C UC URBITA CEAE 1 9 1 



Cryptosepalum Benth. Leguminosae (n. 3). 8 trop. Afr. 



Cryptospora Kar. et Kir. Cruciferae (4) i W. As. 



Cryptostegia R. Br. Asclepiadaceae (i). 2 trop. Afr., Madag. 



Cryptostemma R. Br. (Arctotis p.p. EP.}. Comp. (10). 3 S. Afr. 



Cryptostephanus VVelw. Amaryllidaceae (i). 2 trop. Afr. 



Cryptostylis R. Br. Orchidaceae (n. 2). 7 Indomal. 



Cryptotaenia DC. Umbelliferae (in. 5). 3 Canada, Calabria, Came- 

 roons (an almost impossible distribution; cf. Willis in Ann. Bot. 

 1916-7). 



Cryptotaeniopsis Dunn (Carum p.p. in part). Umb. (in. 5). 10 China. 



Ctenanthe Eichl. Marantaceae. 10 trop. Am. 



Ctenium Panz. Gramineae (n). 7 Am., Afr., Masc. 



Ctenodon Baill. (Aeschynomene p.p. EP.}. Legum. (in. 7). i Brazil. 



Ctenolophon Oliv. Linaceae (formerly Olac.). 2 Malay Peninsula. 



Ctenophryniurn K. Schum. Marantaceae. i Madag. 



Ctenophyllum Rydb. (Phaca p.p.). Leguminosae (in. 6). i N. Am. 



Ctenopsis De Notar. (Festiica p.p. EP.). Gramin. (10). i trop. Afr. 



Cuba bark (W.I.), bast, Hibiscus elatus Sw. ; -liemp (Aust.), Furcrea. 



Cubanthus Millspaugh (Pedilantkus p.p.). Euphorb. (A. n. 8). 2 

 Cuba. 



Cubeba Raf. = Piper L. (Piper.). 



Cubebs, Piper Cubeba L. 



Cubilia Blume. Sapindaceae (inc. sed.). 2 Phil. Is., Celebes. 



Cuckoo flower, Cardainine, &c. ; -pint, Arum maculatum L. 



Cucutaalus (Tourn.) L. Caryophyllaceae (n. i). i, C. bacdfer L., 

 N. temp, (introd. in Brit.). Fr. a berry. 



Cucullaria Schreb. = Vochysia Juss. (Vochys.). 



Cucullate, hooded, cowled. 



Cucullus, Asclepiadaceae. 



Cucumber, Cuciimis sativus L.; calabash-, Lagenaria; squirting-, 

 Ecballium; -tree (Am.), Magnolia. 



Cucumeropsis Naud. Cucurbitaceae (2). 2 trop. W. Afr. 



Cucumis (Tourn.) L. Cucurb. (3). 3 trop., subtrop. C. Melo L. 

 (melon), C. sativus L. (cucumber) cult, from early times. Tendrils 

 simple, regarded as of 1. nature (see fam.), the stem portion sup- 

 pressed. 



Cucurbita (Tourn. ) L. Cucurbitaceae (3). 10 Am., but many so long cult, 

 that their origin is doubtful. F~or tendrils see fam. Fls. monoecious. 

 Germination interesting. On the lower side of the hypocotyl a peg 

 is formed which holds one side of the testa firmly while the expansion 

 of the plumule splits off the other side. The position of the peg is 

 determined by gravity. 



C. Pepo L. is the pumpkin, with its vars. the vegetable marrow and 

 squash; C. maxima Duchesne the giant pumpkin, cult, in N. Am 



Cucurbitaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Sympet. Cucurbitales ; Polypet. 

 Passiflorales BH.}. 90 gen., 750 sp., wanting in the colder regions, 

 most abundant in the trop., chiefly climbing ann. herbs with very 

 rapid growth and abundance of sap in their steins and other tissues. 

 L. alt. roundish, entire or lobed. They climb by tendrils, about 

 whose morphological nature there has been much discussion ; they 

 have been considered by various authors as "roots, stems, leaves, 



