718 MONOECIA SYNGENESIA. CuCWhUa, 



only eight angles, about an inch and a half long, and half an 

 inch in diameter ; internal structure as in the last described 

 three species. 



CUCURBITA. Schreh. gen. N. 1478. 



Male calyx five-toothed. Corol five-cleft. Filaments 

 three. Female calyx and corol as in the male. Seeds with 

 a tumid margin. 



1. C. lagenaria. Willd. iv. 60G. 



Leaves somewhat angular, tomentose, bi-glandular at the 

 base underneath. Fruit with a woody cortex. 



Bela-schora. Rheed. Mai. viii. t, 1. 



Cucurbita Lagenaria. Rumph. Amb. v. t, 144. bad. 



Beng, Kwdoo, Laoo. 



Sans. ?71ava. 



A wild bitter variety is called Tita Laoo, by the Bengalees 

 and Hindoos ; and Kwtoo toombee in Sanscrit. 



The shape of the fruit varies much, from that of a flask to 

 round, and cylindric. 



2. C. Pepo. Willd. iv. 609. 



Leaves angular, toothed, very downy. Fruit sub-cylin- 

 dric, both ends obtuse, surface very even. 



Cumbulam. Rheed. Mai. viii. t. 3. 



Sa?is. Kwrkaroo. 



Beng. Koomra. 



Teling. Boorda-goomoodoo. 



This plant I have only found in a cultivated state. 



Root annual. Stem and branches numerous, &c. as in C. 

 Melo-pepo but exceedingly hairy. Tendrils lateral, gene- 

 rally three-cleft. The first or lower leaves angular, the 

 exterior from five to nine-angled, all toothed, remark- 

 ably soft and downy, from four to six inches long, and about 

 the same breadth. Petioles round, tapering, hairy. Sti- 



