548 DICOTYLEDONEAZE. CUCURBITA . 
carne dulci, seminibus nigris. — Belg. hort. 11, p. 93. — C. melano- 
sperma Al. Br.! Cat. hort. Karls. 1824 (nomen tantum); Gaspar. Os- 
serv. spec. Zucche, in Act. Acad. Nap. 1847; Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, v. 9, 
p. 208; Parlat. Giorn. bot. Ital. 1852, p. 232; Al. Br. in App. Ind. 
sem. hort. Berol. 1853; Walp. Ann. 4, p. 864; Naud. in Ann. sc. nat. 
ser. 4, v.-G, p.53; ser. B, v. 5, p.37 
Caulis longissimus, robustus, demum sublignosus. Petiolus robus- 
tus, striatus, sparse asperus. Folia pallide viridia, sæpius marmorata. 
Calyx villoso-hirsutus, lobis linearibus, patulis, tubo paulo breviori- 
bus. Corolla late campanulata, 6-8 cent. longa, segmentis ovatis vel 
 suborbieularibus. Fructus 20-30 cent. crassus, albo-viridis, cortice 
tenui sublignoso tectus, carne alba, fibrosa. Semina ovata, basi leviter 
attenuata, distincte marginata, rarius fusca, 16-20 mill. longa, 
10-13 mill. lata. 
Indigena verisimiliter in Asia orientali ; in regionibus calidis culta. . 
5. €. radicans (Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 6, p. 8); foliis 
cordato-ovatis, basi emarginatis, satis profunde 3-7-lobatis, lobis sæ- 
pissime acutis, sinubus inter eos rotundatis; calycis tubo brevi, an- 
guste campanulato; fructu parvo, subspheerico, longitudinaliter mar- 
morato aut fasciato; seminibus spurco-albis. — An Sphenantha 
scabra Schrad.! in Linnæa, 12, p. 416 (specim. valde imperfectum in 
herb. suo nunc hort. Petrop.); Walp. Rep. 5, p. 762; Rem. Syn. 
fasc. 2, p. 102. — S. seandens Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, v. 2, p. 621. 
Radix tuberosa. Caulis teres, hirsutus, satis gracilis, ramosus. 
10 metr. et ultra longus, humi serpens et ad nodos radicans. Petiolus 
satis gracilis, breviter hirsutus, striatus, 5-12 cent. longus. Folia 
supra læte viridia et scaberrima, subtus pallide viridia vel cinerea et 
breviter denseque hirsuta, nonnunquam pallide marmorata, 8-18 cent. 
longa et fere totidem lata, margine undulato-denticulata. Cirrhi ro 
busti, satis breves, sulcati, ssepius 3-fidi. Pedunculus masculus satis 
gracilis, striatus, brevissime villosus, 10-15 cent. longus. Calycis tubus 
breviter villoso-hirsutus, basi subacutus, 1*/, cent. longus, 10-12 mill. 
latus; dentes patuli, anguste subulati, 1 cent. longi. Corolla anguste 
campanulata, puberula, 6 cent. longa, segmentis acutis. Fructus Mà- 
gnitudine Aurantii, nonnihil corticosus. Semina complanata, ovato" 
oblonga, leviter marginata, basi attenuata, 8-10 mill. longa, 4-5 IP 
lata, 1 '/, mill. crassa. i 
In Mexico (Schiede in herb. Berol. ; Ehrenberg n. 1079 in herb. Be- 
rol.; Uhden n. 1074 in herb. Berol. ; Karwinsky in herb. Monac.); % 
