412 



CUPHEA 



CUPHEA 



toothed, scarlet at the base, yellow towards the top, 

 greenish at the mouth; stamens and filaments red: 

 ovary 2-celled, many-seeded. Mex. HBK. Nov. Gen. 



. Pistillate 



flower of Cucurbita maxima 

 Hubbard Squash (X%). 



Sp. 6, p. 209, t. 551. R.H. 



(1854). The picture first cited shows a 1-sided raceme, 

 the second a panicle and the third a common raceme. 

 In this species the calyx tube is the attractive portion, 

 while the petals are inconspicuous. The tube is not 2- 

 lipped, but almost regular. 



AA. Petals 6, all conspicuous, but 2 of them much 

 larger than the rest. 



procumbens. Cav. Annual, herbaceous, 1 in. high, 

 procumbent, sticky-pubescent, with characteristic pur 

 plish hairs: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, with white hairs, 1 %- 



604. Stem of Cucurbita maxima Hubbard Squash. 

 1857, p. 151. F.S. 10:994 



3 in. long, gradually decreasing in size until they be- 

 come bract-like, petiole short: tts. numerous, peduncles, 

 longer than the petioles, 2 or 3 times shorter than the 

 calyx; calyx 6- toothed, purplish at the base, green at the 

 tip', with 12 raised streaks, and a pubescence like that, 

 of the stem; petals 6, the 2 larger ones on the upper lip 

 of the calyx purple; filaments included. Mex. B.R. 

 3:182. C.'purpurea, Hort, F.S. 4:412. R.B. 22:85; 

 said to be a hybrid between C. miniata and C. r/.s-ro.s- 

 sima, is probably not distinct. 



AAA. Petals 6, all of the same size. 

 hyssopifolia, HBK. Fig. 606. Stem shrubby; branches 

 numerous, strigose: Ivs. lanceolate, rather acute, obtuse 

 at the base, glabrous above, strigose-pilose along the 

 midrib and veins, as may be seen with a hand lens: fls. 

 with their slender pedicels scarcely longer than the Ivs.; 

 calyx glabrous; petals 6, somewhat unequal, dilute vio- 

 let; stamens 11 included; fila- 

 ments villous : ovary 5-6- 

 seeded. Mex. C. Ityssopi- 

 phylla, Hort., Pitcher & 

 Manda, is presumably a typo- 

 graphical error. This is the 

 least attractive of the species 

 here described, and is no- 

 longer advertised, but it still 

 lingers in a few conservato- 

 ries. It is easily told from its 

 showier relatives by its much 

 smaller Ivs. (less than % in. 

 long) and much branched and 

 very woody appearance. 



AAAA. Petals normally #, 

 the other 4 abortive. 



B. Size of petals very small. 



cyanea, Moc. & Sesse. (C. 

 strignlbsa, Hort., not HBK.). 

 Stem herbaceous, erect : 

 branchlets hispid: Ivs. oppo- 

 site, stalked, ovate, cordate, 

 acuminate, villous on both 



sides: peduncles alternate, racemose : calyx slightly 

 hispid, scarlet at the base, yellow at the top : petals 2, 

 clawed, spatulate; anthers and petals violet-blue. Mex. 

 B.R. 32:14 (1846) as C. strigillosa, Lindl. F.S. 1:15 & 

 P.M. 11:241 as B. strigulosa, but neither of these plates, 

 is the C. strigulosa, HBK., which is a different species, 

 with a shrubby stem: branches and calyx clammy-his- 

 pid: Ivs. ovate-oblong, acute at both ends, clammy, gla- 

 brous above, strigose-scabrous below : petals nearly 

 equal : ovary about 8-ovuled. 



605. Cucurbita foetidissima. 



