antlier on the top of earji filament a litie creeping twice do'RTiwarc^s z'^i snc? up 

 wards, farinii'eroiis. Females on the satrie pidui : calyx as in the male, placed 

 on the germ bv a jie'lice!, deciduous; corolla as in tlie male, but the lioilovis cr 

 pits Ijigqer ; the pistil has an ovate gcrui, tonicntosc, five-;^rooved, itiien'or ; 

 style cylindrical, erect, .(K>c-half the length of the calyx; sli^mavoty large, 

 peltate-rcflexed, v/ith the margin l5v^ cleft ; the pericarp verj? large, ovate-tar- 

 binate, five-grooved, fleshy, unequaJly gibbous at the top, luuricated >vith liarnj* 

 less priekies, one-celled above; seed one, sciborato, plaao couipressetl^ileshy 

 bilamellate, blunt at each end. There is only cue species. 



EPyr.E. EATABLE. 



FoUis tnrdoJ-o angulufisj rasemis minori'ms ad alas. Browne, p. 355.' 



, This genus is-evidentiy monoecia j)entandria. It has the habit of the Cucumber aixl 

 imelon tribe, and climbs like them by tendrils ; leaves cordcite-anguiar, rugged on rfie 

 TJpper surface, with the angles toothed and acute, alternate on a smootii petiole ; 

 flowers small and scentless, pale yellowish ; .th^ males are many flowered peduncles j 

 the females one or two only 'in a peduncle from the same axil; the imit green .anil 

 shining on the outside ; whitish and fleshy within, differing in size, and singular in 

 structure ; the seed is green and naked, and, ia large fruits, an inch long, it is placed 

 Jtear the apex of the fruit, ansl when ripe, protrudes itself and many fibres from the 

 fruit, which drop into the eaitb; between -the lamelhB it puts forth a leafy stem, -and 

 then the fruit gradually putrefies.- Tfie moisture of this fruit itiself is sufficient to ve- 

 getate the seed and to afford it out ciraeUL, but the growth is quicker if the whole be 

 -covered with earth, . This fruit- is an agreeable and wholesom^i vegetable, but being, 

 rather of a watery insipkl taste, is mucu improved by Jpne Juice, by salt, or spicv in- 

 gredients. Riixed with lime juice and sugar it is a gooil succeimeum for apple sauce,- 

 The vine beaa'siVuit all the j'ear -long, an , makes very good arbours, a* they ruu and 

 spread much. - The root of the old vine is sometuing like a yam, and on be^ng boileds- 

 or roasted, is farinaceous and wholesouie. -Tlie seeds, or iicarts, are very good if takejj 

 tiut idter the fruit is boiled and fried with butter. The fruit is also much coveted J^ 

 .liogs, and greatly helps to fatten them. 



CHOCOLATE-TRFX TirEOB'ROMA. 



Ca.. 18, OR. 1 PolTjadelphia deeandncr. Nat. OR. Columnifertf. 



"This generic name is derived from a Greek word, signifying the food of the goHs: 

 '<5en. Char. The calyx is a five-leaved perianth, leaflets lanceolate, acute, S])read- 

 ing, deciduous; the corolla has fire petals, smaller than the calj'x, claws wide^ 

 arched, coeca^'e like a helmet, emarginate at tne top, scored intemally with a - 

 thick triple line, inserted into the nectary at the base ; borders roundish) 

 acuminate, -spreading, each narrowed at the base into a small claw, which 

 i-s f'Jin uprigut recurved, and fastened into the claw. The nectary is .a- 

 . short little pitcher, putting forth five little horns, which are awl-shaped, lono-, 

 erect, acuminate, bent in and converging, decurrent along the pitcher. The- 

 stamens are five filaments, filiform, erect, bent outwards at top, -lying v. ithin the - 

 elaws of the petals, growing externally to the nectaiy, alternate with and shorter 

 ^an the horas \ anthers on each filament two, one on eacksideat the tip, -rertsi-*.., 



