CUCUMIS 



water-melon like: fls. small, the pistillate long-stalked: 

 fr. 1-3 in. long, cucumber-like but more spiny. Supposed 

 to be native to the Amer. tropics. B.M. 5817.-Cult. both 

 for the oddi'v of its frts and for the making of pickles 

 The Gherkins of mis.ed pickles however are \oung 

 Cucumbers. 



C. aculdiiguJus Hort =Luffa — C pcien>ii! Jaines=Cu 

 curbita. L H B 



CnCUBBITA (classical name) Cucu, 

 bitdcea. Gourd Pumpkin Squash \ ine 

 like herbs, tendiil bearing inhabitants ot 

 warm countries Fls monoecious luge 

 yellow, solitar-v m the a\ils the stam (^"^^ 

 inate long stalked the pistillate short 

 stalked : corolla o lobed stamens 3 

 arising from the bottom of the fl ind unit 1 ir 

 column: stigmas 3 but 2 lobed o\ai\ inteuor ( 

 closing a hollow receptacle tendrils 2- i torke<l \1 ( 

 30 species. The morphology of the Pepo oi t ouid tr 

 may be illustrated bv the Turban bquash ( Figs I'li 5 

 594. ) In this fruit there is a squash m ide a squisl 

 The inner part bears the corolla and the st\ les It is 1 

 ovary, The corolla is attached about the edge of 1 



CUCURBITA 409 



peduncle very hard and deeply furrowed when mature, 

 not enlarging next the fr. : the tr. very various in form, 

 color, season, size. — Probably native to trop. Amer., but 

 unknown wild Cult by the Indians when Amer was 



593. Young Turban Squash, in which the withered 

 corolla has become detached, but hangs on 

 the remains of the styles and stigmas. 



inner Squash, as the withered remains in Fig. 592 sh< 

 Sometimes the withered corolla becomes detached. ' 

 hangs onto the withered remaius of the stigmas, as 

 Fig. 593. The longitudinal section of the tlower ( F 

 59i) explains the structure. The corolla is shown at i 

 The top ot the ovary is at O. The stigmas an- on 

 ovary. The part encircling thi- ovary CMit^idc of O 

 the hollowed receptacle. Or<li]i:nih tli. r. .-,■[, t;ic1i' 

 closed at the top, completely cMiiiiniim tin- ..\;ii\: 

 in the Turban Squashes th.- r iit.i, I. ,1,,, , nor . \t. 



older ll.Mipli.ilo^,M> iield 

 this outer pai-T ..f tlir S,|n;isl, to 



ceptaole. The Cucurbits are 

 monographed by Cogniaux. DC. 

 Monogr. Phaner. 3. Also by 

 Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat. ( Bot. ) 

 IV. vol. 6. See Pumpkin and 

 Squash. 



A. Lrs. lobed: stalks of fruits 



strongly ridged. 



P^po, Linn. (C. Melopepo, 



Linn.). Pumpkin. Figs. 595, 



596. Annual: long -running, 



prickly on stems and petioles : 



594. Section of Flower of Ivs. 3-^5-lobed, dark dull green: 



Turban Squash. corolla-tube widening upwards, 



Showing the ovary inside *e pointed lobes erect : calyx- 



the hollowed receptacle, lobes narrow, not leaf - like : 





^^J^ 



596. Stem of Cucurb 



Early Sugar Pumpkir 



AA. Lfs. not lobed (except sometimes on young shoots): 

 stalks of fruits not prominently ridged. 

 indxima, Duchesne. Squash. Figs. 601-604. Annual: 

 long-running, the stems nearly cylindrical, little prickly 

 and often hairy: Ivs. orbicular or kidney-shaped, com- 

 monly not lobed, the basal sinus wide or narrow, the 

 margin shallowly apiculate-sinuate: corolla-tube nearly 



595 Plant of Cu 



t \ 1 in , Wltt- 



ut h 11 L I I 11 I o,s (lSb8) 



Blsh 1 LMPkiSb bcALLOP and Sum- 

 mer Croorseck 'squashes Plant compact little or not 

 at all running Of horticultural origin 



■Var ovifera [C < i >f U ,v \ < mi Fig 597. 

 Plant slender runnm ' " ' Pepo, 



usuall> very promin i i i md in- 



edible egg shaped ^1 t often 



striped R H 1894 i I - i x i I \ seeds- 



men under the mnu i i / \ a j i/i ifoimis, 



depiessa annulala tt ^ ( ' 



moschata Dmli n ' uifotmis Carr.). 



Cushaw China C \n m \ i i i nei k and Winter 

 C ROOKS E< K Squashes 1i„s j9b d99 600 Annual: 

 long running less prickly and sometimes soft hairy: 

 Ivs more rounded than those of C Pepo but lobed often 

 grayish ti with a widening tube and large erect lobes: 

 calyx-lobes large, often leaf-like : peduncle becoming- 

 deeply ridged and much enlarged next the fr. Possibly 

 of East Asian origin. 



