LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 493 



CIV. CUCURBITACEAE. Gourd Family. 



Endlicher, Gen. PL 934 (1836-40); Endlicher, 1. c. 933 (1836-40) Nan- 

 dirhobeae-, Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 816(1862-67); Baillon, Hist. 

 PL VIII, 375 (1886); Muller and Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 

 IV, 5, 1 (1889). 



Genera: 80-85; cosmopolitan; most richly developed in 

 the tropics. Old World, 50 ; New World, 36-39. 



Species: 650 ; mostly tendril-bearing herbs. 



SICYOS LINN. Gen. 739 (1737). 



Sicyoides TOURN. Inst. 103 (1700). 

 Baclaroa BERT. Herb. 838 ex Endl. Gen. (1840). 

 Baillon, Hist. PL VIII, 428; Benth.and Hook., Gen. Pi. 1, 837; Durand, 

 2nd. Gen. Phan. 150; Engl. Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 37 (Muller and Pax). 



Living species: 30; warmer America; Pacific islands; 

 Australia. Russia, 1; Russian Europe, 1; W. Tex., 1. 



Sicyos angulatus LINN. Spec. 1013 (1753). 

 Materium trifoliatum LINN. Mant. 123(1767). 

 Sicyoides angulata MOENCH, Meth. 513 (1794). 

 Sicyos acutus RAF. Fl. Lud. 113 (1817). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 195; Webb., Fl. Neb. 141; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 59; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 176, 532; Chap., Fl. S. St. 149; Britt., Fl. N. 

 J. Ill; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 143; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 52; Coult., Fl. Tex. 125; 

 Cov., Fl. Ark. 184; Engl. Muller and Pax, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 38; Wats., 

 Bibl. Ind. I, 395. 



S. Russia and Caucasus mts. 



North America: Q., Ont., N. H. to N. J. and Fla.; W. 

 to Minn., Neb., E. Kan., Ark. and Tex. 



Minn, valley: S. E. district; river banks arid near 

 lake shores; climbing over shrubbery. 



HERB. : Sandberg 212, Red Wing. 



MICRAMPELIS RAF. Med. Rep. V, 352 (1808). 

 Hexameria T. and G. Rep. PI. N. Y. 137 (1836). 

 Megarhiza TOKR. Pac. R. R. Rep. VI, 74 (1857). 

 Marali KELLOGG, Proc. Cal. Acad. 38 (1876). 

 Echinocystis T. and G. Fl. N. Am. I, 542 (1838). 

 Echinopepon NAUD. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, VI, 17 (1866). 

 Baillon, Hist. Pi. VIII, 433; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 835; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 150; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 35; O. Kuntze, 

 Rev, Gen. I, 257. 



Living species : 25; tropical S. America; warmer and 

 temperate N. America. N. America above Mexico 6 (see 

 Greene, Pittonia vol. II). 



Micrampelis echinata (Mum. ) RAF. Med. Rep. 352 (1808). 

 Momordica echinata MUHL. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. Ill, 180 (1793). 

 Sicyos lobatus MICHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 217 (1803). 



