; CUCUEBITACEAB 93 



Rough and hispid. Stem 6 to 10 or 12 feet long, somewhat branching. Leaves 

 3 to 5 or 6 inches long, and nearly as wide as long, somewhat 5-angled and lobed ; 

 petioles 2 to 4 inches in length. Fruit 6 to 12 inches long, and 2 or 3 inches in 

 diameter, rough with bristle-pointed tubercles while young, smoothish, tawny- 

 yellow, and pulpy when mature. 

 Hab. Gardens, &c. Nat. of Asia. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 

 3. C. ANGU V RIA, L. Stem prostrate, slender; leaves sinuately pal- 

 mate-lobed; fruit oval, echinate. 

 ANGURIA CUCUMIS. Prickly, or Jerusalem Cucumber. 



Hirsute. Stem 3 to 6 feet long, branching. Leaves 3 or 4 inches in length, deeply 

 sinuate-lobed; petioles 1 or 2 inches long. Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit about 

 an inch in diameter, strongly muricate, greenish when mature. 

 Hob. Gardens, Ac.. Nat. of Jamaica. FL July. Fr. Sept. 



138. CITRUI/MJS, Neck. 



[From Citrus, an orange; the pulp being mostly orange-red.] 

 Calyx 5-parted ; segments linear-lanceolate. Fruit oval or roundish, 

 fleshy, the placentae very succulent. Seeds colored, flatly com- 

 pressed, obovate-oblong, truncate at base, and ^obtuse on the mar- 

 gin. Annuals: flowers axillary, pale greenish-yellow; tendrils 

 branched. 



1. C. VULGABJS, Schrad. Stem trailing, rather slender ; leaves 5- 

 lobed, lobes sinuate-pinnatifid ; fruit very smooth, stellate-maculate. 

 Cucumis Citrullus. Ser. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 553. 

 COMMON CITRULLUS. Water-Melon. 



Hairy. Stem 8 to 12 or 15 feet long, angular, somewhat branching. Leaves 3 to 

 5 or 6 inches long, ovate in their outline; petioles 2 to 3 inches in length, gener- 

 ally erect. Fruit 10 to 20 inches long, with a firm fleshy rind, and, when mature, 

 with a tender sweet watery frosty-looking or crystalized pulp within, which is 

 usually purplish or reddish-orange color. Seeds black, or purplish brown. 

 Hab. Gardens, Ac. Nat. of India and Africa. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. There is a nearly allied plant, often seen in gardens, which 

 bears a different /rmZ known by the name of " Citron," the firm 

 rind of which is used in making sweetmeats, or "Preserves." The 

 interior is also firm, and does not become red, tender and watery, 

 like the common Water Melon : yet the whole aspect of the plant, 

 and external appearance of the fruit, so closely resemble this species, 

 that I suppose it may be nothing more than a variety, perhaps the 

 Var. Pasteca, of SERINGE and DE CANDOLLE. 



139. SICTOS, L. 



[The ancient Greek name of the Cucumber.] 



Calyx campanulate. Fruit ovate, compressed, dry and membranous, 

 1 -seeded, beset with barbed prickly bristles. Climbing annuals, 

 resembling the common Cucumber- Vine : fruit in capitate clusters. 



I. S. aiisulat us, L. Leaves angulate-5-lobed, cordate at base ; 

 fruit prickly and villous, in small dense pedunculate clusters. 

 ASGULATE SICYOS. Single-seeded Cucumber. 



Viscid-pubescent Stem 10 to 15 or 20 feet long, slender, branching; tendrils 

 somewhat umbellately branched. Leaves 3 to 5 or 6 inches long, and about as 

 wide as long ; petioles 2 to 3 inches ra length. Flowers greenish-white, clustered 



