CUCURBITA. CUCURBITACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 543 
Duch. in Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. 2, p. 148; Juss. Gen. p. 396: 
Sehreb. Gen. 2, p. 662; Willd. Spec. 4, p. 606; Poir. in Dict. sc. 
nat. 11, p. 231; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 316; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 8, 
p. 718; W. et Arn. Prodr. 1, p. 350; Spach, Vég. phan. 6, p. 197 ; 
Meisn. Gen. p. 127 (91); Endl. Gen. p. 938; Rem. Syn. fasc. 2, 
p. 16, 83; Ser. Fl. jard. et gr. cult. 2, p. 531; Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. 
1, part. 1, p. 672; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 6, p. 5; 
Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1, p. 828; Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, 
p. 555; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 19; Clarke in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2, p. 621. — Pepo Tourn. Inst. p. 105: 
Adans. Fam. 2, p. 138; Mœnch, Meth. p. 653. — Melopepo 
Tourn. l. c. p. 106. — Sphenantha Schrad. in Linnæa, 12, p. 416: 
Endl. Gen. p. 939; Arn. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3, p. 275; Wight 
in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 8, p. 268; Meisn. Gen. Comm. 
p. 356; Rem. l.c. p. 102. — Pileocalyx Gaspar. in Rend. del R. 
Acad. sc. di Napoli, 6, p. 409 et in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 3, v. 9, 
p. 220; Giorn. bot. Ital. 2, p. 242; Walp. Ann. 2, p. 647. — Tris- 
temon Scheele in Linnæa, 21, p. 586 (non Rafin. nec Klotsch). 
Flores monoici. Masculi solitarii vel fasciculati. Calycis tubus cam- 
panulatus, rarius cylindricus; lobi 5 nunc 4-7. Corolla campanulata, 
usque ad medium vel infra 5 (4-7-)-lobata, lobis apice recurvis. Sta- 
Mina 3, fundo calycis inserta, filamentis liberis; antheræ lineares, in 
columnam cylindricam coalitæ vel agglutinatæ, una unilocularis, ce- 
teræ biloculares, loculis elongatis, sigmoideo-flexuosis, connectivo an- 
gusto apice non producto. Pollen magnum, globosum, subtiliter mu- 
rieatum, multiporosum. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores feminei soli- 
tarii, breviter pedunculati. Calyx et corolla maris. Staminodia 3, 
brevia, triangularia, in fundo calycis. Ovarium oblongum, 3-5-placen- 
tiferum; stylus brevis, crassus, stigmatibus 3-5 bilobis vel bifurcatis. 
Papillosis ; ovula numerosa, horizontalia. Fructus carnosus aut fibro- 
Sus, Sæpe corticosus, indehiscens, polyspermus. Semina ovata vel 
oblonga, complanata, lævia, margine tumido cincta vel rarius immar- 
Sata. 
Herbæ annuæ vel rhizomate crasso napiformi perennantes, in re- 
cionibus calidis utriusque orbis incole, scabræ, flagellis elongatis in 
Solo repentibus et ad nodos radicantibus, nonnunquam etiam scan- 
dentibus. Folia lobata, basi cordata. Cirrhi bi-multifidi. Flores magni 
Aut maximi, lutei. Fructus polymorphus, sæpe giganteus. 
