552 332. Cucumis. 51. CUCURBITACEiE. Pl.ex.cal. 



2. Cucumis moschaius. Musky cucumber. 



Leaves with rounded angles ; fruii rather warty ^ skin 

 reticulated. 



Melo, Ger. em. 917, 1 to 3; Park. Par. 527. 



Cucumis Melo, Lin. S. P. 1436, 



Melon. 



Cultivated ] annual ; April to July. 



Fruit has many varieties in the gardens ; it has a peculiar 

 smell and flavour liked by some and as strongly disliked 

 by others; eaten with wine and sugar, or with salt and 

 pepper, as one of the highest luxuries, especially when 

 fresh gathered, by those who relish it. 



III. 333. CUCURBITA. Pliny. Gourd. 



Plant monoicous ; calyx-lobes awlshape ; corolla bell- 

 shape. — Male. Filaments 3, 2 soldered together at bottom; 

 anthers soldei'ed. — Y^m. Filaments 3, without anthers, sol- 

 dered beneath into a rather thick ring; style short; stig- 

 mata 3, thickened; pepo large, 3-locular, cells parted; 

 seeds ovate, compressed ; edge swelled ; tip sometimes 

 nicked. 



Cucurbita esculenta. Eatable gourd. 



Flowers bellshape, narrow at bottom ; limb upright. 



Pepo maximus rutundus, Ger. em. 919,2. 

 Pepo, Park. Par. 527. 

 Cucurbita Pepo, Lin. S. P. 1435. 

 Pompions. Pumpkins. 



Cultivated; annual; August. 



Fruit very large, weighing sometimes 20 lb.; flesh of the 

 fruit boiled in milk, or baked in a pie, used as food, 



Fam. XVII. 52. SALICARI/^E. Jussieu. 



Calyx free, tubular, persisting ; petals 4 to 6, on the top 

 of the calyx, rarely ; stamens as many, or twice as many 

 as the lobes ; ovary simple ; style 1 ; capsule enclosed in the 

 calyx, 2-celled ; placentarium columnar, central ; seeds 

 many, smooth ; perisperm very thin ; corculum straight, 

 central; radicle below. — Plant herbaceous; leaves often 

 opposite. 



Calyx6-X.oo\heA', pet.6', capi*. 2-valved Lythrum. 334. 

 Calyx 12-toothed ; pet. 6 or ; 

 caps, valveless i .. . Portula. 335. 



