426 CUCURBITACEAE. 



solitary. Calyx campanulate, 5-tootlied. Corolla campanulate, deeply 5-parted. 

 Stamens 3 in the staminate llowers, tlie anthers distinct or slightly united, the 

 pistil "wanting or rudimentary. Fertile flowers with 1 pistil; ovary ovoid, 

 constricted below the corolla; placentae 3; ovules numerous; style short; 

 stigmas 3, linear. Fruit small, berry-like, pulpy. [From the Greek for some 

 vine, probably Bryonia cretica.'] About 64 species^ natives of warm and 

 tropical regions. Type species: Melothria pendida L. 



1. Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. 3: 580. 1881. 



Bryonia guadalupensis Spreng. Syst. 3: 15. 1826. 

 Melothria pervaga Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 289. 1860. 



A slender glabrous vine, sometimes 2 m. long, climbing by filiform 

 tendrils. Leaves various^ ovate, or ovate-lanceolate in outline, 3-7 cm. long, 

 scabrous, repand or 3-5-lobed with the middle lobe often longer than the 

 lateral ones, acute or acuminate at the apex, deeply cordate at the base; 

 petioles slender, 1—4 cm. long; staminate racemes few-flowered, peduncled; 

 peduncle of the pistillate flower 2-4 cm. long; calyx-teeth subulate, minute; 

 corolla short-villous, about 4 mm. broad, its lobes obtuse; pepo ovoid, 1-1.5 

 em. long, red or purple. 



Pine-lands and cultivated grounds, A'baco. New Providence, Eleuthera : — West 

 Indies and continental tropical America. Guadaloupe Ceeeping-Cucumbee. 



3. ANGUEIA Jacq. Enum. 9, 31. 1760. 



Climbing vines, with slender simple tendrils, the leaves various, the 

 polygamous flowers mostly small, clustered at the end of a long peduncle, the 

 calyx and corolla of staminate and pistillate flowers similar. Calyx with an 

 elongated, more or less swollen tube and a 5-cleft or 5-toothed limb. Corolla 

 5-parted, rotate. Staminate flowers with 2 included stamens, the filaments 

 short, the anther-sacs narrow. Pistillate flowers with 2 rudimentary stamens, 

 an ovoid ovary, a slender 2-cleft style, the stigmas 2-cleft. Fruit many- 

 seeded, ovoid or oblong. [Greek^ similar to water melons.] Species 40 or 

 50, all American. Type species: Anguria pedata Jacq. 



1. Anguria pedata Jacq. Enum. 31. 1760. 



Anguria Keithii Northrop, Mem. Torr. Club 12: 69. 1902. 



A glabrous monoecious vine, trailing or climbing, 3 m. long or longer, the 

 root elongated, the stem grooved, somewhat woody below. Leaves deeply 5-7- 

 divided, reniform-orbicular in outline, usually divided into 3 short-stalked 

 segments, the 2 lateral ones again 2-3-divided, the segments lanceolate or 

 oblong, acute or obtuse, few-toothed or entire; peduncles slender, about as 

 long as the leaves ; staminate racemes several-flowered ; pedicels 5-16 mm. 

 long; calyx ovoid, 5-7 mm, long, its tube ovate or lanceolate, acute, one-third 

 to one-half as long as the tube; petals orange, 1-1.5 cm. long; pistillate 

 flowers solitary or in. pairs; fruit ovoid, short-beaked, about 3 cm. long. 



Coppices, Conch Sound, Lisbon Creek and Mangrove Cay, Andros, Eleuthera : — 

 Cuba to Porto Rico; recorded from Panama. Referred to by Dolley as Cucumis 

 Anguria L. 



4. CAYAPONIA Manso, Enum. Subst. Bras. 31. 1836. 



Climbing herbaceous vines, with entire toothed lobed or palmately 

 divided leaves, simple or divided tendrils, and rather large^ monoecious or 



