294 FOREST CULTURE AND 
Cucurbita melopepo, L.—The Squash. May be re- 
garded asa variety of C. Pepo. It will endure stor- 
age for months. 
Cucurbita moschata, Duchesne. —The Musky Gourd. 
Doubtless, also, from the Orient. 
““Cucurbita Pepo, L.—The Pumpkin and Vegetable 
Marrow. Countries on the Caspian Sea. Its natural- 
ization in the desert would be a boon. ‘The seeds, on 
pressure, yield a fixed oil; they are also anthelmin- 
tic. _C. melanosperma, A. Braun., is not edible. 
Cuminum cyminum, L.—North Africa. The fruits 
of this annual herb are known as cumin, and used for 
certain condiments, as also in medicine. Cuminum 
Hispanicum, Merat, is similar. Essential oil peculiar. 
Cyceas revoluta, Thunberg.—The Japan Fern-palm, 
The trunk attains, in age, a height of about 6 feet, 
and is rich in sago-like starch. The slow growth of 
this plant renders it to us valuable for no other pur- 
pose than scenic decorative culture, Cycas angulata, 
R. Br., may also prove hardy, and would prove a no- 
ble horticultural acquisition, as it is the most gigantic 
of all Cycadez, attaining a height of 70 feet in tropi- 
cal East Australia. Possibly, like the Zamia stems, 
also the trunks of cyeas admit of translocation even at 
an advanced age. 
Cynara cardunculus, L.—The Cardoon. Mediterra- 
nean regions. A perennial herb. The bleached leaf- 
stalks serve as esculents. 
Cynara scolymus, L.—The Artichoke. South Eu- 
rope and North Africa. The receptacles and the base 
of the flower scales well known as a vegetable. The 
plant is perennial, and here merely mentioned as en- 
titled to extended culture in grouping this with other 
