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38. GOURD FAMILY. Ordi-r CUCURBITACE.E. 



SucculcMit or tender lierhs, with aUernato and nuliate- 

 veined leaves, and with tendrils. Flowers coinnionlv nio- 

 ncccions, in the axils. Fertile tlowtirs wiih iIh; tuhe of tlu; 

 calyx coherent with the ovary. I't-lals often united with 

 each other into a nionopetahjiis conjlla, and united with or 

 bcnne on th(! cuj) of tlie calyx. Stamens 

 <;enei'ally 3. and more or le.ss connected 

 hy their antliers or iheir filaments, or 1)y 

 both ; the anthers curiously contoited. 

 Fruit a ])ej)0 (224), 1 eny. or ]K)d. Seeds 

 l,ir_'c, and Hat ; the whole kernel is an em- 

 bryo. The most imporlant plants of the 

 family are those culiivatcMl. 



.W,. Stiiniiiiiili' Miiuci- iif ;i Scpmsli, witli Hw ciirnlhi .'iml iiji' it part nf fli'' rulyx nit away, fn sli..w tlio iinitMl staiiwiH. 

 ■"^i". Till' lailir, iiilaiu'ril, and llic llla^s nf aiitliiTM rut across. "ilh. Srpaiati' slaiinn of a .Mi'Ii.m', riilaiyi'il, .sliowilij,' the lung ami 

 CDi.toiiitl aiilljrr. ;;rp'.i. Kmliiyci ul' tcinaslj. ;i7l'. Sci'iidii nl' saiiii-, a liltir i'iiliii;,'cil, si I'li i'<l;;cwisi', 



rt-fals united into ii liirgc, bell-.shaped, s-lobcd, yellow coroHa. Stamens with tliree 



filaments united into a tube, except at tlie Ijottom : the anthers als^o firmly grown 



togelher ; the turns of their long cells iiiirtillel, running straight up and down. 



■^ Style I : stigmas 3, each 2dobed. Fruit large, firm -fleshy. Seeds with a blunt 



edge, (('acurhi(a) *Ooi-iU), i.e., Sql'ash and Pltmpkin. 



Petals iu)ited only at the base or separate. Anthers loosely crooked. 



Ovary and fruit many-seeded. Anthers and filaments 3, sejiarate or sei>arable. 

 I'etals white, with greeidsh veins, reduncles very long. Fruit with a hard 



or woody rind variously shaped, (Ldi/oulrin) *l'OTTLE-GoURD. 



Petals yellow. Calyx with ii bell-shaped cup. Seeds pointed and sliarp-edged. 



Fruit narrow, rough-pimpled when young, (Cucuniin .^dfirufi) *Cnci;MHKii. 



Fruit thick, smotjth, sweet. Fertile flowers perfect, (Citcumis Mclo) *Mi;skmeL()N'. 

 Petals huff or cream-colour. Calyx with hardly any cup. Leaves much cut. 



Fruit large and smooth, sweet. Seeds thick edged, smooth. {CitriiJI us) *\VATKUMKr.o\. 

 T'ruit a rougl), reddish berry. Seeds wrinkled, {Momordint) *Bai.sam-A1'1 l.K. 



Ovary and fruit i-sceded or .^-seeded. Small-flowered clind)ers, wild in this country. 

 Corolla of the sterile flowers 6-parted. white. The long racemes rather pretty 

 in cultivation. Fruit an oval, weak-pnckly, Jdadder-like pod, bui'sting 

 at the toi), iind containing 2 fibrous-netted cells, with 2 large seeds in 

 each. Leaves sharply 5-lol'ed, {Krliinori/stis) I'.i.addehCucumbek. 



Corolla of the wheel-shaped steiile flowers 5-lobed, greenish-wiiite. Fruit a 

 ■' snudl, ovate, i-seeded, prickly-barbed bur. Leaves 5-angled, (Sk'i/os) BUH-CUCUMBKU. 



39. PASSION-FLOWER FAMILY. Order PASSIFLORACE^. 



This small family of tendril-bearing vines, with aUcrnate palmately-lobed leaves, is 

 mainly repre-sented by the 



