130 ORDER 58. CUCURBIT ACE^E. 



tinct, minute. Style very short Stig. 2, large. Fruit roundish, inflated, 

 echinate, 4-seedcd. @ Climbing, with branched tendrils. 



E.lobataT. & G. Alluvion, Can. to Penn. and W. Smoothish. Lvs. thin, palmately 

 5-lobed. Fls. small, white, the barren in large racemes, fertile few below. Jl. Sep. 



2. LAGENARIA, Ser. GOURD. Fls. 8 . Calyx campan., 5-toothed. 

 Pet. 5, obovate. $ Sta. 5, triadelphous. $ Stig. 3, thick, 2-lobed, subscs- 

 sile. Pepo ligneous, 1-celled. Seeds arilled, obcordate, compressed, mar- 

 gin tumid. Mostly climbing by tendrils. 



I<* VULGARE. Stem soft-pubescent ; tendrils branched ; Ivs. roundish, cordate, 2 glands 

 beneath at base ; fls. solitary, peduncled, white ; pepo bottle-shaped. (J) Gardens. 



3. BRYONIA, L. BRYONY. Fls. 8 or $ $. Cal. 5-toothed, teeth 

 short. Cor. 5-cleft or -parted. $ Stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuous 

 anthers. ? Sty. trifid. Berry small, globular. ^ Fls. greenish-wh. June. 



B. Boykinll T. & G. Scabrous pubescent; Ivs. deeply 3-5-lobed, cordate; flowers 

 small, axillary, mixed, on short pedicels ; berries 3-seeded, bright red. Ga. to La. lOf. 



4. SICYOS, L. SINGLE-SEED CUCUMBER. Fls. 8. Cal. 5-toothed. 

 Pet. 5, united at base. Anthers cohering, contorted. Styles 8, united at 

 base. Fruit ovate, membranous, hispid or echinate, with one large, com- 

 pressed seed. ^ With compound tendrils. Flowers axillary, mixed. 



S. augu.la.tus L. Hairy, branched ; Ivs. roundish, 5-angled or lobed, lobes pointed ; 

 fls. wh. with gr. veins, the S in long rac., the 9 smaller, capitate. Thickets. Jl. Sep. 



5. MELOTHRIA, L. Fls. ? $ 6 or 5> . ' Calyx bell-form, limb in 5 

 subulate segments. Pet. 5, united into a bell-form corolla. Sta. 5, triadel- 

 phous. Style 1, stig. 3. Berry ovoid, small, co-seeded. ^ Tendrils simple. 



in. pemlula L. Lvs. roundish, small, 5-lobed or angled, pointed ; fls. axillary, $ in 

 small rac., ? solitary, on long peduncles. N. Y. to Ga. Delicate. Fls. yello\vish. Jl. 



6. CUCURBIT A, L. SQUASH. Fls. 8 . Cal. 5-toothed, limb decidu- 

 ous after flowering in ?. Cor. bell-shaped, cohering with the calyx. 

 Stam. 5, anth. connate, straight. Stig. 3. Pepo fleshy. Seeds thick at 

 margin, smooth. ^ Flowers yellow. 



1 C. PEPO. Pumpkin. Rough-hispid ; Ivs. very large, cordate, 5-lobed or angled ; fls. 



large, $ long-stalked ; fr. very large, rounded, smooth, torulou?, finally yellow, (i) 



2 C. MELOPEPO. flat Squash. Hairy ; Ivs. cordate, 5-lobed ; fr. depressed-orbicular, 



margin tortilous, smooth or warty, whitish, (f) Hybridizes with No. 1. 



3 C. VEURUCOSA. Crookneck S. Hairy ; Ivs. cordate, deeply 5-lobed ; fr. oblong or cla- 



vate, often elongated and curved at base. (T) The varieties are numerous. 

 /3. MEDULLOSA. Vegetable Marrow. Lvs. U-iangular in outline, deeply 3-lobed ; fr. 

 oblong or club-form, dark-green and wh., 10 20' long. Highly prized in England. 



4 C. maxima. Mammoth S. Winter S. Rough-hairy ; Ivs. round-reniform, obtusely 



5-lobed; fruit 10' 3f! diam., with a lobed, yellowish-white surface and dense pulp. 



7. CITRULLUS, Neck. WATERMELON. CITRON. Cal. deeply 5-cleft, 

 segm. linear-lanceolate. Pet. 5, united at base. Sta. triadelphous. Style 

 trifid. Stig. reniform-cordate. Fr. rounded or oblong, the succulent pla- 

 centa? filling the cell. Seeds colored, truncate at base. ^ 



