LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 493 



CIV. CUCURBITACEAE. Gourd Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. Pi. 934 (1836-40); Endllcher, 1. c. 933 (1836-40)— iVcm- 

 dirhoheae: Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 816(1862-67); Baillon, Hist. 

 PL VIII, 375 (1886); Miillor and Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflai^z. 

 IV, 5, 1 (1889). 



Genera: 80-85; cosmopolitan; most richly developed in 

 the tropics. Old World, 50 ± ; New World, 36-39. 



Species : 650 ± ; mostly tendril-bearing herbs. 



SIOYOS Linn. Gen. 739 (1737). 



Sicyoides Tourn. Inst. 103 (1700). 

 Badaroa Bert. Herb. 838 ex Endl. Gen. (1840). 

 Baillon, Hist. PI. VIII, 428; Benth.and Hook., Gen. PL 1, 837; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 150; Engl. Nat. Pjlanz. IV, 5, 37 (Miiller and Pax). 



Living species: 30; warmer America; Pacific islands; 

 Australia. Russia, 1; Russian Europe, 1; W. Tex., 1. 



Sicyos angulatus Linn. Spec. 1013 (1753). 



Elaterium trifoliatum Linn. Mant. 123(1767). 

 Sicyoides angulata Moench, Meth. 513(1794). 

 (Sicyos acutus Kaf. F1. Lud. 113 (1817). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 195; Webb., Fl. Neb. 141; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 59; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 176, 532; Chap., Fl. S. St. 149; Britt., Fl. N. 

 J. Ill; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 143; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 52; Coult., Fl. Tex. 125; 

 Cov., Fl. Ark. 184; Engl. Muller and Pax, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 38; Wats,, 

 Bibl. Ind. I, 395. 



S. Russia and Caucasus mts. 



North America: Q., Ont., N. H. to N. J. and Fla.; W. 

 to Minn., Neb., E. Kan., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: S. E. district; river banks and near 

 lake shores; climbing over shrubbery. 



Herb. : Sandberg 212, Red Wing. 



MICRAMPELIS Raf. Med. Rep. V, 352 (1808). 



Hexamoria T. and G. Rep. PL N. Y. 137 (1836). 



Megarhiza Torr. Pac. R. R. Rep. VI, 74 (1857). 



Marali Kellogg, Proc. Cal. Acad. 38 (1876). 



Echinocjsti.s T. and G. Fl. N. Am. I, 542 (1838). 



Eohinopepon Naud. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, VI, 17 (1866). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL VIII, 433; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 835; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 150: Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pjlanz. IV, 5, 35; O. Kuntze. 

 Bev, Gen. I, 257. 



Living species: 25; tropical S. America; warmer and 

 temperate N. America. N. America above Mexico 6± (see 

 Greene, Pittorda vol. II). 



Micrampelis echinata (Muhl. ) Raf. Med. Rep. 352 (1808). 

 Momordica ediinata Muhl. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. Ill, 180(1793). 

 Sicyos lobatus Michx. Fl. N. Am. II, 217 (1803). 



