cucurbit ace^. (gourd family.) 

 Fig. 161. Fig. 162. 



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Fig. 161. (a) Triadelphous stamens ofthe gourd, with syngenesioua anthers. (J) Trans- 

 verse section through the anthers, (c) Anther of a watermelon forming three loops. 

 Fig. 162. Transverse section of a gourd, showing its three parietal, bifid placentse. 



* Stamens 3, free. Flowers {in ours) moncecious. 



t Calyx with 1-3 scopes at fundus. 



1. MOMORDICA. Both kinds of flowers solitary. Tendrils simple. 



1 1 Calyx destitute of scales at fundus. 

 X Connective of anther-cells appendaged. 



2. CUCUMIS. Staminate flowers usually clustered, pistillate solitary. Tendrils simplt. 



X X Connective of anther-cells not appendaged. 



3. CITRULLUS. Both kinds of flowers solitary. Tendrils branched. 



4. ECB ALLIUM. Staminate flowers racemed, pistillate solitary. Tendrils 0. 



* * Stamens 5, triadelphous. Connective not appendaged. Flowers dimcious or monacious, 



5. BRYONIA. Flowers all racemed or clustered. Tendrils simple or bifid. 



1. MOlflORDICA, L. MoMORDiCA. 



Corolla rotate, 5-parted to base, with obovate, ribbed petals. 

 Staminate ji. : — Pedicel with a sessile bract at base. Stanaens 3, anthers 

 adherent, at length free. Pistillate jl. : — Ovary oblong, style slender, 

 stigmas 3. Fruit an irregularly torn or 3-valved berry — Climbing herbs 

 with yellow flowers. 



M. balsaminea, L. Beilasdn. Monoecious. Leaves pal- 

 mately 5-lobed or parted, sparingly rough-puberulent or glabrous, with 

 coarse dentate lobes and rounded sinuses. Staminate Jt. : — Bract cor- 

 date, dentate, petals twice and a half as long as calyx. Fruit round-ovate, 

 angled, tubercled, oi^ange colored., bursting irregularly ; seeds flattened- 

 elliptical, somewhat wrinkled-tubercled — Summer — Nooks by east 

 shore of Dead Sea. 



2. CUCUMIS, L. Cucumber. Jelmdtha. Khiydr. 



Corolla 5-parted beyond its middle, campanulate, lobes oblong- 

 ovate, acute. Staminateji. : — Stamens 3, free, anthers oblong. Pistil- 

 late ji. : — Rudimentary stamens 0. Ovary ovate, with a short style and 

 three obtuse stigmas; fruit fleshy, indehiscent, with flattened seeds — 

 Prostrate herbs with yellow flowers. 



