INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 275 
Fic. 265.—Bottle-gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris, Gourd Family, Cucurbitacee). 
Plant in fruit, 7%. Flower. (Vilmorin.)—Annual, climbing by tendrils 
to a length of 10 m. or more; hairy throughout; flowers white; fruit 
yellowish or orange, very various in form, sometimes 2 m. long. Native 
home, Old World Tropics. 
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Fic. 266, I.—Vegetable Ivory (Phytelephas microcarpa, Palm Family, 
Palmacee). Plants, in flower, a staminate plant in front, and a pistil- 
late one behind. (Karsten.)—Shrub with short stem sending up leaves 
7-8 m. long; fruit dry. Native home, Tropical America. 
