364 ORDER 58. CUCURBIT ACE^E. 



mens 3, diadelpUoi:*. Fertile fls. Cal. and cor. as above ; abortive 

 fil. 3, distinct, minute; style very short; stigmas 2, large; fruit round- 

 ish, inflated, echinate, 4-seeded. CJ) A climbing herb with branched 

 tendrils. 



E. lobata Torn & Gr. A smoothisb- running vine in rich river soils, Can. to Ponn. 

 and Mo. St. deeply furrowed, with long, 3-parted tendrils placed nearly oppo- 

 site the long petioles. Lvs. membranous, palmately 5-lobed, cordate at base,' 

 lobes acuminate, denticulate. Fls. small, white, the barren ones very mimerous, 

 in axillary raceme.-} often If lorg; fertile ones solitary or several, situated at tho 

 base of the raceme. Fr. 1 to 2' in length, setose-echinate, at length dry and mem- 

 branous, with 4 large seeds. Jl.-*-Sept. (Sicyos MX. Momordica echinata 

 Muhl.) 



2. LAGENA X RIA, Ser. GOURD. (Gr. /idyqvog, a flagon or bottle; 

 f-'om the form of tho fruit.) Flowers 8 . Calyx campanulatc, 5-toothed; 

 petals 5, obpvate. $ Stamens 5, triadelphous ; anthers very long, con- 

 torted. ? Stigmas 3, thick, 2-lobed, subsessile ; pcpo ligneous, 1-celled; 

 seeds ariled, obeorrlote, compressed, margin tumid. Mostly climbing 

 by tendrils. 



L. vulgr.r-'a P,W. CALABASH. BOTTLE GOURD. Softly pubescent ; st. climb- 

 ing by brp.nchinT 1 tendrils ; Ivs. roundish-cordate, abruptly acuminate, denticulate, 

 with 2 glands beneath at base; fls. axillary, solitary, pedunculate; fr. clavate, 

 ventricous. at length smooth. CD Gardens. The hard, woody rind of the fruit id 

 used as ladles, bottles, &c. Fls. white. Jl., Aug. \ Tropical. 



3. BRYfJNIA, L. BRYONY. (Gr. fipvu, to grow rapidly.) Flow- 

 ers 8 or $ $ . Calyx 5-toothcd, teeth short; corolla 5-cleft or parted; 

 $ stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuous anthers ; $ stylo trifid ; berry 

 small, globular, few seeded. Fls. greenish white. 



B. Boykinii Torr. & Gr. Scabrous pubescent; Ivs. docply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate, 

 denticulate, acuminate-cuspidate; fls. (small) clustered in the axils, both kinds 

 together, on short pedicels; berries oval, 3-seeded. In wet grounds, along streams, 

 Ga. to La. (Hale). Sts. 10 to 20f long, climbing over bushes by simple or forked 

 tendrils. Fr. as large as a small plum, bright crimson, changing to yellow. The 

 seeds with 2 lateral teeth. Jn., Jl. 



4. SIC'YOS, L. SINGLE-SEED CUCUMBER. (Gr. aiKvog, the ancient 

 name of the cucumber.) Flowers 8 . $ Calyx 5-toothcd; corolla rotate, 

 5-petaled ; stamens 5, inonadelphous, or at length triadelphous, anthers 

 contorted. ? Calvx 5-toothed, campanulate ; petals 5, united at base 

 into a campamilato corolla; styles 3, united at base ; fruit ovate, mem- 

 branous, li!spi 1 or ecliinatc, with one large, compressed seed. (i) Climb- 

 ing herbs, with compound tendrils. Sterile and fertile fls. in the same 

 axils. 



S. angulattts L. St. branching, hairy; Iva. roundish, cordate, with an obtuso 

 sinus, 5-angL'J or 5-lobed, lobes acuminate, denticulate; $ much smaller than . 

 Can. and U. S. A weak climbing vine, with long, spiral, branching tendrils. Lvs. 

 3 to 4 broad, alternate, on long stalks. Fls. whitish, marked with green lines, 

 the barren i:i long pedunculate rac. Fr. G" long, ovate, spinous, 8 to 10 together 

 in a crowded cluster, each with one large seed. Jl. Sept. 



5. MELOTHRIA, L. (Gr. ju^/lov, a melon, Opiov, a certain food.) 

 Flowers $ $ or 8 . Calyx infundibuliform-campanulate, limb in 

 5 subulate segments; petals 5, united into a campanulate corolla. 



< Stamens 5, triadelphous. $ Stigmas 3 ; fruit a berry, ovoid, small, 

 many-seeded. Tendrils simple, filifoi m. 



