41U CUCURBITA 



the same diani. at top and bottom (Figs. ti02, 603), the 

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

 ing: pednnple at maturity soft and spongy, not ridged 



CUNNINGHAMIA 



.Tapanoso Trockneck, Dunkard, and Sweet Potato Pump- 

 kin- I ^ 1 I ■-) a.re C.nwuchata. The fruit '.tern (as 

 ^li ' II. , r)99, 604) is a distinguishing charac- 



ti M lit. fruits. C.Pepo and (J. maxima, and 



i ': I mnsrhata do not intr-rcross. ('. I'iih, 



/ 



'c^t 



"1 "Ti ^f^ jfft^jj 597. Cucurbita Pcpo. var. ovifera. 



nor prominently enlarged next the fr. : fr. very 

 but not light yellow nor warty nor crookneek-shaped, 

 usu.illv late-ripening, the flesh orange and not stringy. 

 Prnbahly American, 

 foetidissima, Kuuth i <'./„ r.'inus, 



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 sliaj'e. the pis- 1 

 tUlate on a pccluiii Ir _■ ; m, h.ni;: 



smooth, green :npl . I! i,..!, 



not edible. SiuMh, ;,iM «:,-..», 

 Neb. and Colo, to Tex. and Mex. 

 and westward to Calif. R. H. 185.5: 

 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 599^ Sten 



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 Euiopt the liigc % irieties ot ( urciibtta maxima are 

 known i^ 1 iiiiij kiiis 1 ut 11 Tins countr\ the fruits of 

 this *;]H 1 lit I II Squashes In America, 



the will 1 1 II I 1 II 1 1 ^ I li ire used almost mdis 

 crimm tt l\ 1 1 i ill species being known 



C. r.pn (var. nnfi-ni) and to Xa</. nana riihjan.-. 



L. H. B. 



CUDEANIA (derivation unknown), rriicdcew. Trees 

 or shrubs, with deciduous, alternate, stipulate petioled 

 Ivs.: fls. dioecious, in globulaTli. i.N . (ill. ctive fr. globu- 

 lar. About 3 species, in 8. uimI I \-ii mmI Irop. Austr., 

 of which only one is sometiiiM - miIh ii. ,1 It requires 

 protection in the north, and 1^ ii^iki1I\ pn.p. by green- 

 wood cuttings in summer under glass. 



tricuspidata. Bureau (MacUira tricuspiddta, Carr.). 

 shnil>, w ith si. iider. spiny branches: Ivs. elliptic-ovate, 

 iicununate. entire, sometimes 3-lobed at the apex, nearly 

 glabrous, lJ^-3 in. long: fl. -heads axillary, on short ])e- 

 duncles: fr. globose, about 1 in. across. China. R. H. 

 1864, p. 390.— Much resembling Madura, and of no 



special decorative va! 



Alfred Rehdek. 

 CULM. The stem of a grass. 

 CULVER'S BOOT. Veronica Vi 



CUMIN, or CUMMIN, thi 



curbita moschata. 



[ Cucurbita moschata— Large Cheese Pumpkin. 



CUNlLA (origin unknown). LahiAtce. This genus 

 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 corymbed cymes or clusters. The genus con- 

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

 Mexican, and the rest Brazilian. They are somewhat 

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

 are sometimes loosely corymbose, 

 sometimes axillary, few-fld., much 

 shorter than the Ivs., sometimes many- 

 fld., in dense spikes or terminal heads; 

 calyx 10-13-nerved,5-toothed: perfect 



Mariana. 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., 

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



CUNNINGHAMIA (after J. Cunningham, botanical 

 collector, who discovered this Conifer 1702 in China). 

 Coniferm. Tree, with stout trunk and verticillate, 

 spreading branches, pendulous at the extremities ; Ivs. 



