^3J' HORTL'b JATVIAICENy-IS,: ewri& 



cind in somo streets. It is a strong rank weed, of a very cold and moist quality, even; 

 tc jfOisor;, Ub :;otne affirm. Matlhiolus saitli, it works upwards anii cif v.iiward.s : Biit 

 Lyeus Neapolitaiius gave it against the btrijngur}-, and iufianiaKUion of canciiarides. 

 lii^ better ouiwurdly tiiau inwardly.; for it niakei. a "ood ])oultice or cataplasm, witii. 

 hogs fat, agiiiiisl .Mveilings and intiauiniations. Barham, p.<ol. ^ 



See CAi.ALUJi. pricUy. 

 Goose-Grass See Cross-Wout. 



GOURD. . , CUCUR^ITA. 



Cl, 25> OR. 1. Monoccia si/ngtmcsia. Nat. or. Cucurlllacccr. 



Gun. CIIAP^.^-Iilalc fiower. Calyx a one- leafed perianth, bell-shaped, the mar<jf?>. 

 terminated by' five subulate teeih ; corolla detpij- tlve-parted, growing to th'ji 

 calvx, bcll-yliaped ; divisiont, heart-shaped, veiny, laigose ; the nectary a gland 

 in the centre oftlie tlower, concave, triangular ; ttie stamens three fdatiients, con- 

 verging, connected above, di-^tinct below, growing ta the calyx; anthers creeping 

 upwards and c!o>vnwards, linear. Foiialtjiowcr. Calyx a perianth as in the male, 

 superior, deciduous; corolla the same; nectariferous glandule raiicave, spread- 

 ing; stamens margin surroiuiding, ending in three very short cUbJ)s ; pistil has a 

 large inferior germ ; stvie conic, three or five cleli at the tiji ; stigma smijile, with 

 a thick convex margin, creejimg upwards and downwards, three-cleft; the peri- 

 carp a three to tive-celled pome, cells membranaceous, soft, distinct ; seeds very 

 niojiy, iiompressed, swollen on.the margm, obtuse, placed in double or<i^. _ 



L.\GENARIA. BOTTLE. 



Cucuibita tertia sen lagenaria, flore alba, folio ynolli. Sloanc, v. 1, 

 p. 225. Viliosa, fructti pi/rifornn mhiori, foiiis subangiitaris bail 

 biglaiidiiUs Browne, p. ^54. 



Leaves somewhat angular, .tomentose, biglandular at the base underneath ; 



fruits woody. j 



The plants of this genus are very nearly allied to those oi ^cucumis, and are distini^ 

 guishedfrom.it chiefly by the swelling rim of the seed. The stems of this species are 

 .thick, long, climbing, with .tendrils, branched, extending a great length, covered 

 with a fine soft hairy down. The leaves cordate, roundish, repand, tooth-letted, pe- 

 tioled, alternate, biglandular underneath, soft, large. A leaf, tendril, and flower^ 

 come out at each joint, the joints six or eight inches distant. Flowers large, white^ 

 on long peduncles, solitary, lateral ; corolla spreading, wrinkled, with acuminate di- 

 visions. Fruit of various shapes and sizes in tlie vaneties, some being near six feet 

 long, and two feet thick, having a ligneous shell, when ripe of a pale }'ellow colour. 

 Seeds quadrangular, oblong, cut oft' and emarginate at top, three-cornered and beaked 

 at bottom, edge keeled wiiii a double raised line, smoothish, of a pale colour. This 

 plant IS found euher cultivated or wild in most parts of Jamaica, where the shells of tJie 

 fr'Mt arc generally used for water cups, bottles, &c. Browne says the decoction of thfe 

 leaves is recommended much iii purging clysters, and the pulp oi tljc &uit often eia- 



ployed 



