408 
Cucurbita—continued. 
maturity. l. ovate, cordate, three to five-lobed, somewhat coch- 
leate. Stems assurgent, dwarf. See Fig. 564. 
C. m. viridis (green). Large Green Gourd, jr. green, large, 
hollow at maturity. Stems very long, climbing. > к 
рес 
moschata (musky). Musk Melon. fl., calyx 
m ulate, оа the throat much dilated. lay. 
jr. depressed. 4. cordate, obtuse, somewhat five-lobed, denticu- 
lated. Tendrils usually transformed into very imperfect leaves. 
Native country unknown. 1597. See Figs. an 
Pepo. Pumpkin. , calyx ending in а neck beneath the 
gos June c É fr- die oroblong, smooth. 4. cor- 
te, obtuse, somewhat five-lobed, denticulated. Levant, 1570. 
The Custard Gourd (Fig. 567) is one of the best-known of the теу 
numerous forms of species, of which there are also roundis 
and oblong-fruited ones. Fig. 568 represents (1) leaf and (2) male 
. . and (3) female flowers of one of the long-fruited varieties. 
€. P. aurantia (orange) Orange Gourd. fi, yellow. Summer. 
fr. having the appearance and colour of an orange, E 
smooth. sub-cordate, three-lobed, cuspidate, sharply denticu- 
lated. Native country unknown. 1802. Plant very scabrous. 
There are two or more varieties, 
а С. P. ovifera (egg- ). Egg-bearing Gourd, or Vegetable 
Marrow. jl, calyx obovate, endi 
in а short neck, and cut 
round after flowering to the neck. July to September. fr. greenish 
yellowish, y c of an egg, obovate or ovate, smooth. J. cor- 
‘date, angular, five-lobed, denticulated, pubescent. Native country 
wn. There are grey-fruited, pear-shape-fruited, and sub- 
of this species. See also Ve 
€. P. verrucosa (warted). Warted Gourd. fr. roundish-elli tic, 
warted. l. cordate, deeply five-lobed, denticulated ; middle 
lobe narrow at the base. 1658. erica, this is commonly 
purposes, but in England chiefly as a 
ге orbicular, smooth, 
place 
Ж sneenlent 
or in fascicles, moncecious ө шоо, 
y three or six) petals, sometimes à 
ed reticulated veins. Fruit fleshy, more 
alternate, petiolate, palmate or 
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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
сил T T 
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CULCASIA (from Kulkas, the Arabic name for 
Colocasia antiquorum, a plant of the same family). Syn. 
Denhamia. ORD. Атасет. Stove evergreen climbers, 
allied to Philodendron (which see for culture, &c.). 
С. scandens (climbing) fl., spathe whitish-brown; sheaths . 
petiolar, long, equal to the scape. June. l ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate. Stem twining, suffrutescent. West Africa, 1822.  - 
‚ CULM. The straw or stem of grasses, ‚ 
CULTRATE, CULTRIFORM. Shaped like a 
pruning-knife. 
CULVER’S PHYSIC. See Veronica virginica, 
CUMINGIA CAMPANULATA. See Conanthera 
campanulata. S 
CUNEATE, CUNEIFORM. Wedge-shaped ; 
broadest end uppermost, tapering to the base. К: 
CUNILA (an ancient Latin name, of unknown origin) | 
ORD. Labiate. А genus containing about twelve species 
of herbs or sub-shrubs, natives, for the most part, of North 
America, Flowers white or purplish, small; corolla tto- 
lipped, with the upper lip erect, flattish, mostly notched, : 
and the lower somewhat equally three-cleft; calyx ovate- 
tubular, equally five-toothed, and hairy in the throat. 
Leaves large, dentate. С. mariana is perhaps the only 
species yet introduced to cultivation. It is а hardy _ 
perennial, thriving i] a loam and peat soil Increased by т 
root division. doc 
C. mariana (Maryland) Common Dittany. fi. purplish; cymes 
peduncled; calyx striated. July to Septembar b smooth, 
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CER Туру, 
ovate, serrate, rounded or heart-shaped at the base, 
dotted, lin. long. Stems tufted, cor m 
h. lft. South Siis York to Ohio, Ilinois, and 
(S. B. F. G. 243.) 
CUNNINGHAMIA (named after J. and А. 
ham, two celebrated botanical collectors, the former 
the discoverer of this conifer).  Broad-leaved 
ORD. Conifere. An evergreen tree, 
very favoured spots. It is too large to be allov qe 5 
in the greenhouse, and, when grown in the «рб. i 
almost invariably disfigured by the violence of 5 
frost. With these impediments of primary ИЛЬ 
the tree will never become largely grown; it has, 
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