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the calyx. Androecium of 3 stamens (2 anthers 2-celled and 1 anther 

 1-eelled), or rarely of 1, 2, 4 or 5 stamens. Filaments sometimes miited. 

 Anthers straight or bent. Gynoecium 1-several-carpellary. Styles united. 

 Fruit a fleshy or partially dry berry. 



Anthers straight or merely curved : berry smooth. 1. Melotheia. 



Anthers contorted or condiiplicate : berry rugose or warty. 



Calyx with 2 or 3 scales in the bottom : berry warty. 2. Momoedica 



Calyx without scales in the bottom : berry rugose. 3. Cucumis. 



1. MELOTHEIA L. Vines. Leaves with toothed or lobed blades. 

 Flowers mainly monoecious. Hypanthium of the pistillate flowers relatively 

 short. Berry juicy, the rind tender. Seeds flat. 



1. M, crassifolia Small. Stems nearly glabrous or hispidulous: leaf-blades 

 suborbicular, reniform, or ovate in outline, 3-8 cm. wide, with 3-.5 angular 

 shallow-toothed lobes: hypanthium glabrous or pubescent: corolla yellow, 6-8 

 mm. wide: berries oblong or oval, 10-25 mm. long. — Hammocks, IJ. keys, L. 

 keys. — [E. K.] — Creeping-cucumber. 



2. MOMORDICA L. Annual or perennial vines. Leaves with entire, 

 lobed, or pedately dissected blades. Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Stami- 

 nodia of the pistillate flowers gland-like, or wanting. Style slender. Stigmas 

 3. Berry warty. 



1. M. Charantia L. Stems creeping or climbing, often greatly elongate: leaf- 

 blades 4-12 cm. wide, 5-7-lobed, the lobes with acute or obtuse teeth, villous 

 or glabrate: sepals oval or oval-ovate, 3-4.5 mm. long: petals yellow, 1-2 cm. 

 long: berries 4-12 cm. long, golden-yellow: seeds oblong, 12-16 cm. long. — 

 Thickets and waste places, Key West. Nat. of the Tropics. — [E. K.] — {Bah., 

 Cuba, Ant.) — Balsam-apple. 



3. CUCUMIS L. Annual or perennial vines. Leaves with toothed or 

 prominently lobed blades. Flowers monoecious. Corolla rotate. Staminodia 

 of the pistillate flowers obsolete, or wanting. Style short. Stigmas obtuse. 

 Berries rugose or echinate. 



1. C. Melo L. Stems stout: leaf -blades reniform to suborbicular, 1.5 dm. 

 long or less, merely toothed or shallowly lobed: corolla 3-5 cm. wide: fruit 

 elongate or depressed, rugose. — Pinelands and cultivated grounds, L. keys. 

 Nat. of Asia. — (^nt)^CANTALOUPE. 



Family 2. BRUNONIACEAE. Goodenia Family. 



Herbaceous or woody plants. Leaves alternate or sometimes opposite : 

 blades entire, toothed, or pinnatifid. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 5 par- 

 tially united sepals, or rarely obsolete. Corolla of 5 equally or unequally 

 united petals. Androecium of 5 distinct stamens. Gynoecium mostly of 

 2 united carpels, the ovary mostly inferior. Stigma surrounded with an 

 indusium. Fruit drupaceous, baccate, or capsular. 



1. SCAEVOLA L. Succulent herbs or shrubs. Leaf -blades mostly entire. 

 Flowers irregular, in cymes. Calyx 5-lobed, or obsolete. Corolla-tube open to 

 the base on one side, the lobes winged. Stigma with a ciliate indusium. Berry 

 with a fleshy exocarp. 



1. S. Plumieri Vahh Plants 3-18 dm. tall: leaf -blades obovate to spatulate, 

 4-6 cm. long: calyx-lobes rounded: corolla white or pinkish, 22-28 mm. long. 



