CUCURBITACEiE. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 51. 



FEUILLEA. 



Flowers dioecious. $ . Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle. 

 Petals 5, somewhat united at base. Stamens 5, or 10, half being 

 sterile ; anthers 2-celled, double. ?. Calyx with a 5-cleft limb. 

 Petals 5, distinct, oblong. Sterile stamens 5, occasionally alter- 

 nate with the petals. Styles 3, with broad bluntly bifid stigmas. 

 Fruit globose, fleshy, with a circular scar round the middle, and 

 5 other scars ; 3-celled, with a solid rind, and a central fleshy 

 3-cornered axis. Ovules numerous, standing erect upon the axis. 



— Tropical American herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate, 

 stalked, cordate, smooth. Flowers small. Seeds oily, bitter. 



167. F. trilobata Linn. sp. pi. ed. 1. 101 4. DC.prodr. iii. 298. 



— F. scandens /3 Linn. sp. pi. ed. ii. 1457. F. hederacea Poir. 

 diet. iv. 419. Ghandirhoba or Nhandirhoba Marcgr. Bras. 46. ic. 

 inf. — Brazil. 



Leaves somewhat glandular on both sides, 3-parted or 3-fid, the 

 lobes of the lower ones obtuse, of the upper acute. — The bitter seeds 

 of this and the following are asserted by Drapiez to be a powerful 

 antidote against vegetable poisons. Ed. P. J. iv. 221. They purge and 

 vomit with rapidity. 



168. F. cordifolia Poir. cfotf. iv. 418. DC. prodr. iii. 298. 



— F. hederacea Turp in diet. sc. nat. ic. F. scandens Linn, sp.pl. 

 1457 West India islands. 



Leaves without glands, cordate, acuminate, undivided or somewhat 

 3-lobed, rather serrated. 



LAGENAKIA. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, with subulate or 

 broadish segments shorter than the tube. Corolla white ; petals 

 obovate, spreading below the edge of the calyx* $ . Stamens 

 5, triadelphous, the 5th distinct. ? . Stigmas 3, subsessile, 

 thick, 2-lobed, granulated. Fruit 3-5 ? celled. Seeds obovate, 

 compressed, tumid at the margin, 2-lobed at the apex. 



169. L. vulgaris Seringe in DC. prodr. iii. 299 Cucurbita 



lagenaria Linn. sp. pi. 1434. Belaschora Rheede. viii. t. 1 



East Indies. (Bottle gourd.) 



The whole plant with a musky scent, and soft with down. Stem 

 climbing; tendrils 3-4 cleft. Leaves cordate, entire, downy, somewhat 

 glaucous, with 2 glands at the base. Flowers stellated, very spreading, 

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