CUCOMU. MX ('I1CHHI!I'1'A<'I ,1. J7| 



cor :i;i :I!MI\C :ilu,rli\c III '.',, <li:;| inrl , iniiiiil.c , ril . !< vcr y ;<li<iil. , ; ,| i-r 



2, largo ; fruit roundish, inflated, ouhinaio, 4-wodod, 1) A dimbing 

 herb with bnini'/it'rl, tc.ndi'th, 



I-',. I.OIIATA. T. & U, (Hlcyon, /1/teA.r, Momordloa fdilimiii, 

 A Miiyoililrtli, inmiiiiK vine, in rich river NO||H, Can. i< I'enn. and Mo, 

 Sunn dec-ply 1'urrowe.d, with long, 3part*d tendril* plaeed nearly opposite th< 

 Ifcflg petiole*, I.' .'.' me.mbrnnne.t'oiiN, piilinately IVIobed, cordate. at bame, 



.it iiniin.ili-, ile'UllclllUlf, FlOMfCri hlllilll, Wllllti, flio li:ill''|| OIK'B vM' 



In axillary racunu'N o(U*n II' loiitf; Icrtili' OOCIM Molllary Of MTOrft 

 iiM.ii' .1 .ii i in- baw of tho raceme, I'mk I 'J' in Inn^ih, NU)H-tH',hlntti, al 

 and tnmbrap080iu, with 4 lurtfe noodti. Jl, Hopt, 



. MKI.OTIIIU A. 



(If, /o/X'i^,it moliHi, 3fii*|, n I'xiliilii (ixiil. 



V 9 cf or .V. Onlyx iiifuii(liliulironn ('iinijniinilul.o, litnh 

 iu 5 lubulfttQ Hcgnunil.s ; potulH 5, unittul into a tmmpituulato -IH "I l.i 

 irHtainons 5, iriiidolpliotiN, S ) Hl-igiruiH li j fruit a burry, ovoid, Hintill, 

 many -M(U)dod, Ti'ndri/s timylt. 



M, l'KNIOl,A. 



/rff'i. roundiwh-cordatf, 5-lobtd or nnglfd, *lltfhily hlNplil ; Jl*. nxlllary, tho 

 In wnuill riictiituw, ihn (ertlls wolliary, on long tdunclw, N, Y, to Ui. 

 er other 



ntid La. A nlctidcr vim*, c.llnibln^ over other wgaUihlPN. I.IMIVI'H wrnnll(l U' 

 dluin,) I'lowfi-H wnutll. yillow&h, Htylo whorl, lUfroundad by a cup wluijwd 

 dink, Fruit riiuall, oval, Jl, 



4. MOMOUDYOA. 



I .ai iiiniilf'ii, 1IIHIIIIII ill, IK rlii' w | (rout Ihct rlii'uml ii|i|ic-iiinii<'i! of (In! *IIH<|K. 



Kloworn X. tTOalyx r>>ol{ift ; potalrt 5, iinifcod at bano ; Ntiiinorm 5, 

 iriadolphouH. S } Calyx and corolla aH in ilio <f ; Htylo !)-olift ; nopo 

 floHh burHtin oliiMt/icall Noodx (wmnssnod wil Ii a flissh arilliiN. 



, burHting oliiMt/ically ; Noodx (wmpnssnod, wil Ii a flisshy arilliiN. 

 M. HAI.WAMINA. Commnn Jlnhfim, Amilt, ///. palrnalnly ft-lol)tl ( d'nialf, 

 naked, whining; ptd, woliiary, IJIil'onn, I (lowered, with nn orliienlar-eordaltt, 

 ! ni.iii- l.i. H i above the middle : //. ronn|lhh-ovold, angular, tiiberculate, bui'Nt- 

 iti^ eltiKilcally on one hide, l-rom I-!. IndicN, OcoMiODllijf eultlvaled (or (ht) 

 baTuiniO rind vulnerary fruit. Htern Mlendcr, cillmldn^ by Nlinple 

 I-'lowerw pale-yellow. Fruit orange-color, ari large, A* u KooMti 



ft. CUC 



Null) In lti OKIII Hi* Collji) /.'/, n liollow vQMNol, 



Or $ . Calyx tubular oawpamilafe, with Niiliuliiio HOtf- 

 monti; corolla deeply O-partml. ^SttmtU 5 f tHAdtlphoiM. V Hl-ylo 

 nhort ; HtigmaH 0, think, ^-lobod ; popo fl<Hhy, inuohiMcunt ; Hoodn 

 oviito, flat, acuto and not rnarginod at tho odgo, Grasping) or climb- 

 injf by tendrils, Fl, axillary, aolUary, yellow. 



I. C, IIATIVU*, CHswmAfr.RI,, nrotnilj, roiitfh ; tmtMlM lrnpl| /*, -ni, 

 COrdaU), palmalely 5-a rifled or lobed, lol)e nulK'ntire. aeule, terminal on lo<i|(. 

 e^t : Jr. oblong, olitiiNely prlwinalle, priekly, on n ftliort pe.dune|ci, .(]) NuUvn 

 of I arlary and India, whence it wart HW brought to lOn^land in lf7.T It ll 

 now unlverMally cultivated lor tho table, either livwh or pickkci, Gathered and 

 (alen be -I ore maturity, Jn. Hpl, Many varieliew. 



a. CJ, MKKO. Mvtk Melon* tft, prowtrate, rough | ttntlrlU wimple ^ Iw, ub- 

 uordato. roundish, ohtiiNe, palmnlpjy 5-an^led, IOMI n^undcd, <I|IHMC P nl.-. \\ 

 dunticulatai Jl. 9 ^ cf ih ^5 on abort pedunclit //. ovnl or NII|>KII. , 

 lonRltudinnlly toruloNc, Q) Native of Aia, w^tiun it wax rtrwt bfoufbftoEBf* 

 land in lf70, Generally cultivated lor the juicy, yellowish, dellcaudy flitvorwl 

 flcwh ol'thu mutuni fruli, Jn. Jl. Varieties numrroui. 



