364 Owi *. CUCURBIT ACELE. 



mens 3, diadelphoi:*. Fertile fls. Cal. and cor. as above ; abortive 

 fil. 3, distinct, minute ; style very short ; stigmas 2, large ; fruit round- 

 ish, inflated, eehinate, 4-seeded. (I) A climbing herb with branched 

 tendrils. 



E. lofoata Torr. & Gr. A smootbisb, running vino in rich river soils, Can. to Penn. 

 and Mo. St. deeply furrowed, with long, 3-parted tendrils placed nearly oppo- 

 site the long petioles. Lvs. membranous, palmately 5-lobed, cordate at base, 

 lobes acuminate, denticulate. Fls. small, white, the barren ones very numerous, 

 in axillary racemes often If lorg; fertile ones solitary or several, situated at the 

 base of the raceme. Fr. 1 to 2' in length, setose-echinate, at length dry and mem- 

 branous, with 4 large seeds. Jl. Sept. (Sicyos MX. Momordica echinata 

 Muhl.) 



2. LAGENA'RIA, Ser. GOURD. (Gr. ^dyrjvo^ a flagon or bottle ; 

 from the form of the fruit.) Flowers 8 . Calyx campanulate, 5-toothcd ; 

 petals 5, obovate. o Stamens 5, triadelphous ; anthers very long, con- 

 torted. $ Stigmas 3, thick, 2-lobed, snbsessilc ; pcpo ligneous, l-cellcd; 

 seeds ariled, obccrdatc, compressed, margin tumid. Mostly climbing 

 by tendrils. 



Ii. vulgarfs Ser. CALABASH. BOTTLE GOURD. Softly pubescent ; st. climb- 

 ing by branching tendrils; Ivs. roundish -cord ate, abruptly acuminate, denticulate, 

 with 2 glands beneath at base; fls. axillary, solitary, pedunculate; fr. clavate, 

 ventricoas, at length smooth. (J) Gardens. The hard, woody rind of the fruit is 

 used as ladles, bottles, &c. Fls. white. JL, Aug. \ Tropical 



3. 3RYCTNIA, L. BRYONY. (Gr. j3pvG), to grow rapidly.) Flow- 

 ers 8 or $ $ . Calyx 5-toothcd, teeth short; corolla 5-cleft or parted; 

 stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuous anthers ; $ style trifid ; berry 

 small, globular, few-seeded. Fls. greenish white. 



B. Boykinii Torr. & Gr. Scabrous pubescent ; Ivs. deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate, 

 denticulate, acuminate-cuspidate; fls. (small) clustered in the axils, both kinds 

 together, on short pedicels ; berries oval, 3-seecled. In wet grounds, along streams, 

 Ga. to La. (Hale). Sts. 10 to 2 Of long, climbing over bushes by simple or forked 

 tendrils. Fr. as large as a small plum, bright crimson, changing to yellow. The 

 seeds with 2 lateral teeth. Jn., Jl. 



4. SIC'YOS, L. SINGLE-SEED CUCUMBER. (Gr. aiKVO^ the ancient 

 name of the cucumber.) Flowers 8 . $ Calyx 5-toothcd ; corolla rotate, 

 5-petaled ; stamens 5, monad elphous, or at length triadelphous, anthers 

 contorted. ? Calyx 5-toothed, campanulatc ; petals 5, united at base 

 into a campanulate corolla ; styles 3, united at base ; fruit ovate, mem- 

 branous, hispid or eehinate, with one large, compressed seed. (I) Climb- 

 ing herbs, with compound tendrils. Sterile and fertile fls. in the same 

 axils. 



S. angulatus L. St. branching, hairy ; Ivs. roundish, cordate, with an obtuse 

 sinus, 5-angled or 5-lobed, lobes acuminate, denticulate ; $ much smaller than $ . 

 Can. and U. S. A weak climbing vine, with long, spiral, branching tendrils. Lvs. 

 3 to 4' broad, alternate, on long stalks. Fls. whitish, marked with green lines, 

 the barren in long pedunculate rac. Fr. 6" long, ovate, spinous, 8 to 10 together 

 in a crowded cluster, each with one large seed. Jl. Sept. 



5. MELO V THRIA, L. (Gr. jtwJAov, a melon, Opiov, a certain food.) 

 Flowers $ $ $ or 8 . Calyx infundibuliform-campanulate, limb in 

 5 subulate segments; petals 5, united into a campanulate corolla. 



$ Stamens 5, triadelphous. $ Stigmas 3 ; fruit a berry, ovoid, small, 

 many-seeded. Tendrils simple, filiform. 



