b'AO ORDER LIV. CUCURBITACE^. 



1. M. PENDULA, (L.) Siem running over small fhrubs, branching. 

 Leaves somewhat reniform ; repand toothed, 5-angled or o-lobed, mid- 

 die lobe longest, mucronate, slightly hispid. Flowers axillary, the ster- 

 ile in racemes, the fertile solitary; segments of the calyx subulate. Co- 

 rolla with a 5-lobed border. Stamens short. Fruit small, 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. Yellowish. 11. June — Aug. In rich soils. 



Gknus III.— SrCYOS. L. 19—15. 

 (From the Greek siciios, a encumber, from its resemblance.) 



Flowers moEoecious. Calyx 5-tootLed, flattish ; teeth subu- 

 late. Petals 5, ovate, united, forming a rotate corolla. Sta- 

 mens 5, cohering into a tube. Anthers contorted. Calyx in 

 the fertile flowers campanulate. Petals forming a campanulate 

 corolla. Ovary 1-celled. Ovule 1. Style 1. Stigrnas 3. 

 Fruit ovate, usually hispid. Sterile and fertile flowers to- 

 gether, the former in racemes, the latter in clusters. Petals 

 with green veins ; tendrils compound. 



1. S. angula'tus, (L.) a small, procumbent vine, viscidly pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, cordate, 5-angled, toothed, scabrous, palmately veined 

 tendrils 3 — 5-cleft. Sterile flowers in racemose corymbs, on long pe 

 duncles. Fruit viscidly pubescent, wath introrsely scabrous bristles. — 

 White. @. June — Sept. Upper districts of Car. and Geo. 



Genus IY.— CUCUR'BITA. L. 19—15. 

 (From cucurbita, a vessel.) 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; seg- 

 ments subulate or rather broad. Petals obovate, inserted within 

 the margin of the calyx. Stamens 5, triadelphous. Anthers 

 long, tortuous. Fruit large, 3 — 5-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 compressed. Fertile flowers, with 3 nearly sessile, thick stig- 

 mas. Lagenaria vulgaris {lagena^ a bottle), D. C. 



1. C. lagena'ria, (L.) a large vine, tomentose. Leaves cordate, 

 nearly circular, pubescent, wnth 2 glands at the base ; tendrils 3 — 4- 

 cleft. Flowers solitary, axillary. Petals spreading. Fruit varying in 

 form ; exterior coat ligneous. — White. 0. Through the summer. 

 Kich soils. Calabash or Gourd. 



2. C. pe'po. Running vine. Leaves cordate, obtuse, 8ub-5-lobed, 

 denticulate. Fruit round or nearly so, more or less ribbed, smooth. — 

 Asia. J^umpkin. 



3. C. ciTr..uL'Lus. Leaves 5-lobed ; lobes sinuate, pinnatifid, obtuse. 

 Fruit more or less oval, smooth, often marked with various stripes, 3 — 

 6-celled, fleshy at the center. — Southern Asia and Africa. Watermelon. 



The various kinds of Squash belong to this genus. 



