— 10^1 — 



Y. rnbri, raro monoclini : calyx adnalus, limbo h mani- 



festo, 5-5-mero, novello imbricato; corolla alternans, campa- 

 niilata , rotata, 5-fida et quasi 5-petala v. cum calyce con- 

 fluens. Stamina 5 alterna v. 3-2, connata , libera v. saepius 

 geminatim connala , uno bbero ( triadelpha ) ; filam. brevia, 

 crassa, antheris 1-2-locuL extrorsis, passim longissirais et gy- 

 rosis, connectivum lobatum marginantibus. Ovarium innatum, 

 e carpophylhs 5-5, adinstar legumen biloculare convohitis, con- 

 flatum, hinc 6-10-loculare, v. septis primariis evanidis 5-5- 

 loculare v. et secundariis defluenlibus uniloculare, placentis 5-5 

 (10) quasi parietahb, v. excentricis, ovuhs anatropis, sohtariis v. 

 00 , horinzontahb. < ; in quibusdam ovarium ad fohum uni- 

 cum, ovulo 1 pendulo , reducitur; styhis brevis 5-5-fidus, 

 stigmatih. crassis bifidis v. fimbriatis. Amalthcea baccata (pepo), 

 saepe maxima, 1-5-5-locularis, ohgo-polysperma , rarius sicca, 

 dehiscens v. ad achenium monospcrmum reducta. Semina 

 1, 5, co , compressiuscula, passim crasso marginata , et pa- 



renchymate aquoso supra testam ~\ crassam ; embryo exal- 



buminosus, radicula brevi , phimula diphyUa. Amaritie et 

 principio drastico plures excenunt. 



a. Sechiece: ovario monophyUo, ovulo 1, pendulo : — 

 Sicjos, Sechiimi, Gjnostemma. 



b. Cucurhitece : carpophjUis 5-5, ad axin et parietem 

 productis , 1 - co - spermis : — Cyclanthera , Discanthera ; 

 Conlandra; Melothria, Anguria ; Bryonia, Citrullus, Echalium, 

 Momorclica, Luffa^ Benincasa, Lagenaria; Cucumis, Cucur- 

 hita^ Trichosanthes , Elaterium.... 



c. Telfairiece: carpophyUis introflexis, ad parietem non 

 productis ; semin. co nucamentaceis: — Telfairia. 



d. Nhandirohece: staminodiis petahnis <, antheris 1-2- 

 locularib., distinctis, ovario ohgoo, passim semihbero; amal- 

 thaea 3-locularis, axi trigono maximo ; semina crassa in lo- 

 cuhs subgemina, erecta : — Zanonia, Fevillea. 



