223. CUCUKBITACEAE 539 



Flowers dioecious. Style long. Stigma i, 3-lobed or 3-partite. Tendrils 

 simple or 2-cleft 25 



25. Anthers cohering. Staminodes of the female Howers from subulate to 



oblong. Fruit small. (See 3.) ... Coccinia Wight & Am. 



Anthers free. Staminodes of the female flowers conical or globose. Fruit 



rather large. — Species 6. Central Africa. (Including Staphylosyce 



Hook.) Physedra Hook. 



26. (22.) Calyx-tube of the male flowers long, cylinder- or funnel-shaped. . 27 

 Calyx-tube of the male flowers short, top- or bell-shaped 32 



27. Anthers connate. Female flowers without staminodes. Flowers large, 



white or yellow 28 



Anthers free or loosely cohering. Female flowers provided with stamin- 

 odes 29 



28. Flowers monoecious. Anthers folded lengthwise. Ovary oblong. Leaf- 



stalk without glands at the apex. — Species 20. Tropical and South 



Africa. {Peponia Naud.) Peponium Naud. 



Flowers dioecious. Anthers twisted transversely. Ovary globose. — 

 Species 9. Tropics. Used medicinally Adenopus Benth. 



29. Flowers small or medium-sized, yellow or red. Anthers cohering. Rudi- 



mentary pistil of the male flowers conical. Stigma i, 3-lobed. Seeds 

 flattened. Root tuberous. — Species 15. Tropical and South Africa. 

 Some species have edible roots also used in medicine. (Including 



Heterosicyos Welw.) Trochomeria Hook. 



Flowers large. Rudimentary pistil of the male flowers gland-like or 

 wanting Stigmas 3. Climbing herbs 30 



30. Flowers monoecious, white, solitary. Style very short. Stigmas 2-lobed. 



Fruit with a woody rind. Seeds flattened. Leaves undivided ; stalk 

 with 2 glands at the apex. Tendrils 2-cleft. — Species i (L. vulgaris 

 Ser., bottle-gourd). Tropics ; also cultivated and naturalized in 

 extratropical countries. It yields edible fruits, also used for making 

 bottles and other utensils, and serves as an ornamental and medicinal 



plant. . . Lagenaria Ser. 



Flowers dioecious. Tendrils simple 31 



31. Male flowers in racemes. Leaves undivided. — Species 5. West Africa. 



Cogniauxia Baill. 



Male flowers solitary or in clusters. Corolla yellow. Stamens with a broad 



connective. Staminodes bearded at the base. Stigmas heart-shaped. 



Fruit fleshy. Seeds nearly globose. Leaves lobed ; stalk without 



glands. — Species 4. Central Africa. {Euryandra Hook.) 



Eureiandra Hook 



32. (26.) Anthers connate. Flowers dioecious, the male in clusters and 



without a rudimentary pistil, the female without staminodes. Leaves 



undivided 33 



Anthers free or loosely cohering ; in the latter case flowers monoecious. 34 



