148 CLCUUniTACE^. (GOLltU lAMIl.y.) 



4. p. angustifolia, Swartz. Lower leaves mostly 3-lol)eil, with the lobes 

 lanceolate, oLituse, and iiitire ; upper leaves simple, lanceolate, anil acute ; peti- 

 oles short, biglandular ; (lowers small, solitary or by ]>airs, the peduncles short 

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

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

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

 subulate. 



5. P. "Warei, Nutt. Leaves on short l)ip:landiilar petioles ; the lower ones 

 3-lobed, acute ; the ui)per 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 P. pallida of the West Indies. 



Order G1. CUCURBITACEiE. (Gourd Family.) 



Herbs, with succulent st(Miis, climbino; by means of lateral tendrils. 

 Leaves alternate, j)almately veined or lobed. Flowers a.xillary, monce- 

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

 distinct, or more or less united petals, coherent Avith tiie calyx. Stamens 

 3-5, free or variously united. Anthers Ion*', straiirht or tortuous, com- 

 monly connate. Ovary 1 - 3-celled. Stigmas 3. Fruit (/>epo) fleshy or 

 inilpy, 1 - 3-c-elled. Seeds compressed, anatropous, "without albumen. 

 Cotjledons leafy. 



Synopsis. 



1. BKYONI.V. Tetals 5, distinct, or united at tlie base. Ovary 3-celIed. Fruit 3 secdud, 



smootli. 



2. MEI^OTHKI.\. retals 'j, united into a campanulate corolla. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit 



many-seeded, smooth. 



3. SICYOS. Petals 5, united at the base into a rotate corolla. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit 1- 



seedcd, hispid. 



1. BRYONIA, L. 



Flowers moncecious or dioecious. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, distinct, or 

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

 3-cleft. Fruit ovate or globose, smooth, few-seeded. 



1 B. Boykinii, Torr. & Gray Rough-pubescent; leaves broadly cor- 

 date, 3 -.Globed ; the lateral lobes entire or toothed, the middle one cuspidate ; 

 sterile and fertile flowers intermixed, 3-5 in a cluster, short-pedicelled ; styles 

 united ; fruit 3-seedcd ; the seeds S-toothed at tlie liase. — IJiver-banks, Georgia, 

 and westward. June and July. — Stems elongated. Flowers greenish-white. 

 Berry crimson. 



2. MELOTHRIA, L. 



Flowers polygamous or monoecious. Calyx of the fertile flower narrowed 

 above the ovary ; the sterile ones campanulate. Petals 5, united into a campanu- 



