130 ORDER 58. CUCURBIT ACE^E. 



tinct, minute. Style veiy short. Stig. 2, large. Fruit roundish, inflated 

 echinate, 4-seeded. Climbing, with branched tendrils. 



E. lob .it a T. & G. Alluvion, Can. to Penn. and W. Smoothish. Lvs. thin, palmattlj 

 5-lobed. Fls. small, white, the barren in large racemes, fertile few below. Jl. Sep. 



2. LAGENARIA, Ser. GOURD. Fls. 8 . Calyx carnpan., 5-toothed. 

 Pet. 5, obovate. $ Sta. 5, triadelphous. $ Stig. 3, thick, 2-lobod, subscs- 

 sile. Pepo ligneous, 1-celled. Seeds arilled, obcordate, compressed, mar- 

 gin tumid. Mostly climbing by tendrils. 



I.. VULGARE. Stem soft-pubescent ; tendrils branched ; Ivs. roucdish, cordate, 2 glands 

 beneath at base ; Us. solitary, peduncled, white ; pepo bottle-shaped. Gardens. 



3. BRYONIA, L. BRYONY. Fls. 8 or 39. Cal. 5-toothed, teeth 

 short. Cor. 5-cleft or -parted. $ Stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuous 

 anthers. ? Sty. trificl. Berry small, globular. ^ Fls. greenish-wh. June. 



U. Boykiiiii T. & G. Scabrous pubescent; Ivs. deeply 3-5-lobed, cordate; flowers 

 i-in.-ill. axillary, mixed, on short pedicels ; berries 3-seeded, bright red. Ga. to La. lOf. 



4. SICYOS, L. SINGLE-SEED CUCUMBER. Fls. 8 . Cal. 5-toothed. 

 Pet. 5, united at base. Anthers cohering, contorted. Styles 8, united at 

 base. Fruit ovate, membranous, hispid or echinate, with one large, com- 

 pressed seed, ^ With compound tendrils. Flowers axillary, mixed. 



S. aii-fiil.. (UN L. Hairy, branched; Ivs. roundish. 5-angled or lobed, lobes pointed , 

 fif. wh. with gr. veins, the I in long rac., the 9 smaller, capitate. Thickets. Jl. Sep. 



5. MELOTHRIA, L. Fls. S 5 <J or 8 . Calyx bell-form, limb in 5 

 subulate segments. Pet. 5, united into a bell-form corolla. Sta. 5, triadel- 

 phous. Style 1, stig. 3. Berry ovoid, small, co-seeded. ^ Tendrils simple. 



1*1. pendula L. Lvs. roundish, small, 5-lobed or angled, pointed : fls. axillary, $ in 

 small rac., ? solitary, on long peduncles. N. Y. to Ga. Delicate. Fls. yellowish. Jl. 



6. CUCURBIT A, L. SQUASH. Fls. 8 . Cal. 5-toothed, limb decidu- 

 ous after flowering in 5 . Cor. bell-shaped, cohering with the calyx. 

 Stam. 5, anth. connate, straight. Stig. 3. Pepo fleshy. Seeds thick at 

 margin, smooth. ^> Flowers yellow. 



I. C. PEPO. Pumpkin. Rough-hispid ; Ivs. very large, cordate. 5-lobed or angled ; fls. 

 large, & long-stalked; fr. very large, rounded, smooth, torulous, finally yellow, (D 



2 C. MELOPEPO. Flat Squash. Hairy ; Ivs. cordate, 5-lobed ; fr. depressed-orbicular, 



margin torulons, smooth or warty, whitish. (T) Hybridizes with No. 1. 



3 C. VEURUCOSA. Crookneck S. Hairy ; Ivs. cordate, deeply 5-lobed ; fr. oblong or cla- 



vate, often elongated and curved at base. (T) The varieties are mimorous. 

 ft. MEDUI.LOSA. Vegetable Marrow. Lvs. triangular in outline, deeply 3-lobed ; fr. 

 oblong or club-form, dark-green and wh., 1020' long. Highly prized in England. 



4 <'. maxima. Mammoths. Winters. Rough-hairy ; Ivs. round-reniform, obtusely 



5-lobed; fruit 10' 3f! diam., with a lobed, yellowish-white surface and dense pulp. 



7. CITRULLUS, Neck. WATERMELON. CITRON. Oal. deeply 5-cleft, 

 Begin, linear-lanceolate. Pet. 5, united at base. Sta. triadelphous. Style 

 trifid. Stig. reniform-cordate. Fr. rounded or oblong, the succulent pla- 

 centae filling the cell. Seeds colored, truncate at base. J> 



