CUCURBITACE^Z. XVIII. CUCURBITA. 



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fields and in gardens, where the plant is called Daligo by the 

 natives. Allied to C. Pepo. Compare Humph, amb. 6. t. 143. 

 according to Blume. 



Mealy-fruited Gourd. PI. tr. 



8 C. VERRUCOSA (Lin. spec. 1435.) leaves cordate, deeply 5- 

 lobed, denticulated; middle lobe narrow at the base; fruit 

 roundish-elliptic, warted. O- F. Native country unknown. 

 Bauh. hist. 2. p. 222. with a figure. C. polymorpha verrucosa, 

 Duch. in Lam. diet. 2. p. 155. The plant, flowers, and seed 

 &c. are like those of C. Pepo, but the fruit is smaller, with a 

 harder, almost woody rind. Called Barbarine, and Barbaresque 

 sauvage in French. The warted gourd is common in most parts 

 of America, where it is cultivated as a culinary fruit. It varies 

 in form and size, being round, flat, shaped like a bottle, or ob- 

 long ; the rind is white when the fruit is ripe, and covered with 

 large protuberances or warts. It is commonly gathered when 

 half grown, and boiled by the inhabitants of America, to eat as 

 a sauce to their meat. In England it is only cultivated as a 

 curiosity. 



Warted Gourd. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1658. Pl.tr. 



9 C. SUBVERRUCOSA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 609.) leaves cordate, 

 deeply 5-lobed, denticulated ; middle lobe narrow at the base ; 

 fruit clavately-elliptic, rather warted. Q. F. Native country 

 unknown. Perhaps a hybrid from C. verrucosa, but the fruit is 

 very different. 



Subverrucose-truited Gourd. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. ? PI. tr. 



10 C. AURA'NTIA (Willd. I.e. p. 667.) plant very scabrous; 

 leaves subcordate, 3-lobed, cuspidate, sharply denticulated; fruit 

 globose, smooth, having the appearance and colour of an orange. 

 O- F. Native country unknown. The orange-gourd is rather 

 more tender than the other sorts. It has been hitherto chiefly 

 cultivated for curiosity, and when trained spirally round a pole, 

 or against a wall, and loaded with its yellow fruit, it is very 

 ornamental. The fruit should be used like those of other sorts 

 of pumpkin or gourd. 



Var. a, ordngina (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 317.) fruit glo- 

 bose, 3-celled ; pulp fibry, yellow, nearly dry, with a solid dark 

 green rind, which at length becomes orange-coloured. Orangine 

 or Faussc orange in French ; orange-gourd, English. 



Var. ft, colocyntholdes (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 317.) rind of 

 fruit thinner and variegated ; pulp dry. Called Coloquinelle or 

 Fausse coloquinte in French, and False colocynth in English. 



Orange Gourd. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1802. PI. cl. 



11 C. COCCINEA; fruit round, scarlet, about the size of an 

 orange. 0. F. Native of Sierra Leone. 



Scarlet-fruited Gourd. PL tr. 



12 C. OVIFERA (Lin. mant. p. 126.) leaves cordate, angular, 

 5-lobed, denticulated, pubescent ; calyx obevate, ending in a 

 short neck, and cut round after flowering to the neck. O- F. 

 Native of Astracan. C. polymorpha pyridaris, Duch. in Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 154. J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 222 and 223.. f. 1. C. 

 sylvestris, Dod. pempt. 670. f. 1. C. pyriformis, Xob. hist. 

 867. f. 2. Herb and flowers very like those of C. Pepo, bu.fr. 

 less scabrous. Fruit obovate or ovate, smooth, greenish or yel- 

 lowish, figure of an egg. Called in French Gougourdette, arid 

 Vegetable marrow, in English. 



Var. a, pyriformis (Ser. diss. I.e. t. 1.) leaves 5-lobed with 

 undulated margins ; lobes oblong-obovate, denticulated, rarely 

 lobulate ; fruit pear-shaped, green, or yellow, lined longitudinally 

 with white. 



Var. fi, subglobosa (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 318.) leaves 

 bluntly lobed ; lobes broad, short ; fruit obovate, globose, green 

 lined with white ; flesh red. 



Var. y, grisea (Ser. 1. c.) leaves 3-5-lobed, narrow ; middle 

 lobe trapeziform, usually lobulate ; fruit larger, greenish grey, 

 spotted with white, hardly lined. 



VOL. III. 



Var. S, ovala ; fruit large, ovate, whitish when ripe. 



The first kind of vegetable marrow was introduced to Britain 

 from Persia within the last few years, where it is called deader. 

 The fruit of this sort is of a uniform pale yellow or light sulphur 

 colour : when full grown it is about 9 inches in length, 4 inches 

 in diameter, of an elliptic shape, the surface being rendered 

 slightly uneven by irregular longitudinal ribs, the terminations 

 of which uniting form a projecting apex at the end of the fruit, 

 which is very unusual in the gourd or pompion tribe. It is 

 useful for culinary purposes in every stage of its growth ; when 

 very young, it is good if fried with butter ; when large, or 

 about half grown, it is excellent either plain boiled or stewed 

 with rich sauce ; for either of these purposes it should be cut in 

 slices. The flesh has a peculiar tenderness or softness, from 

 which circumstance it has received its name, much resembling 

 the buttery quality of the beurre-pear, and this property re- 

 mains with it until it is full grown, when it is used for pies. It 

 is, however, in its intermediate state of growth that it is likely 

 to be most approved. There are now several kinds of veget- 

 able marrow in cultivation. 



To dress vegetable marrow. Take the fruit when about half 

 grown ; cut it lengthwise through the middle (if large cut it 

 into 3 or 4 slices) ; take ofthe outer skin, cut it into small 

 dice, about half through on^side of the slices, then scrape a 

 little of the fat of bacon, ana put it into a saucepan, with a 

 little parsley, shallots, and mushrooms, chopped very small, and 

 let them fry a little ; then add about a table spoonful of flour, 

 with a little salt and pepper, mixed all together ; then put the 

 slices of the vegetable marrow into a stewpan with a cover, and 

 put the fried seasoning over the slices, and let them stew a little 

 on a slow fire, with a little fire on the cover. When enough 

 done, serve up." Crichton, Cal. mem. vol. 4. The Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society's silver medal was given to Mr. Chrichton 

 for this receipt, and the other two upon the cheese-gourd. We 

 think it ought to have been given to the cook. 



Egg-bearing Gourd or Vegetable-marrow. Fl. July, Sept. 

 Clt. ? PL tr. 



13 C. FCETIDISSIMA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 123.) leaves deeply cordate, ovate, sinuately angular, narrowed 

 above, toothed, strigose above, but white and villous beneath ; 

 female flowers axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; calyx campanu- 

 lately funnel-shaped above, with ovate-oblong, acute segments. 

 O- F. Native of Mexico, near Guanaxuato, at the height of 

 3240 feet. 



Very foetid Gourd. PL cl. ortr. 



14 C. UMBELLA'TA (Klein, ex Willd. spec. p. 608.) stem fur- 

 rowed, glabrous ; leaves cordate, with 5 narrow, denticulated 

 scabrous lobes ; male flowers in umbels, female ones solitary, 

 pedunculate ; fruit elliptic, tomentose. O F. Native of the 

 East Irfdies. 



Umbellate-flowered Gourd. PL tr. 



15 C. ASFERA'TA (Gill. mss. ex Hook et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. 

 p. 234.) flowers dioecious ; stems glabrous ; leaves palmately 

 5-parted, rough from callous dots on both surfaces, which are 

 more numerous beneath ; segments sinuately pinnatifid ; ten- 

 d'njs simple ; male flowers in capitate racemes, on short pedun- 

 cle^- female ones pedunculate, solitary ; fruit nearly globose, 

 few-seeded. O. F. Native of Chili, in the province of Men- 

 doza, in uncultivated places, where it is called by the natives 

 Sandillo del compos. This plant agrees in many respects with 

 the C. mammeata, Mol. but that species is from Chili. 



Rough Gourd. PL tr. 



16 C. CICERA'RIA (Molina, Chili ed germ. p. 316.) leaves 

 roundish, angular, tomentose; fruit woody, globose. O- F. 

 Native of Chili. 



Intoxicating Gourd. Fl. June, Avig. Clt.1824. Pl.tr. 

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