180 LOBELIACEAE. 



Anthers straight or nearly so, distinct ; sacs separated. 1. Melothkia. 

 Anthers contorted, cohering ; sacs contiguous. 



Berry smooth, beakless : ovules, and seeds, 1-4 in each cavity. 2. Cataponia. 



Berry vrarty, beaked : ovules, and seeds, many in each cavity. 3. Momokdica. 



1. MELOTHRIA L. Vines. Leaves with toothed or lobed blades. 

 Flowers mainly monoecious. Hypanthium of the ijistillate flowers relatively 

 short. Berry juicy, the rind tender. Seeds flat. 



1. M. crassifolia Small. Stems nearly glabrous or hispidiilous: leaf -blades 

 suborbieiilar, reniform, or ovate in outline. 3-8 cm. wide, with 3-5 shallow or 

 obtuse undulate lobes or angular shallow-toothed lobes: hypanthium glabrous 

 or pubescent : corolla yellow, 6-8 mm. wide : berries oblong or oval, 10-25 mm. 

 long. — Hammocks. — F. K. — Creeping-cucumber. 



2. CAYAPONIA Manso. Amines. Leaves with toothed or lobed blades. 

 Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Corolla rotate or broadly campanulate, rela- 

 tively small. Pistillate flowers ^^-ith staminodia. Ovary 3-celled, smooth. 

 Stigmas dilated. Berry juicy, with a tender rind. 



1. C. racemosa (Sw.) Cogn. Stems glabrous or nearly so: leaf-blades thick, 

 6-13 cm. long, 3-lobed, closely hispidulous beneath; petioles glabrous or nearly 

 so: staminate corolla 8-10 mm. wide: berries oblong to oval, 15-20 mm. long. 

 — Hammocks. — {Bah., Cuba, A7it.) 



3. MOMORDICA L. Annual or perennial vines. Leaves with entire, lobed 

 or pedately dissected blades. Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Staminodia 

 of the pistillate flowers gland-like, or wanting. Style slender. Stigmas 3. 

 Berry warty. 



1. M. charantia L. Stems creeping or climbing, often greatly elongate: leaf- 

 blades 4-12 cm. wide, 5-7-lobed, the lobes with acute or obtuse teeth; villous 

 or glabrate: sepals oval or oval-ovate, 3-4.5 mm, long: petals yellow, 1-2 cm. 

 long: berries 4-12 cm. long, golden-yellow: seeds oblong, 12-16 cm. long. — 

 Waste places and cultivated grounds. Nat. of the Tropics. — F. K. (Bah., 

 Cuba, A7it.) — Balsam- APPLE. 



Family 2. CAMPANULACEAE. Bellflower Family. 



Herbs or woody plants. Leaves alternate : blades entire, toothed, or 

 lobed. Flowers perfect, regular, sometimes dimorphous. Calyx of 5 

 sepals, or fewer in cleistogamous flowers. Corolla of 5 partially united 

 petals. Androeeium of 5 distinct stamens. Gynoecium 2-5-carpelIan>', the 

 ovaiy more or less inferior. Fruit capsular. 



1. CAMPANUIjA [Tourn.] L. Perennial or sometimes annual herbs. 

 Leaf-blades entire to lobed. Flowers perfect, all alike and complete. Hypan- 

 thium relatively short in age. Corolla mostly campanulate. Stamens included. 

 Capsule oi)ening by lateral perforations or valves. 



1. C. floridana S. Wats. Stems 2-4 dm. long, smooth: leaf-blades 1-4 em. 

 long, those of the upper leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate: sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, 6-9 mm. long: corolla blue or pale-purple, 6-8 mm. long: 

 capsules obovoid, 4 mm. long: seeds about 0.5 mm. long, rugose. — Everglades. 



Family 3. LOBELIACEAE. Lobelia Family. 



Herbs, or rarely trees, tlie sap often milky. Leaves alternate: blades 

 entire, toothed, or parted. Flowers perfect, or rarely dioecious, irregular. 



