CAMPANULACEAB (BLUEBELL FAMILY) 765 



cordate angulate or lobed leaves, large flowers solitary in the axils, and large 

 fruits. (Classical Latin name for a gourd.) 



1. C. foetidissima H B K. (Missouri Gourd, Fetid Wild Pumpkin.) Stems 

 elongate, scabrous, from a thickish fusiform root ; leaves ovate, the margin 

 somewhat angulate, denticulate, densely scabrous-pubescent, somewhat whitened 

 beneath ; corolla 5-12 cm. long ; fruit smooth, subglobose, 7-8 mm. long. — Dry 

 or sandy soil. Mo. to s. Cal. and Tex. (Mex.) 



C. mAxima Duchesne (Squash), C. moschXta Duchesne (Crookneck Squash), 

 and C. Pepo L. (Pumpkin) are familiar in cultivation, and incline to appear 

 spontaneously in waste places southw., as do CticuMis MtLO L. (Muskmelon), 

 C. SATivus L. (Cucumber), Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. (Watermelon), 

 and LagenAria vulgIris Ser. (Gourd). 



2. SiCYOS L. One-seeded Bur Cucumber 



Flowers monoecious. Petals 5, united below into a bell-shaped or flattish 

 corolla. Anthers cohering in a mass. Ovary 1-celled, with a single suspended 

 ovule ; style slender ; stigmas 3. Fruit ovoid, dry and indehiscent, filled by the 

 single seed, covered with barbed prickly bristles which are readily detached. — 

 Climbing annuals, with 3-forked tendrils, and small whitish flowers ; the sterile 

 and fertile mostly from the same axils, the former corymbed, the latter in 

 a capitate cluster, long-peduncled. (Greek name for the Cucumber.) 



1. S. angulitus L. Leaves roundish-heart-shaped, 5-angled or -lobed, the 

 lobes pointed ; plant clammy-hairy. — River-banks and damp yards, s. Me and 

 w. Que. to Fla., w. to Minn., e. Kan., and Tex. July-Sept. 



3. ECHINOCYSTIS T. & G. Wild Balsam-apple 



Flowers monoecious. Petals 6, lanceolate, united at the base into an open 

 spreading corolla. Anthers more or less united. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 erect 

 ovules in each cell ; stigma broad. Fruit fleshy, at length dry, clothed with 

 Weak prickles, bursting at the summit, 2-celled, 4-seeded, the inner part fibrous- 

 netted. Seeds large, flat, with a thickish hard and roughened coat. — Tall 

 climbing annual, nearly smooth, with 3-forked tendrils, thin leaves, and very 

 numerous small greenish- white flowers ; the sterile in compound racemes often 

 8-4 dm. long, the fertile in small clusters or solitary, from the same axils. 

 (Name composed of ix^vo?, a hedgehog, and kiJo-tis, a bladder, from the prickly 

 fruit.) Micrampelts Raf. , ^ . 



1. E. lobata (Michx.) T. & G. Leaves deeply and sharply 6-lobed ; fruit 

 ovoid, 5 cm. long; seeds dark-colored. —Rich soil along rivers, N. B. to Pa. 

 and Ky., w. to Man. and Tex.; also cultivated for arbors and freely escaping. 

 July-Oct. 



4. MELdTHRIA L. 



Flowers polygamous or monoecious ; the sterile campanulate, the corolla 

 5-lobed ; the fertile with the calyx-tube constricted above the ovary, then cam- 

 panulate. Anthers more or less united. Berry small, pulpy, filled with many 

 aat and horizontal seeds. — Tendrils simple. Flowers very small. (Altered 

 from ii-fj\wdpov, an ancient name for a sort of white grape.) 



1. M. p§ndula L. Slender, from a perennial root, climbing ; leaves small, 

 roundish and heart-shaped, 5-angled or -lobed, rough ish ; sterile flowers few, in 

 small racemes ; the fertile solitary, greenish or yellowish ; berry ovoid, green, 

 I cm. long. —Copses, Pa. to Fla., w. to Mo. and La. 



CAMPANULAcEAE (Bluebell Family) 



Herbs, with milky juice, alternate leaves, and scattered flowers ; calyx adher- 



mi 10 the ovary; the regular b-lohed corolla bell(rarely wheeiyshaped, valvate 



in the bud; the 5 stamens usually free from the corolla. Style 1, usually beset 



with collecting hairs above ; stigmas 2 or more. Capsule 2-several-celled, many« 



