188 CUCURBITACEJi. 



Conium maculatum. 

 Coriandrum sativum. 

 Cuminum cyminum. 

 Daucus carota. 

 Dorema ammoniacum. 

 Fceniculum vulgare. 

 Ferula asafcetida. 

 Galbanum officinale. 

 Pastinaca opoponax. 

 Pimpinella anisum. 



Corolliflorte. 



24. CUCURBITACE^E. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious, but very rarely 

 united. Calyx 5 -cleft, deciduous, imbricate in aestiva- 

 tion, sometimes wanting. Corolla 5-parted, often in- 

 timately blended with the calyx, and scarcely distin- 

 guishable from it ; very cellular in structure, strongly 

 marked with reticulated veins, and sometimes fringed at 

 the edges. Stamens 5, free or triadelphous, the fila- 

 ments being connate in pairs, the fifth one remaining 

 free, or sometimes diadelphous by its union ; anthers 

 two-celled, long and sinuous. Ovarium inferior, one- 

 celled ; placentae parietal, many-ovuled. Stigmas thick, 

 velvety or fringy. Fruit (a pepo) fleshy, crowned by 

 the remains of the calyx. Seeds flat and ovate with a 

 coriaceous testa, arrillate. Embryo straight and exalbu- 

 minous ; the radicle next the hilum and cotyledons folia- 

 ceous and veined. 



Herbaceous, annual or perennial, with tuberous or 

 fibrous roots, succulent stems climbing by means of 

 tendrils ; the leaves covered with asperities, simple and 

 alternate. 



