ORDER 58. CUCURBITACEJ3. 129 



3 parietal placenta?. Styles 3, distinct. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seedc 

 albuminous, strophiolate. 



TURNERA, L. Calyx campanulate. Styles 3. Stigmas 2-5- oo- 

 parted or fringed. Caps, of 3 valves separating to the base. Herbs pubes- 

 cent or tonientous. Flowers on jointed pedicels, ye-llow. (Piriqueta, Aub.) 



1 T. cistoides L. Hairy, erect ; Ivs. lanceolate, obtuse, denticulate ; the upper bract- 



like, shorter than the peduncles ; pet. obovate, cor. V. Dry. S. If. June, July. 



2 T. tomentosa. Tomcntous ; Ivs. oblong (10, longer than the peduncles. Fla. If. 



3 T. glafora (Chapm.) Smooth, branched ; ped. 23 times longer than lin. Ivs. Fla. 



ORDER LVII. PASSIFLORACE^. PASSIONWORTS. 



Plants often woody, climbing by tendrils, with alternate leaves and leafy 

 stipules. Flowers perfect, 5-parted. Calyx tubular, the throat crowned 

 with several rows of sterile filaments, and the corolla above them. Sta- 

 mens 5, monadelphous, sheathing the stipe of the ovaiy. FT. fleshy, oo- 

 seeded. Figs. Ill, 112, 348. 



PASSIFLORA, L. PASSION-FLOWER (i. e., emblematic of our Saviour's 

 passion). Cal. colored, deeply 5-parted, the throat with a complex fila- 

 mentous crown. Ov. raised on a stipe. Stig. 3, with 5 large anthers. Fr. 

 a pulpy berry. *> ^ Fls. large, wonderful and beautiful. May July. 



1 P. liitea L. Lvs. glabrous, cordate, 3-lobed, obtuse ; petioles glandless ; ped. mostly 



in pairs ; pet. gr.-yel., narrower and much longer than sep. y. Woods, O., and S. lOf. 



2 P. incarnata L. Lvs. deeply 3-lobed, serrate ; petioles with 2 glands above ; in- 



volucre 3-leaved ; crown triple, roseate, it Dry fields, Va. to Fla. 20 30f. Pet. wh. 



3 P. C(EBULBA. Shrubby ; Ivs. palmately 5-parted, entire ; invol. 3-bracted ; petioles 



glandular; pet. longer than the crown, blue, purple, and white. Brazil. Not hardy 



ORDER LVIII. CUCURBITACE^. CUCURBITS. 



Herbs succulent, creeping or climbing by tendrils, with alternate leaves. 

 flowers monoecious or polygamous, never blue. Calyx 5-toothed, adherent. 

 Petals 5, often united, inserted on the calyx. Stamens 5, generally cohering 

 in 3 sets. Anthers united, contorted. Ovary 1-celled, with 3 parietal pla- 

 centae often filling the cells. Fruit a pepo or membranous. Seeds flat, with 

 no albumen, often arilled. Figs. 186, 476, 482. 



Corolla white, a 6-cleft. Stigmas 2. Fruit echinate ECHINOCTSTIS. 1 



a 5-petalled. Pepo smooth, many-seeded LAGKNARIA. 2 



a5-parted. Berry smooth, few-seeded.' BRYONIA. 3 



a 5-lobed. Fruit prickly, 1-seeded SICYOS. 4 



8 Corolla yellow, b 5-lobed. Berry small, smooth, QO-seeded MELOTHRIA. 5 



b 5-lobed. Pepo large. Seeds thick at edge CUCURBITA. 6 



b 5-cleft. Pepo large, e Seeds colored, thick-edged CITRULLUS. 7 



c Seeds white, acute-edged OUCUMIS. 8 



1. ECHINOCYSTIS, T. & G. Flowers 8 . Calyx of 6 filiform-subu- 

 late segments, shorter than the corolla. Petals 6, united at base into a ro- 

 tate-campanulate corolla. $ Sta. 3, diadelphous. 9 Abortive fil. 3, dis- 



