322 CUCUKBITACEJE. (GOURD FAMILY.) 



4. E. tetrag^oiium, L. If Adhndb-el- Quttah. 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 ^m^, .005 Iroad corolla — Summer — 

 Coast and interior to 1000 m. 



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

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



Var. minutiflorum, Boiss. Flowers minute. Stem obsoletely 

 angled — Aintab. 



5. E. roseum, Schreb. 2f .3 to. 5, pubescent. Leaves petioled 

 or sub-sessile, oblong-ovate, moi^e oi^ less tapering at base, acutish at apex, 

 unequally denticulate. Calyx-lobes oUong-ovate, cusindate, three-fourths 

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



Var. subsesiile, Boiss. Leaves nearly sessile, sub-cordate at 

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



2. JUSSI^A, L. Jussi^A. 



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

 tent. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, spreading. Stamens 8-12, 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. J", repens, L. If Qatif. Medddd. Furga. Fureikdl. Glabrous, 

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

 petioled, oblong-obovate to lanceolate. Flowers solitary, .025 broad, 

 axillary, peduncled ; calyx-tube terete, hirtulous, -tapering 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. If Glabrous. Leaves subsessile, 

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

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

 (Tristram). 



Order XLV. CUCURBIT ACE iE, Juss. (Gourd Family). 



Herbaceous, climbing or prostrate vines, usually tendril- 

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

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

 adnate to the S-o-celled ovary, and the 3-6 stamens free, or 

 monadeljphous or triadelphous by cohesion of their usually 

 tortuous anthers. Pepo fleshy or membranous — Cal jx-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. 



