CUCURBITACEjE. I. FEUILLEA. II. ZANONIA. 



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Corolla 5-petalled(f. 3. c.) ; petals oblong, fringed (f. 3. rf.). Sta- 

 mens 5, in 3 parcels. Female flowers. Limb of calyx 5 -toothed. 

 Corolla as in the male. Stigma capitate, 3-lobed, ex Bojer. 

 Fruit fleshy, 2-3 feet long, and 8 inches thick, elongated, fur- 

 rowed (f. 3. e.). Flowers purple. 



18 CUCU'RBITA. Flowers monoecious, yellow. Petals joined 

 together, and with the calyx. Male flowers. Calyx campanu- 

 late. Stamens 5, in 3 bundles and syngenesious. Anthers 

 curved at both ends. Female flowers. Calyx clavate, narrowed 

 towards the apex. Stigmas 3, thickish, 2-lobed. Fruit 3-5- 

 celled. 



19 INVOLUCRA'RIA. Flowers monoecious. Male ones um- 

 bellate, sessile ; bracteas reniform, fringe-toothed, involucrum- 

 formed. Tube of calyx obconical ; sepals linear, acute. An- 

 thers joined together. Female flowers solitary, on long pe- 

 duncles. 



20 MURI'CIA. Flowers monoecious. Calyx 5-parted, in- 

 closed in a large undivided, 1 -flowered sheath. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, 5-petalled. Stamens 5, in 3 bundles, and syngenesious. 

 Style 1 ; stigmas 3, sagittate, horizontal. Berry muricated, 1- 

 celled, many-seeded. 



21 ANGU'RIA. Flowers monoecious. Male flowers. Calyx 

 campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla joined with the calyx, ven- 

 tricose, red, 5-parted. Stamens 2. Female flowers with a calyx 

 and corolla as in the males, and 2 sterile stamens. Style semi- 

 bifid ; stigmas bifid. Fruit 2-4-celled, many-seeded, somewhat 

 tetragonal. 



t Genera not sufficiently known. 



22 ZU'CCA. Flowers solitary, axillary. Bractea large, con- 

 cave, involving a large, coloured, 5-sepalled calyx, and girded 

 by 5 scales at the base. Stamens 5. 



23 ALLA'SIA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx gamosepalous, 

 girded by a short involucrum. Segments 5, acutish, pilose. 

 Corolla 4-petalled ; petals pilose. Stamens 4, but more pro- 

 bably 8, joined by twos ; anthers 2-lobed. Style subulate, 

 crowned by an acute stigma. Berry fleshy, large, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, 1 -celled, many-seeded. 



24 GRONOVIA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx funnel- 

 shaped, 5-parted ; scales 5, linear, petal-formed, pellucid, alter- 

 nate with the calycine segments. Stamens 5, free, alternating 

 with the scales. Style crowned by a capitate stigma. Berry 

 dry, nearly globose, 1-seeded, crowned by the dry permanent 

 calyx. 



25 KOLBIA. Flowers dioecious ? Calyx gamosepalous, 

 with a crenulated edge. Corolla gamopetalous, 5-lobed ; lobes 

 with glandular edges. Nectary ? 5-leaved ; lobes with feathery 

 ciliated edges. Stamens 5, monadelphous ; filaments short ; 

 anthers long, conniving. 



Tribe I. 



NHANDIRO'BEjE (plants agreeing with Nhandirbba in im- 

 portant characters). St. Hil. ann. mus. 9. p. 215. Turp. diet, 

 sc. nat. atlas, icon. 2. D. C. prod. 3. p. 297. Tendrils axillary, 

 peduncular. Flowers dioecious. 



I. FEUI'LLEA (in honour of Louis Feuillee, a traveller in 

 Chili ; author of Journal des Observations physiques, mathema- 



tiques, et botaniques, faites dans 1'Amerique Meridionale, &c. 

 3 vols. 4to. Paris, vols. 1 and 2. 1714. and 3. 1725.). Lin. 

 gen. 1118. Juss. gen. 397. Lam. ill. t. 815. D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 297. Fevillea, Pers. syst. regl. ed. 15. p. 929. Nhandi- 

 roba, Plum. gen. 20. t. 27. 



LIN. SYST. Dioecia, Pentdndria. Flowers dioecious. Male 

 flowers. Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle. Petals 5, rather 

 joined at the base, inserted in the throat of the calyx, and alter- 

 nating with the sepals. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, and 

 alternating with them, sometimes 10, but when this is the case, 

 5 of which are always sterile, (ex Juss.) Anthers 2-celled, 

 didymous. Female flowers. Tube of calyx adnate to the ova- 

 rium ; limb 5-cleft. Petals 5, distinct, or joined at the base, 

 oblong. Lamellae or abortive stamens 5, sometimes alternating 

 with the petals (ex Juss.). Styles 3. Stigmas broad, bluntly 

 bifid. Fruit globose, fleshy, 3-celled, indehiscent, with solid 

 bark and a large fleshy trigonal central axis ; cells many ovu- 

 late. Ovula erect from the centre. Seeds compressed, oval. 

 Embryo straight. Cotyledons flat, rather fleshy. Intratropical 

 American, rather frutescent climbing herbs. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, exstipulate, palmately nerved, cordate, glabrous. 

 Tendrils axillary, spirally twisted, in place of peduncles. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered. Flowers small. Seeds 

 oily, bitter. This genus has a habit emulating Passiftora. Fruit 

 in the form of that of Couroupila, a genus of Lecythidece. 



1 F. PUNCTA'TA (Poir. diet. 4. p. 418.) leaves S-lobed or 

 ternate, beset with glandular dots on both surfaces along the 

 nerves, but more especially beneath ; lobes of leaves lanceolate, 

 rather cut. I . ^. S. Native of St. Domingo. Trichosanthes 

 punctata, Lin. spec. 1432.amcen. acad. 3. p. 423. exclusive of 

 the country. Fevillea trilob&ta, Reich, syst. 4. p. 253. 



Z>oed-leaved Feuillea. PI. cl. 



2 F. TRILOBA'TA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 1014.) leaves rather 

 glandular on both surfaces, 3-parted or trifid ; lower lobes ob- 

 tuse, upper ones acute. "%. . r> . S. Native of Brazil. F. scan- 

 dens ft, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1457. F. hederacea, Poir. diet. 4. 

 p. 4 1 9. Chandiroba or Nhandiroba, Margr. bras. 46. lower figure. 



Three-lobed-\ea\ed Feuillea. PI. cl. 



3 F. CORDIFOLIA (Poir. diet. 4. p. 418.) leaves glandless, 

 cordate, acuminated, or somewhat 3-lobed, and rather serrated. 

 If.. ^.S. Native of the West Indies. Plum, ed Burm. t. 209. 

 F. scandens a, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 1457. F. hederacea, Turp. 

 in diet. sc. nat. with a figure. The leaves of this species are 

 said to be a powerful antidote against vegetable poisons. 



Heart-leaved Feuillea. PI. cl. 



4 F. JAVILLA(H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 124.) 

 leaves glandless, roundish, sinuately cordate, acuminated. If. . 

 '"'. S. Native of New Granada, in woods near Turbaco, where 

 it is called Javilla by the inhabitants. Seeds with subalate mar- 

 gins, hence this species agrees with the genus Zanonia. 



Javilla Feuillea. PI. cl. 



Cult. A light rich soil will suit the species of Feuillea ; and 

 cuttings of them will root readily under a hand-glass, in heat. 

 They are well fitted for training up rafters in stoves. 



II. ZANONIA (named in memory of Giacomo Zanoni, for- 

 merly Prefect of the Botanic Garden at Bologna, author of 

 Istoria Botanica, Bol. 1675. fol. edited in Latin by Monti, 

 1742. He died 1682, aged 67.). Lin. gen. 1117. Juss. gen. 

 397. Lam. ill. t. 816. Blum, bijdr. p. 937. D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 298. but not of Plum. 



LIN. SYST. Dioecia, Monadelphia. Flowers dioecious. Male. 

 Calyx 3-iobed (f. 1. a.). Petals 5, joined into a 5-parted rotate 

 corolla (f. 1. i.e.). Stamens 5 (f. 1. c.) ; filaments flat, con- 

 nected at the base; anthers 1 -celled, adnate to the tops' of the 

 filaments. Female. Tube of calyx long, turbinate ; limb 5- 



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