124 LIX. CUCURBITACE.E. 



stio-mas 3, tliiek. Fruit a jijourd, 3- or spuriouBly G-ccllcd, 

 mauy-seedcd. Seeds oval, compressed, not margiued. — Fl. Cap. 

 ii. p. 491. 



Annuals or perennials, scabrous, with succulent stems, rarely wanting 

 tendrils, and angular or doeply-lobed leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary or 

 tufted, yellow. — 9 ascertained Cape species, several others from Natal, of 

 which incomplete specimens liave as yet only reached ns. 



2. CITRULLUS, Schrad. 



Flowers monoecious. — Male : Calyx bell-shaped, deeply 5-fid. 

 Corolla 5-parted, flattisli. Stamens 3, inserted at the base of 

 the corolla, 2 bilocular, deeply parted, the third unilocular ; 

 connective without any terminal appendage ; anther-cells 

 flexuous. — Female : calyx and corolla as in the male. Ovary 

 with 3 prominent placentas, villous or smooth ; style 3-fid ; 

 stigmas 3, thick. Fruit a globose, rarely oblong, 3- or 6- 

 celled, many-seeded gourd. Seeds oval, compressed, with ob- 

 tuse margins. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 492. 



C. vulgaris, a prostrate plant, with deeply 3-5-lobed leaves, forked ten- 

 drils, and axillary yellow flowers, occurs on sandy flats in many places. It 

 is the "Kaffir Water-melon" and " Bitter Apple " of the colonists, and a 

 wild variety of the common European and Asiatic Water-melon. 



3. MOMORDICA, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. — Male : Panicled and ebrac- 

 teate or bracteate or solitary, with the peduncle bearing a 

 large, sessile, clasping bract. Calyx 5-cleft, with a very short 

 tube, closed at the base with 2 or 3 horizontal or incurved 

 scales. Corolla 5-parted to the base, much longer than the 

 calyx. Stamens 3, one 1-celled ; anther-cells flexuous or con- 

 duplicate, rarely straight, free or connate. Ovary with 3 pla- 

 centas ; style simple ; stigmas 3. Grourd fleshy, not fibrous, 

 prickly, often bursting when ripe, with or without elasticity. 

 Seeds compressed or tumid, enveloped in a fleshy pulp. — 

 Fl. Cap. ii. p. 491. 



Annual or perennial climbers, with petiolate, lobed or compound leaves, 

 simple, rarely 2-fid tendrils and yellow or white flowers. — 4 ascertained 

 Cape species, dispersed, and some imperfectly known, undescribed. 



4. TROCHOMERIA, Hook, f 



Flowers monoecious or dicrcious. Calyx with a cylindrical 

 or funnel-shaped tube, and a 5-parted limb. Corolla spread- 

 ing, 5-parted to the base; the lobes sometimes very long. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments inserted within the calyx-tube-; anthers 

 subexserted or included, connivent ; cells conduplicate, 2 bilo- 

 cular, the third unilocular. Female perianth as in the male. 



