordate, 2 gkxnds 

 beneath at base ; fls. solitary, peduncled, white ; pepo bottle-shaped. Gardens. 



3. BRYONIA, L. BRYONY. Fls. 8 or $ ?. Cal. 5-toothed, teeth 

 short Cor. 5-cleft or -parted. $ Stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuoua 

 anthers. ? Sty. trind. Berry small, globular. ^ Fls. greenish-wh. June. 



B. Boykinii T. & G. Scabrous pubescent; Ivs. deeply 3-5-lobed, cordate; flowers 

 small, axillary, mixed, on short pedicels ; berries 3-seeded, bright red. Ga. to La. lOf. 



4. SICYOS, L. SINGLE-SEED CUCUMBER. Fls. $. Cal. 5-toothed. 

 Pet. 5, united at base. Anthers cohering, contorted. Styles 3, united at 

 base. Fruit ovate, membranous, hispid or echinate, with one large, com- 

 pressed seed. ^ With compound tendrils. Flowers axillary, mixed. 



S. aiiguliltns L. Hairy, branched; Ivs. roundish, 5-angled or lobed, lobes pointed ; 

 fls. wh. with gr. veins, the s in long rac., the 9 smaller, capitate. Thickets. Jl. Sep. 



5. MELOTHRIA, L. Fls. ? $ $ or 8 . Calyx bell-form, limb in 5 

 subulate segments. Pet. 5, united into a bell-form corolla. Sta. 5, triadel- 

 phous. Style 1, stig. 3. Berry ovoid, small, co-seeded. ^ Tendrils simple. 



M. pendula L. Lvs. roundish, small, 5-lobed or angled, pointed ; fls. axillary, $ in 

 small rac., $ solitary, on long peduncles. N. Y. to Ga. Delicate. Fls. yellowish. Jl. 



6. CUCURBITA, L. SQUASH. Fls. 8 . Cal. 5-toothecl, limb decidu- 

 ous after flowering hi ? . Cor. bell-shaped, cohering with the calyx. 

 Stam. 5, anth. connate, straight Stig. 3. Pepo fleshy. Seeds thick at 

 margin, smooth. ^ Flowers yellow. 



1 C. PEPO. Pumpkin. Rough-hispid ; Ivs. very large, cordate, 5-lobed or angled ; fls. 



large, long-stalked ; fr. very large, roanded, smooth, torulou*, finally yellow. 



2 C. MELOPEPO. flat Squash. Hairy ; Ivs. cordate, 5-lobed ; fr. depressed-orbicular, 



margin torulous, smooth or warty, whitish, (i) Hybridizes with No. 1. 



3 C. VEBRUCOSA. Crookneck S. Hairy ; Ivs. cordate, deeply 5-lobed ; fr. oblong or cla- 



vate, often elongated and curved at base. (T) The varieties are numerous. 

 /3. MEDULLOSA. Vegetable Marrow. Lvs. triangular in outline, deeply 3-lobed ; fr, 

 oblong or club-form, dark-green and wh., 1020' long. Highly prized in England. 



4 C. maxima. Mammoth, S. Winters. Rough-hairy ; Ivs. round-reniform. obtusely 



5-lobed; fruit 10' 3f! diam., with a lobed, yellowish-white surface and dense pulp. 



7. CITRULLUS, Neck. WATERMELON. CITRON. Cal. deeply 5-cleft, 

 segm. linear-lanceolate. Pet. 5, united at base. Sta. triadelphous. Style 

 trifid. Stig. reniform-cordate. Fr. rounded or oblong, the succulent pla- 

 centae filling the cell. Seeds colored, truncate at base. ^ 



