148 CUCURBITACK^. (uULliU FAMILY.) 



4. P. angustifolia, Swartz. Lower leaves mostly 3-lobe(l, with the lobes 

 lanccohite, obtuse, ami eiitii-c ; upper leaves simple, lanceolate, and acute ; peti- 

 oles sliort, biglamlular ; flowers small, solitary or by jjairs, tiie ))ciluncles short 

 and bractless ; petals none — South Florida. — Stem l°-2° long. Leaves 

 sometimes entire. Flowers 4" - 6" wide, yellowish. Berry ])urple, as large ius 

 a pea. Filaments of the crown in 2 rows. Stamens occasionally 4. Stipules 

 subulate. 



5. P. Warei, Nutt. Leaves on short bi^'landular jtctiolcs ; the lower ones 

 3-lobed, acute ; the ujjper ovate or oblong, undivided ; stipules subulate ; pedun- 

 cles commonly by pairs, about the length of the petioles ; flowers very small ; 

 segments of the crown few, filiform, shorter than the calyx. — South Florida. — 

 Probably identical with T. pallida of the West Indies. 



Order G1. CUCURBITACEiE. (Gocrd Family.) 



Herbs, with succulent stems, climbinji by means of lateral tendrils. 

 Leaves alternate, palmately veined or lobed. Flowers axillary, monoe- 

 cious or dioecious. — Calyx .'3-toothed, adnate to the ovary. Corolla of 5 

 distinct, or more or less united petals, coherent -with the calyx. Stamens 

 3-5, free or variously united. Anthers long, straight or tortuous, com- 

 monly connate. Ovary 1 - 3-celled. Stigmas 3. Fruit (pepo) lleshy or 

 pul[)y, 1 - 3-celled. Seeds compressed, anatropous, ■without albumen. 

 Cotyledons leafy. 



Synopsis. 



1. BHYONTA. Petals 5, distinct, or united at the base. Ovary 3-ceIled. Fruit 3 seeded, 



smooth. 



2. MKLOTIIRIA. rofals 5, united into a campanulate corolla. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit 



niany-soedod. smootli. 



3. SICYOS. Petal.s 5, united at the base into a rotate corolla. Ovary 1-cellcd. Fruit 1- 



Eccdcd, hispid. 



1. BRYONIA, L. 



Flowers mona>cious or dioecious. Calyx 5-toothcd. Petals 5, distinct, or 

 united at the base. Stamens 5, triadelijhous ■. anthers tortuous. Style mostly 

 .'{-cleft Fruit ovate or globose, smooth, few-.seedcd. 



1. B. Boykinii, Torr. & Gray. Ilough-i)ubescent ; leaves broadly cor- 

 date, .3 - .'i-lolud ; tin; lateral lobes entire or toothed, the middle one cuspidate ; 

 sterile and fertile flowers intermixed, 3 - .'j in a cluster, short-pc<licellcd ; styles 

 united ; fruit 3-secded ; the seeds 3-toothed at the base.— IJiver-banks. Georgia, 

 and westward. June and July. — Stems elongated. Flowei-s greenisliwhitc. 

 Berry crimson. 



, 2. MELOTHRIA, L. 



Flowers polvgamoiis or monfrcious. Calyx of the fertile flower narrowed 

 ul>ove the ovarv ; the sterile ones campanulate. Petals 5, united into a canipanu- 



