323 COCURBITACE^. (GOURD FAMILY.) 



4. E. tetrag-onum, L. If Adhnab-el-Qicttah. A to .8, spar- 

 ingly appressed crisp-puberulent or glabrescent. Leaves lanceolate, 

 denticulate, gradually tapering to apex^ the lower somewhat petioled, 

 the intermediate somewhat decurrent. Calyx-lobes linear -lanceolate^ 

 acuminate, two-thirds as long as j^m^, .005 l)road corolla — Summer — 

 Coast and interior to 1000 m. 



Var. Toiirnefortii, Post. Flowers .006 to .01 broad and long. 

 Stem more prominently angled. {E. Tournefortii, Michal.) 



Var. minutifloruiii, Boiss. Flowers minute. Stem obsoletely 

 angled — Aintab. 



5. E. ro§eiiiii, Schreb. If .3 to. 5, pubescent. Leaves petioled 

 or sub-sessile, oblong-ovate, more or less tajjering at base, acutish at apex, 

 unequally denticulate. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, cuspidate, three-fourths 

 as long as .005 broad, pink corolla — Summer — Subalpine Lebanon. 



Var. 8iibsessile, Boiss. Leaves nearly sessile, sub-cordate at 

 base. More or less canescent — Subalpine Lebanon. Hamath. 



2. JUSSI^EA, L. Jussl«:a. 



Calyx-tube not produced beyond ovary ; lobes 4-6, acute, persis- 

 tent. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, spreading. Stamens 8-13, anthers 

 ovate or oblong. Stigma 4-6-lobed. Capsule crowned by calyx-lobes, 

 terete or angled, 4-6-celled, septicidal. Seeds numerous, naked, insert- 

 ed on margins of valves, or on placentae which separate from valves — 

 Perennial, marsh herbs, with alternate leaves and yellow flowers. 



1. jr. repeiis, L. % Qatif. Medddd. Furga. FureiMl. Glabrous, 

 floating, furnished with vesicles and rootlets at base of stems. Leaves 

 petioled, oblong-obovate to lanceolate. Flowers solitary, .035 broad, 

 axillary, peduncled ; calyx-tube terete, hirtulous, tapeiing at base,, 

 with 5, lanceolate, acute lobes ; petals obovate, twice as long as calyx- 

 lobes — May to October — Streams and marshes; coast and Jordan 

 Valley, and northward. 



2. J. augustifolia, Lam. 2f Glabrous. Leaves subsessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends. Flowers short-peduncled ; 

 calyx-lobes 4, very acute, tube cylindrical, elongated — Spring — Htileh 

 (Tristram). 



Order XLV. CUCURBITACEJE, Juss. (Gourd Family). 



Herbaceous^ climbing or prostrate m7ies, usioally tendril- 

 bearing, with dioecious or monoecious, yellow or whitish-yel- 

 low, {often monojpetalous) ^-merous flowers, the calyx-tube 

 adnate to the d-6-celled ovary, and the 3-5 stamens free, or 

 monadelphous or triadelphous by cohesion of their usually 

 tortuous anthers. Pepo fleshy or membranous — Caljx-tube 

 short-campanulate. Corolla inserted on the throat of the 

 calyx. Placentae 3, parietal, implanted at the outer angles 

 of the cells ; numerous, horizontal seeds, not albuminous ; 

 embryo straight. 



