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mens 3, diadelphons. Fertile fls. Gal. and cor. as above ; abortive 

 fil. 3, distinct, minute; style very short; stigmas 2, large ; fruit round- 

 ish, inflated, echinate, 4-ifeeded. (L) A climbing herb with branched 

 tendrils. 



12. lob at a Torr. & Gr. A smoothish, running vine in rich river soils, Can. to Penn. 

 and Mo. St. deeply furrowed, with long, 3-parted tendrils placed nearly oppo- 

 site the long petioles. Lvs. membranous, palmately 5-lobed, cordate at base, 

 lobes acuminate, denticulate. Fls. small, white, the barren ones very numerous, 

 in axillary racemes often If long; fertile ones solitary or several, situated at the 

 base of the raceme. Fr. 1 to 2' in length, setose-echinate, at length dry and mem- 

 branoue, with 4 large seeds. Jl. Sept, (Sicyos MX. Momordica echinata 

 Muhl.) 



2. LAGENA V RIA, Ser. GOURD. (Gr. hdyijvos, a flagon or bottle ; 

 from the form of the fruit.) Flowers 8 . Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; 

 petals 5, obovate. $ Stamens 5, triadelphous ; anthers very long, con- 

 torted. ? Stigmas 3, thick, 2-lobed, subsessile ; pepo ligneous, 1 -celled; 

 seeds ariled, obcordate, compressed, margin tumid. Mostly climbing 

 by tendrils. 



L. vulgaris Ser. CALABASH. BOTTLE GOURD. Softly pubescent; st. climb- 

 ing by branching tendrils ; Ivs. roundish -cordate, abruptly acuminate, denticulate, 

 with 2 glands beneath at base ; fls. axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; fr. clavate, 

 ventricous, at length smooth. (D Gardens. The hard, woody rind of the fruit is 

 used as ladles, bottles, &c. Fls. white. Jl., Aug. \ Tropical. 



3. BRYCTNIA, L. BRYONT. (Gr. 0pvw, to grow rapidly.) Flow- 

 ers 8 or $ ? . Calyx 5-toothed, teeth short; corolla 5-cleft or parted; 

 $ stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuous anthers ; ? style trifid ; berry 

 small, globular, few seeded. Fls. greenish white. 



B. Boykfnii Torr. & Gr. Scabrous pubescent ; Ivs. deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate, 

 denticulate, acuminate-cuspidate; fls. (small) clustered in the axils, both kinds 

 together, on short pedicels; berries oval, 3-seeded. In wet ground.", along streams, 

 Ga. to La. (Hale). Sts. 10 to 2 Of long, climbing over bushes by simple or forked 

 tendrils. Fr. as large as a small plum, bright crimson, changing to yellow. The 

 seeds with 2 lateral teeth. Jn., Jl. 



4. SIC'YOS, L. SINGLE-SEED CUCUMBER. (Gr. OIKVOC;, the ancient 

 name of the cucumber.) Flowers 8 . 2 Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla rotate, 

 5-petaled ; stamens 5, monadelphous, or at length triadelphous, anthers 

 contorted. ? Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate ; petals 5, united at base 

 into a campanulate corolla ; styles 3, united at base ; fruit ovate, mem- 

 branous, hispid or echinate, with one large, compressed seed. (D Climb- 

 ing herbs, with compound tendrils. Sterile and fertile fls. in the same 

 axils. 



S. angulatus L. St. branching, hairy; Ivs. roundish, cordate, with an obtuse 

 sinus, 5-angled or 6-lobed, lobes acuminate, denticulate ; ? much smaller than $ . 

 Can. and U. S. A weak climbing vine, with long, spiral, branching tendrils. Lvs. 

 3 to 4' broad, alternate, on long stalks. Fls. whitish, marked with green lines, 

 the barren in long pedunculate rac. Fr. 6" long, ovate, spinous, 8 to 10 together 

 in a crowded cluster, each with one large seed. Jl. 



5. MELOTHRIA, L. (Gr. ju^/lov, a melon, Opiov, a certain food.) 



Flowers $ $ or 8 . Calyx infundibuliform-campanulate, limb in 



5 subulate segments; petals 5, united into a campanulate corolla. 



$ Stamens 5, triadelphous. $ Stigmas 3 ; fruit a berry, ovoid, small, 



many-seeded. Tendrils simple, filiform. 



