1138 CUCURBITACEAE 



ovate, mostly 1-3 dm. long, sinuate and denticulate, cordate at the base : flowers long- 



pedicelled : corolla white with green veins, 5-7 cm. broad ; lobes broadened upward, 



erose-crenate : fruit various, usually elongate and more or less clavate. [L. vulgaris Ser.] 



In thickets and waste place's, Gulf States and throughout the tropics. BOTTLE GOURD. CALABASH. 



7. CURCURBITA L. 



Annual or perennial, rough-pubescent trailing or creeping vines, with 2-many- 

 branched tendrils. Leaf-blades nearly entire or lobed, usually cordate. Flowers showy, 

 monoecious, solitary : staminate with a campanulate or rarely tubular hypanthium ; co- 

 rolla yellow, campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes recurved at the ends ; stamens 3 ; filaments 

 distinct ; anthers linear, cohering, contorted. Pistillate flowers with calyx and corolla like 

 those of the staminate : staminodia 3. Ovary 1 -celled, with 3-5 placentae : stigmas 3-5, 2- 

 lobed or 2-branched. Ovules numerous, horizontal. Berry usually large, fleshy, with a 

 tough rind. Seeds numerous, flattened. GOURD. PUMPKIN. 



Leaf-blades toothed or merely angulately lobed : pedicels less than 5 cm. long. 1. C. foetidissima. 



Leaf-blades prominently lobed : pedicels over 5 cm. long. 2. C. Texana. 



1. Cucurbita foetidissima H.B.K. Perennial by large fusiform roots, stout, rough- 

 pubescent, with a heavy foetid odor. Stems trailing or climbing, 1-5 in. long, angled : 

 leaf-blades thick, triangular or triangular-ovate, acute or acutish, 1-4 dm. long, distantly 

 toothed or angular-lobed, cordate or truncate, the surfaces more or less hoary ; petioles 

 less than as long as the blades : peduncles 2-4 cm. long : hypanthium bristly with stout 

 stiff hairs, campanulate, 15-18 mm. long: sepals linear or nearly so, 1.5-4 cm. long : corolla 

 bright yellow or light orange, 7-10 cm. long, pubescent within and without : berries globose 

 or obovoid, 5-8 cm. in diameter, firm, green variegated with a pale green or yellow. 



In valleys, Nebraska to Texas, California and Mexico. Spring to fall. CALIBEACILLA. 



2. Cucurbita Texana (Scheele) A. Gray. Similar to C. foetidissima in habit, but 

 more slender. Leaf-blades 3-5-lobed, sometimes deeply so : berries pyriform. Perhaps a 

 naturalized form of C. Pepo. 



On river banks, in woods and thickets, southern Texas. 



8. CAYAPONIA Manso. 



Perennial glabrous or pubescent vines, climbing by simple or compound tendrils. 

 Leaf-blades 3-7-lobed, or rarely divided, or the upper one sometimes entire. Flowers 

 monoecious or dioecious, rather small, in clusters, racemes or panicles or sometimes soli- 

 tary : staminate with a campanulate hypanthium and a 5-lobed calyx ; corolla white or 

 yellowish green, campanulate or rotate, 5-lobed ; stamens 3 ; filaments distinct ; anthers 

 cohering above. Pistillate flowers with calyx and corolla like those of the staminate flow- 

 ers : staminodia 3. Ovary 3-celled : stigmas 3, dilated. Ovules 1 to 4 in each cavity, 

 ascending. Berry more or less fleshy, usually 3-seeded. Seeds erect, with a hard testa. 



Berries oval, less than 1.5 cm. long : leaf-blades usually less than 10 cm. broad. 1. C. BoyUnii. 



Berries oblong, over 1.5 cm. long : leaf -blades usually over 10 cm. broad. 2. C. grdndijolia. 



1. Cayaponia Boykinii (T. & G.) Cogn. Stems climbing, 3-6 m. long, angled, 

 branched : leaf-blades thickish, scabrous on both surfaces, 5-10 cm. broad, 3-angled or 3- 

 lobed, distantly toothed, cordate, the lobes apiculate, or the terminal one short-acuminate ; 

 petioles about as long as the blades, bristly villous : flowers small, 3-5 of the staminate 

 and pistillate usually together, short-pedicelled : sepals triangular or lanceolate-triangular, 

 1-2 mm. long : corolla greenish white, 5-6 cm. broad ; lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate : 

 berries oval, 12-14 mm. long, rounded at the ends, crimson, their pedicels about 2 mm. 

 long : seeds elliptic, 8-10 mm. long, abruptly pointed at the base and with 2 lateral auricle- 

 like teeth. 



Along streams, Georgia to Louisiana. Summer. 



2. Cayaponia grandifolia (T. & G.) Small. Stems stoutigh, climbing by simple or 

 branched tendrils 2-5 m. long, angled, much branched : leaf -blades thin, scabrous on 

 both surfaces, 3-lobed, distantly and minutely toothed, cordate, the terminal lobe ovate- 

 acuminate, the lateral lobes sometimes angled, slightly lobed again ; petioles less than as 

 long as the blade, softly villous : flowers rather large, several in the axils, short-pedicelled : 

 sepals linear-subulate, 2-3 mm. long : corolla greenish, 7-9 mm. broad : berries oblong, 

 16-20 mm. long, orange, their pedicels 4-5 mm. long. 



In bottom landg of the lower Mississippi Valley. Summer. 



