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from the last, Pallas, in his journey throuc^h the Crimea, 

 remarks, that at Sareptaon the Volg-a the inhabitants brew 

 a kind of' beer, with the addition of hops, and obtain a 

 marmalade as & substitute for treacle. 



'8. SYCIOS. L. (Single-seeded Cucumber.) 



Masc. Calix 5 -toothed. Corolla 5-parted. 

 Filaments 3. Fem. Style trifid. Pepo 1 -seeded. 



Scandent; peduncle short and many-fiowered; fruit ca- 

 pitate, echinate. 



Species. 1. S. angnlata. — Of this genus there appears 

 to be 3 other species indigenous to the warmer parts of 

 slmerica. 



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