ORD. XI. CUCURBITACE. 
From Cucurbita, a Gourd.—Gourd-like Plants. 
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CUCUMIS COLOCYNTHIS. BITTER CUCUMBER, 
Or, COLOQUINTIDA. 
SYNONYMA, Colocynthis.. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Gerard 
Emac. p. 915. Cam. Epit. p. 982.  Raii Hist. p. 642. Colo- 
cynthis fructu rotundo minor. Bauh. Pin. p. 313. Colocynthis 
vulgaris. Park. Theat. p. 1690, 
~ Class Monoecia. Ord. Syngenesia. Lin. Gen. Plant, 1092. 
Ess. Gen, Ch. Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-partita. Filamenta 3. 
Fem. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-partita. Pist. 3-fidum,. 
Pomi semina arguta. 33 
Sp. Ch. -C. foliis multifidis, pomis globosis glabris. 
THE root is annual, white, divided into long branches, which 
strike deeply into the ground: the stems trail, like those of the 
garden cucumber, a considerable length, and are beset with rough 
hairs: the leaves are of a triangular shape, obtuse, variously sinuated, 
hairy, on the upper surface of a fine green, beneath rough, and 
whitish: the flowers are yellow, solitary, and appear at the axillz 
of the leaves: the calyx of the male flowers is bell-shaped, and 
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