434 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
V. CUCURBITELE. 
91. Cucurbita L.— Flores monœci v. diœeci; masculorum recepta- 
culo campanulato, turbinato v. nune cylindrico. Sepala D, v. raro 4-8, 
margini receptaculi inserta, nuncC (Sicana) refracta. Corolla gamope- 
tala campanulata, 5-loba ; præfloratione induplicato-quincuncialr. 
Stamina 5, receptaculi fundo inserta, quorum # per paria oppositi- 
petala approximata v. connala quinto autem libero alternipetalo ; 
filamentis liberis v. (Coccinea) plus minus connatis ; antheris lineari- 
bus sigmoideo-flexuosis, extrorsum A-rimosis, liberis (Sicana) v. plus 
minus agglutinatis coalitisve. Germen rudimentarium 0. Floris foœmi- 
nei perianthium ut in mare; receptaculo sub collo in saccum 
ovoideum, oblongum v. eylindricum, germen intus adnatum foventem 
dilatato. Staminodia varia, nune basi cum disco epigyno confluentia. 
Stylus brevis gracilisve, apice stigmatoso 3-lobus v. 3-partitus (Cocci- 
ni); lobis simplicibus v. obscure (Sicana) conspicueve 9-lobulatis v. 
9-furcatis. Ovula in placentis 3, demum incrassatis et intime contiguis 
coadunatisve æ, demum locellis placentæ accretæ inclusa subho- 
rizontalia anatropa. Fructus carnosus v.  fibrosus corticatusve , 
sphæricus, ovoideus, oblongus v. cylindraceus. Semina 2%, ovala com: 
pressa, sæpius marginata, lævia v. nunc raro scrobiculata. — Herb 
annuæ v. perennes ; rhizomate crasso; ramis repentibus v. scanden- 
tibus; foliis lobatis v. angulatis; cirrhis simplicibus v. 2--fidis ; 
floribus masculis solitariis, cymosis v. racemosis; fœmineis solitaris. 
(Orbis totius reg. calid.) — Vid. p. 39. 
99, Schizocarpum ScHRAp.' — Flores monœæci ( Cucurbite ); 
corolla 5-fida. Stamina 5 (2-2-1) ; antheris longitudin aliter 3-plicatis”. 
Floris fæminei discus epigynus 3-lobus. Germen ovoideum rostratum ; 
stylo filiformi, apice stigmatoso 3-lobo. Ovula +, locellis placenta- 
rum 3 accretarum inelusa horizontalia. Fructus siceus oblique fene- 
stratus®, à basi demum in valvulas 3 apice cohærentes dehiscens. 
Semina œ, late inæqui-ovata complanata brevia, margine Integra 
v. irregulari-crenulata. — Herbæ annuæ seandentes; foliis integris 
| Ber., 133 XII, 407. — Envz., Gen. n. 5184: 
Cocn., Cucurb., 552. 
vo) 2, Polline sphærico, 3-poros0, muriculato. 
1. Ind. sem. H. gœtt. (1830) ; in Linnæa, NI, 3. Rimis semina ex parte nudantibus. 
t. 94 (Momordica). — BENTH., PI. Hartw.,6  Litt 
Let ti Micax, FI. bor.-amer., W, 217 — 
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