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PLATE XXXL LETTER XXVIII. 



MONOECIA. 



Momordica Elaterium. Spirting Cucumber, 



a a The male or ftaminiferous flowers. 



b b The female or piftilliferous flowers, with 

 the laro-e germ below the receptacle. 



c The male flower, mowing the three fila- 

 ments, with double anthers on two 

 of them, and a Ample anther on the 

 third. 



d The germ, iurmounted with the ftyle, 

 divided into three parts, each part 

 fuftaining an oblong gibbous ftigma. 



e The divided part of the ftyle, with the 

 ftigmas. 



f Two different views of a fingle ftigma. 



