112 CLASS XX. ORDER XVI. 



6-parted : filaments united in a column ; anthers 3 

 and generally several barren filaments. Pistillate 

 flowers — calyx and corol like the staminate : nec- 

 tary with a 12-angled margin; styles 3 ; capsule 

 tricoccous. 38. 96 — obovata, (leaf-flower) leaves 

 obovate obtusish. 0. 



MoMORDicA. Staminate flowers — calyx 5-cleft : 

 corol 5-parted : filaments 3. Pistillate flowers — 

 style 3-cleft : berry gourd-like and bursting elasti- 

 cally ' seeds compressed. 34. 97 — balsamina^ (bal- 

 sam apple) leaves cut-palmate, fruit angular. ©. e. 

 .^-echwaiay fruit setose-echinate, leaves heart-5- 

 lobed. ©. 



SicYos. Staminate flowers — calyx 5-toothed : 

 corol 5-parted : filaments 3. Pistillate flowers — 

 styles 3-cleft: berry gourd-like, 1-seeded. 34. 97 

 fl72§-w/a/a, (single- seed cucumber) leaves angular. 



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CucuRBiTA. Staminate flowers — calyx 5-tooth- 

 ed : corol 5-cleft : filaments 3. Pistillate flowers 

 —calyx and corol like the staminate : pistil 3cleft: 

 pomaceous berry large, 3 to 5-celled : seeds thick- 

 ened at the margin. 34. 97 — lagenaria^ Agourd) 

 leaves cordate round-obtuse hairy, fruit clavate 

 with a woody rind. e. — verrucosa^ (warted squash) 

 leaves cordate deeply 5-lobed with the middle lobe 



narrowed at its base, fruit clavate warty, e melo' 



fiefio^ (flat squash) leaves cordate obtuse sub-5- 

 lobed, fruit depress-bossfd. e. — /?f/2o, (pumpkin) 

 leaves cordate obtuse sub-5 -lobed, fruit loundish 

 or oblong smooth, e. Var. fiotiro^ fruit depressed 

 or flattened — citrullus^ (water-melon) leaves 5- 

 lobed, lobes sinuate-pinnatifid obtuse, fruit oval 

 smooth, e. 



CucuMis. Staminate flowers — calyx 5-toothed ; 

 corol 5-parted : filaments 3. Pistillate flowers — 

 calyx and corol like the staminate : sti||mas 3 



