410 CUCURBITA 



the same iliam. at top and bottom (Figs. 602, 6031, the 

 corolla-lobes large and soft, and wide-spreading or droop- 

 ing: peduncle at maturity soft and spongy, not ridged 



CUNNINGHAMIA 



Japanese Crookneck, Dunkard, and Sweet Potato Pump- 

 kins (or Squashes) are C. moschata. The fruit stem (as 

 shown in Figs. 596, 599, 604) is a distinguishing charac- 

 teristic of tht ripe fruits. C. Pepo and C. maxima, and 

 C > lax mi ai d S'. moschata do not intercross. C. Pepo 

 an 1 C n osrl il have been crossed, but it is doubtful if 

 thtj interm x ^ hen left to themselves. In Europe, the 

 word Gour 1 ( r its equivalent in various languages) is 

 used ^.tnericallv f or Cucurbitas ; but in this country it is 

 restr ctt 1 mostly to the small, hard-shelled forms of 

 ( / /o (var ifera) a.ni to Lagenaria vulgaris. 



h. H. B. 



CUDRANIA ( lerivation unknown). Urticclcea. Trees 



r 1 r \ 1 deciduous, alternate, stipulate petioled 



la lous, in globular heads : collective fr. globu- 



t J SI ecies, in S. and E. Asia and trop. Austr., 



1\ one is sometimes cultivated. It requires 



I tl e north, and is usually prop, by green- 



gs in simimer under glass. 



tr 1 pidita Bureau {Madura tricuspidAta, Carr.). 



1 Under, spiny branches: Ivs. elliptic-ovate, 



ent rs, sometimes 3-lobed at the apes, nearly 



t, 1/ i n. long: fl.- heads axillary, on short pe- 



d II 1 s tr globose, about 1 in. across. China. K. H. 



1864 I IJO - Much resembling Madura, and of no 



spee.al iecor. 



value. 



597. Cucurbita Pepo. var. ovifera. 



nor prominently enlarged next the fr. : fr. very various, 

 but not light yellow nor warty nor crookneck-shaped, 

 usually late-ripening, the flesh orange and not stringy. 

 Probably American. 



foetidissima, Kunth {C.perhuiis, 

 Gray. Ciicumis perinnis, James). 

 Fig. 605. Perennial: long-running, 

 scarcely prickly: Ivs. large, cordate- 

 triangular, grayish pubescent, the 

 margin shallowly apiculate-cre- 

 nate : fl. nearly as large as in C. 

 Pepo and similar in shape, the pis- 

 tillate on a peduncle 2-3 in. long: 

 fr. size and shape of an orange, 

 smooth, green and yellow splashed, 

 not edible. Sandy, arid wastes, 

 Neb. and Colo, to Tex. and Mex. 

 and westward to Calif. R. H. 1855: 

 61 ; 1857, p. 54. —In its native haunts, 

 the root is tuberous, 4-7 in. in diam. 

 and penetrating the earth 4-6 ft. 

 Roots at the joints. The plant has 

 a fetid odor. Sold by seedsmen as 

 a gourd, but the fruit does not often 

 ripen in the northern states. Use- 

 ful on arbors and small trees, when coarse vines are 

 wanted 



The terms Squash and Pumpkin are much confused. 

 In Europe, the large varieties of C'urcubita maxima are 

 known as Pumpkins, but in this country the fruits of 

 this species are known usually as Squashes. In America, 

 the words Pumpkin and Squash are used almost indis- 

 criminately, some varietips in nil species being known 



598. Cucurbita moschata. 



Alfred Rehder. 

 CULM. The stem of a grass. 

 CULVER'S ROOT. Veronica Vir- 



CUMMIH, the seeds of 

 iiihium ; Black Cumin, 

 '< ; Sweet Cumin, or 



599. Stem of Cucurbita moschata— Large Cheese Pumpkii 



by those names. The field or common pie 

 Pumpkins are C. Pepo ; so are vegetable 

 marrows ; also the summer Squashes, as 

 the Scallop, Pattypan and Crookneck va- 

 The Hubbard, Marblehead, Sibley and Turban 

 The Cushaws, Canada Crookneck, 



CUNlLA (origin unknown). LabiAtce. This genui? 

 contains a low-growing, tufted, hardy, native perennial 

 plant, rarely cultivated in borders for its profusion of 

 small, white or purplish, 2-lipped flowers, which are 

 borne in corj'mbed cymes or clusters. The genus con- 

 tains not more than 16 species, 2 North American, 2 

 Mexican, and the rest Brazilian. They are somewhat 

 woodv, and usually have small Ivs. : the whorls of flowers 

 are sometimes loosely corymbose, 

 sometimes axillary, few-fld., much 

 sliortiT tlian the Ivs., sometimes many- 

 IM., in dense spikes or terminal heads; 

 l3-nerved,5-toothed: perfect 



MarlAna, Linn. Maryland Dittany. 

 Height 1 ft.; Ivs. smooth, ovate, ser- 

 rate, rounded or heart-shaped at the 

 base, nearly sessile, dotted, 1 in. long. 

 Dry hills, southern N. Y. to S. Ind., 

 south to Ga. and Ark. J.H. III. 35: 321. 

 In. 7: 201. See also Dittany. 



CUNNINGHAMIA (after J. Cunningham, botanical 



i.llr.t..r. wlio discovered this Conifer 1702 in China). 

 •i.infinr. Trie-, with stout trunk and verticillate, 

 prtuding branches, pendulous at the extremities: Ivs. 



