124 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



a. C. Cubeba (L. f. ) Lyons (P. Cubeba L. f., C. officinalis Miq. ). 

 Java and adjacent Islands. Cubeb plant, Cubeb Pepper. Un- 

 ripe fruit; CulDeloa. U. S. P., Cubebae fructus, Br., Baccae 

 cubebae, Piper caudatum; Cubeb, Cubebs, Tailed Pepper, Java 

 Pepper; Ger. Kubeben, Schwindelkorner, SchwanzpfefFer; Fr. 

 Cubebe, Poivre a queue (Codex); Sp. Cubebas; stimulant, 

 expectorant, diuretic, balsamic. 



Other species yielding very similar fruits are (b) C. Lowong 

 Miq. (Piper Lowong Bl. ); (c) C. Wallichii Miq. (Piper 

 ribesoides Wallich) and (d) C. crassipes Miq. ( Piper crassipes 

 Korthals). The fruit of ( e ) C. caniiia Miq. (Piper caninum 

 Bl. ) is smaller; that of (f) C. Cliisii Miq. (Piper Clusii C. DC. ) 

 of western Africa resembles Cubeb in appearance but contains 

 piperine instead of cubebin; called African Black Pepper, Cu- 

 beb Pepper, Ashantee or Guinea Pepper, Guinea or African 

 Cubeb. 



«12. CUBELIUM, Eaf. 1824. Green Violet. Tiolaceae. 



From Greek mythological character, Cybele. Syn. Solea, 

 Spreng. 1813 [not Spreng. 1800]. Herb with inconspicuous 

 flowers. A single species, Canada and northeastern U. S. 



613. CT^CUMIS, L. Cucumber, Melon. Ciicurbitaceae. 



Latin name of Cucumber, whence also the English word Cu- 

 cumber. Syn. Melo, Bryonia, in part. Herbaceous vines. 

 About 30 species, chiefly of tropical Asia and Africa. 



a. C. M^lo L. (M. vulgaris Cogn., M. sativus Sagaret. ). Central 



Asia, now universally cult. Melon, Musk-melon (i. e. Muscat 

 Melon), Cantaloupe (Cantaleup), Nutmeg Melon, Abdalavi 

 (Egypt), Conomon (Japan). Var. flexuosus L. is the Serpent 

 Melon or Snake Cucumber; var. Diidaim L. (C. odoratissimus 

 Moench), Vegetable Pomegranate. Queen Anne's Pocket Melon, 

 Smelly-million || ; var. Cllito Morr. is Vegetable Orange, Lemon 

 or Apple, Vine Peach. Fruit esculent. Seeds (cold seeds) 

 emollient. See 614 (d). 



b. C. myriocarpus Naud. S. Africa. Cacur. Pulp of fruit eme- 



tic, cathartic, resembling colocynth. 



c. C. sativus L. Central and southern Asia, now universally cult. 



Cucumber, Gherkin, Gerkin (the young fruit or a small-fruited 

 variety); Ger. Gurke; Fr. Concombre (Codex); Sp. Cohombro, 

 Juice of fruit, also seeds (cold seeds), emollient. See 614 (d). 



d. C. trigonus Rottb. (B. callosa Roxb. ). India, Fruit hitter, 



purgative. Seeds anthelmintic. 



614. CUCURBITA, L. Pumpkin, etc. Cucurbitaceae. 



Ancient Latin name of Gourd, whence also the English 

 word Gourd. Syn. Cucumis, in part. Herbaceous vines. 

 About 10 species; 6 in U. S. 



a. C. foetidissima H. B. K. (C. perennis A. Gray, Cucumis 

 perennis James). Nebraska to Texas, Mexico and California. 

 Missouri Gourd, Calabazilla, Wild Pumpkin, Chili Cojote. 



