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from the last, Pallas, in his journey through ihe Crimea, 

 remarks, that at Sarepta on the Volga tlie inhabitants brew 

 a kind of beer, with the addition of hops, und obtain a 

 marmalade as a substitute for treacle. 



778. SYCIOS. Z. (Single-seeded Cucumber.) 

 Masc. Calix 5 -toothed. Corolla 5-parted. 

 Filaments 3. Fem. Style trifid. Pepo 1 -seeded. 



Scandent; peduncle short and many-flowered; fruit ca- 

 pitate, echinate. 



Sfecies. 1. S. nngulafa. — Of this genus there appears 

 TO be 3 other species indigenous to the warmer parts of 

 America- 



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