CUCURBITAC1 



1. Flowers regular 



a. Herbs; i alyx n < * t brightly < olored 



(1) Seeds hairy; (lowers :-purplc in a li 



! - Seeds nut hairy ; flowers yellow, « hit 



b. Shrubs : calj \ bright ading 



2. Flowers irregular; petals apparentlj ; ; stamen 1 



Chamaenerium Fin 



n;i-. chamal-, ground, nenon, : 

 Leaves lanceolate, entire; flowers 2 .'<, cm. wide 





( lenothera Evening Primro i 



(Gr. oinotheras, a p] int « hli 



1. Flowers yellow 



a. < lapsule vt inged 



(1) Plan! low, almost trailing; leaves petioled 



(2) linn erect, 3-10 dm. high; leaves sessile 



b. Capsule 4 angled, not w inged 



(1) Petals about 2 cm. long; native 



(2) Petals 3 7 cm. long; cultivated 



2. Flowers white to pink or red 



a. Stemless 



(1) Blooming l>y day 



(2) Blooming at nightfall 



b. Stemmed 



(1) Flowers white; capsule winged 



(2) Flowers rose to purple 



Fuchsia — Fuchsia 



i Named for the < ierman bota • 



1. Flowers hanging 



a. Tube of calyx shorter than lobes 



b. Tube of calyx 2 S times longer than th 



2. Flowers erect 



a. Erect shrub; flowers in a panicle 



b. Trailing; flowers solitary 



Lopezia- Lopezia 



(Named \'"i an early Spanish naturi 

 Leaves lance-oblong to ovate; flowers rose, 5 << nun. wide 









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Cactales Cactus Order 



Cucurbitaceae — Gourd Family 

 Herbs, usually with tendrils and alternate lobed leaves 

 the ovary, petals usually 5, united, stamens usually 3, 

 rarely a capsule or achene; flower syncarpous, mom 



regular. 



1. Flowers large, .i l? cm. mostlj yellow or yellowish 



a. Staminate flowers solitary 



(1) Flowers white 



(2) Flowers yellow 



(a) Flowers bright yellow, I ll-shaped ; stigma l< 



(b) Flowers pale yellow, shallow; stigma I 



b. Staminate flowers clustered 



( 1 ) Tendrils present ; fruit 3 6 dm. 

 (2) Tendrils lacking; fruil I 



2. Flowers small. '. 2 cm., white or greenish 

 a. Leaves compound ; leaflets 3 7 



