GOURD FAMILY 605 
alternate, ratdiately lobed or dissected. Flowers solitary or in 
lengthened clusters, the stamens and pistils occupying separate 
flowers of the same plant (monoecious) or separate flowers on 
different plants (dioecious). Calyx cohering with the 1- to 3-celled 
ovary, the 5 to 3 stamens united by their anthers. In certain cases 
there is but a single stamen. Ovary 1- to 3-celled. Fruit fleshy 
or sometimes membranous. (In cultivation we have the cucumber, 
the squash, muskmelon and pumpkin as representatives of this 
family.) 
1. MICRAMPELIS, Raf. (Echinocystis, T. & G.) 
Climbing herbs with branched tendrils, lobed or angled leaves and small 
flowers, the staminate and the pistillate separate on the same plant. Calyx 
and corolla each 5- or 6-lobed. Stamens 3 in the staminate flowers. Fruit 
fleshy, dry later, spiny, usually with 2 seeds. 
M. lobata, (Michx.) Greene. (Fig. 7, pl. 159.) Wirp BALsAm APPLE. 
Stem climbing, 15 to 25 ft. long. Leaves 5- to 7-lobed on leaf stems 1 to 3 
in. long. The pistillate flower solitary or occasionally 2 together. Fruit 
2 in. long. Along river banks in our area. July-Sept. 
2. SICYOS, L. 
Climbing vine with branched tendrils and small green flowers of 2 
kinds, the staminate and pistillate on the same plant. Calyx and co- 
rolla, each 5-parted. Stamens 3, the filaments united into a column. 
Pistillate flowers several in a group. Fruit prickly. 
S. angulatus, L. (Fig. 6, pl. 159.) Bur Cucumsper. Stem angled, 
15 to 25 ft. long. Leaves nearly round, with 5 angles and heart-shaped 
base. Fruit l-seeded. River banks, throughout our range. June-Sept. 
Famity IJ.—CAMPANULACEAE. BeELLFLOWER FAMILY 
Herbs with alternate or basal leaves, without stipules. Flowers 
with stamens and pistils and with the corolla of one petal com- 
posed of the union of several; regularly 5-lobed or irregular; 
inserted between the calyx and ovary, the ovary being inferior 
to the calyx. Stamens 5, inserted into the summit of the ovary. 
Anthers separate or united into a ring or tube. Style simple. 
Fruit usually a capsule, sometimes a berry. 
Flowers regular. 
Corolla bell-shaped. . . . . . =. ~~. +. Campanula 
Corolla wheel-shaped . . « . . . .. Specularia 
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1. CAMPANULA, L. 
Herbs with alternate or basal leaves. Flowers scattered. Calyx ad- 
herent to the ovary, of 5 slender divisions (or rarely 3 or 4). Corolla 
