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MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



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1. Pendlla. 



M. foliis sub-reni- 

 forniibus, lobato-angu- 

 losis, sub-hispidis; bac- 

 ca ovali, glabra. 



Leaves 



somewhat 



reniform, lobed 



c(nd 



angled, slightly hispid 

 berry oval, smooth. 



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Sp. pL l.p. 189. Walt. p. ^^. Mich. 2. p. 217- Pursh, 2. p. 444. 



Nutt. 2. p. 228. 



A slender vine running over small shrubs and herbaceous plants. 5U^n 

 hairy, branching. Leaves somewhat hispid, generally 5-angIed, the angles 

 acute, dentate, the intermediate one the longest, the hairs jointed and slight- 

 ly hooked." Petioles 1 — 2 inches long. . Tendrils 5 — 6 inches long. Flow- 

 ers axillaryj the sterile in small racemes; the fertile solitary. Common pe- 

 duncle of the sterile florets about 2 inches long. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth 

 subulate. Corolla longer than the calyx, yellow, the border 5-lobed. Sta- 

 fitcns short, a cyathiform gland at the base of the fertile floret. Berry 3- 

 celled, small. Seeds many in each cell, obovate, compressed. ^ 



Grows in shaded, rich soils. , * 



Flowers through the whole summer. ' 



CUCURBITA. Gen. Pl. 1478. 



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Mas cull. Calyx 5 



dent at us. Corolla 5 



fid a. 



Filameida 3. 



Foemineu Calyx 5 

 dentatus. Corolla 5 



fida. 

 dum. 



Pistillum 3-fi- 

 Peponis semina 



margine tumido. 



Ca 



Sterile Jlorets* 

 lyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 5-cleft. Filaments 3. 



Fertile florets. 



Ca 



/ya: 5-toothed. Corolla 

 5-cleft. Pistil 3-cleft. 

 Seeds of the fruit 

 melon) with a 

 margin. 



tumid 



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1. Lagenaria, 



Lin. 



C. foliis cordatis, ro- 



tundato-obtusis 



? 



pube- 



scentibus, denticulatis, 

 basi subtus biglandulo 



Leaves 



cordate 



? 





nearly circular, pube- 

 scent, toothed, under- 

 neath at base bearing 



