415 



toothed, scarlet at the base, yellow towards the top, 

 greenish at the mouth; stamens and filaments red: 

 ovary 2-celled, many-seeded. Mex. HBK. Nov. Gen. 



of Cucurbita 

 Hubbard Squash (X=i,) 



Sp. C, p. 209, t. 551. R.H. 1857, p. 151. F.S. 10:994 

 (1854). — The picture first cited shows a 1-sided raceme, 

 the second a panicle and the third a common raceme. 

 In this .species the calyx tube is the attractive portion, 

 while the petals are inconspicuous. The tube is not 2- 

 lipped, but almost regular. 



AA. Petals 0, all conspicuous, Met 2 of them much 

 larger than the rest. 



prociimbens, Cav. Annual, herbaceous, 1 in. high, 

 procumbent, sticky-pubescent, with characteristic pur 

 plish hairs; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, with white hairs, 1 %- 



CUPHEA 



3 in. long, gradually decreasing in size until they be- 

 come bract-like, petiole short: fls. numerous, peduncles 

 longer than the petioles, 2 or 3 times shorter than the 

 calyx; calyx 6-toothed, purplish at the base, green at the 

 tip, with 12 raised streaks, and a pubescence like that 

 of the stem; petals (i, the 2 larger ones on the upper lip 

 of the calyx purple; filaments included. Mex. B.B. 

 3:182. C. purpurea, Hort. F. S. 4:412. R.B. 22:85; 

 said to be a hybrid between C miniata and V. viscos- 

 sim/f, is probably not distinct. 



Petals 6, all of the same sise. 

 hyasopifdlia, HBK. Fig. 606. Stem shrubby; branches 

 numerous, strigose; Ivs. lanceolate, rather acute, obtuse 

 at the base, glabrous above, strigose-pilose along the 

 midrib and veins, as may be seen with a hand lens; fls. 

 with their slender pedicels scarcely longer than the Ivs. ; 

 calyx glabrous; petals 6, somewhat unequal, dilute vio- 

 let; stamens 11 included; fila- 

 ments villous : ovary 5-6- 

 seeded. Mex. — C. hyssopi- 

 phylla, Hort., Pitcher & 

 Manda, is presumably a typo- 

 graphical error. This is the 

 least attractive of the species 

 here described, and is no 

 longer advertised, but it still 

 lingers in a few conservato- 

 ries. It is easily told from its 

 showier relatives by its much 

 smaller Ivs. (less than K in. 

 long) and much branched and 

 very woody appearance. 



AAAA. Petals vonntilUi 2, 

 the other 4 abortive.' 

 B. Size of petals rertj small. 

 cy4nea, Moc. & Sesse. (C 

 .^Iriijulnsa, Hort., not HBK.). 

 .Stem herbaceous, erect : 

 branchlets hispid: Ivs. oppo- 

 site, stalked, ovate, cordate, 

 acuminate, villous on both 

 sides: peduncles alternate, racemose : calyx slightly 

 hispid, scarlet at the base, yellow at the top: petals 2, 

 clawed, spatiilate; anthers and petals A-iolet-blue. Mex. 

 B.R. 32:14 (1846) as C. strigilldsa, Lindl. F.S. 1:15 & 

 P.M. 11:241 as B. sfrir/ji/dsa, but neither of these plates 

 is the C. strignldsa, HBK., which is a different species, 

 with a shrubby stem: branches and calyx clammy-his- 

 pid: Ivs. ovate-oblong, acute at both ends, clammy, gla- 

 brous above, strigose-scabrous below : petals nearly 

 equal; ovary about 8-ovuled. 



Hubbard Squash. 



605. Cucurbita foetidissima. 



