128 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



fringed. Fruit fleshy, more or less succulent, (a pepo.) 

 Seeds flat, ovate, enveloped in an arillus, which is either juicy 

 or dry and membranous; embryo flat, with no albumen ; co- 

 tyledons foliaceous, veined ; radicle next the hilum. 



Stem succulent, climbing by means of tendrils formed by 

 abortive leaves. Leaves palmated, or with palmate ribs. 



1. SICYOS. Linn. 



Flowers monoecious. STERILE FL. Calyx 5-toothed ; 

 teeth subulate. Carol 5-parted. Filaments 3 ? (or rather 5, 

 in 3 sets.) FERTILE FL. Style trifid. Stigma somewhat 

 thick, trifid. Fruit l-seeded, often spiny. 



Monoecia. Monadelphia. 



^S. angulatus Linn. : leaves cordate, 5-angled, toothed, scabrous ; 

 lobes acuminate ; tendrils umbellate ; sterile flowers corymbose- 

 capitate, with the common peduncle long ; fertile ones sessile. 



HAB. Banks of streams. Can. to Car. June. . A small 

 procumbent vine. Flowers whitish with green. Fruit small, 

 ovate, hispid. Single-seeded Cucumber. 



2. MOMORDICA. Linn. 



Floicers monoecious. STERILE FL. Calyx 5-cleft ; tube 

 very short. Carol 5-parted. Stamens in 3 sets ; anthers 

 connate. FERTILE FL. Style 3-cleft. Ovary 3-celled. 

 Fruit often muricate, bursting elastically when mature. 



Monoecia. Monodelphia. 



if. f echinata Muhl. : leaves cordate, angularly 5-lobed ; lobes acu- 

 minate, very entire, glabrous, tendrils many-cleft ; fruit roundish, le- 

 taceous-echinate, 4-seeded. Sicyos lolata Mich. 



HAB. Banks of streams. Penn. W. to Michigan. Aug. O- 

 Plant climbing. Fruit 1 2 inches long. Balsam Apple, 



3. MELOTHRIA. Linn. 



Monoecious. STERILE FL. Calyx 35 toothed. Carol 

 campanulate. Filaments 5, in three sets. FERTILE FL. 

 Calyx and corol as in the sterile. Style 1. Stigmas 3, firn- 

 briate. Fruit 3-celled, many-seeded. 



Monoecia. Monadelphia. 



M. pendula Jjnn. : leaves somewhat reniform, lobed and angled, 

 slightly hispid r.Sfttit oval, smooth, pendulous. 



HAB. Barfjiir of streams. Penn. to Car. June. .A slender 

 vine running over small shrubs and herbs. Stem hairy. Leaves 

 on petioles.'' Tendrils 5 6 inches long. Flowers axillary, yel- 

 low, the sterile in small racemes,. the fertile solitary. 



Small Creeping Cucumber. 



