CUCURBITACE^:. 



Nat. syst. ed.Z.p. 51. 



FEUILLEA. 



Flowers dioecious. $ . Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle. 

 Petals 5, somewhat united at base. Stamens 5, or 10, half being 

 sterile ; anthers 2-celled, double. ?. Calyx with a 5-cleft limb. 

 Petals 5, distinct, oblong. Sterile stamens 5, occasionally alter- 

 nate with the petals. Styles 3, with broad bluntly bifid stigmas. 

 Fruit globose, fleshy, with a circular scar round the middle, and 

 5 other scars ; 3-celled, with a solid rind, and a central fleshy 

 3-cornered axis. Ovules numerous, standing erect upon the axis. 



Tropical American herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate, 

 stalked, cordate, smooth. Flowers small. Seeds oily, bitter. 



167. F. trilobata Linn. sp. pi. ed. 1. 1014. DC. prodr. iii. 298. 



F. scandens j8 Linn.sp.pl. ed. ii. 1457. F. hederacea Poir. 

 diet. iv. 419. Ghandirhoba or Nhandirhoba Marcgr. Bras. 46. ic. 

 inf. Brazil. 



Leaves somewhat glandular on both sides, ^parted or 3-fid, the 

 lobes of the lower ones obtuse, of the upper acute. The bitter seeds 

 of this and the following are asserted by Drapiez to be a powerful 

 antidote against vegetable poisons. Ed. P. J. iv. 22 1 . They purge and 

 vomit with rapidity. 



168. F. cordifolia Poir. diet. iv. 4-18. DC. prodr. iii. 298. 



F. hederacea Turp in diet. sc. nat. ic. F. scandens Linn. sp. pi. 

 1457. West India islands. 



Leaves without glands, cordate, acuminate, undivided or somewhat 

 3-lobed, rather serrated. 



LAGENARIA. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, with subulate or 

 broadish segments shorter than the tube. Corolla white ; petals 

 obovate, spreading below the edge of the calyx, $ . Stamens 

 5, triadelphous, the 5th distinct. ? . Stigmas 3, subsessile, 

 thick, 2-lobed, granulated. Fruit 3-5? celled. Seeds obovate, 

 compressed, tumid at the margin, 2-lobed at the apex. 



169. L. vulgaris Seringe in DC. prodr. iii. 299. Cucurbita 

 lagenaria Linn. sp. pi. 1434. Belaschora Eheede. viii. t. 1. 

 East Indies. (Bottle gourd.) 



The whole plant with a musky scent, and soft with down. Stem 

 climbing ; tendrils 3-4 cleft. Leaves cordate, entire, downy, somewhat 

 glaucous, with 2 glands at the base. Flowers stellated, very spreading, 

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