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CUCURBITALS. 94 cUCURBITS. 
1. M. Balsamina Linneus.—(Batsam Arpiz.) Fig. 142. 
Leaves 5-lobed, palmate, toothed, smooth, shining ; 
fruit oblong, acuminate, with rows of oblong 
tubercles separated by crowds of roundish — 
ones, 
Habitat. South of Europe. : 
Quality. Fruit a dangerous poison ‘when ripe. 
Uses, Where hydragogues are required. 
Cucursita. Linnceus. 
Tendrils lateral. Stamens triadelphous. Anthers 
connate. Calyx of the males campanulate. 
1. C. Pepo Linneus.—(The Common Gourp.) 
Stem prostrate ; leaves cordate, obtuse, 
somewhat 5-lobed, toothletted ; calyx 
~ With a neck below the limb ; fruit round- 
: 2 ish or oblong, smooth. 
IN -- Habitat. The Levant. ie 
Quality. Slightly laxative ; nutritious. 
Uses, An agreeable kitchen fruit; the 
young leaves and shoots the best of 
Spinach. The’ Vegetable Marrow is_ 
a variety of this. ie 
» 2. C. Melopepo Linneeus. — (The 
4 Squas# Gowrp.) 
iy > | Stem erect ; leaves cordate, obtuse, — 
if somewhat 5-lohed, toothletted ; 
calyx short, hemispherical, cam: 
panulate, with a very wide mouth; 
we fruit erect, depressed, circular, 
2“  erenated. ees 
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. SJ Quality and Uses. Asthe last. 9 
; 3. C. maxima De Candolle.—(The 
Spanisu Gourp.) 
Stem prostrate; leaves cordate, 
large, very rugose ; calyx with é 
a short neck below the limb; — 
fruit very large, rather rough. 
Habitat. Unknown. Common in gardens 
under the French name of Potiron. 
Quality and Uses. As in No. 1. Fruit sometimes 
weighs, even in England, 200 Ibs. ‘ 
4. C. aurantia Willdenow.—(The ORange 
Gourp. Fanse Corocyntu.) ‘af 
Stem prostrate, extremely scabrous ; leaves) 
somewhat cordate, 3-lobed, cuspidate, fin 
toothletted ; fruit globose, smooth, 
orange, with a bitter pulp. se 
Habitat. Unknown. 
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ie _Quality and Uses. Like those of Colocynth, but milder 
Fig. 142.—Fruit of Momordica Balsamina just before it splits, = 
