140 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Obs. Known to every ee —and universally cultivated ‘es the young 
or green fruit. The you o fruit t (sometimes called Gherkins) is muc 
used for Pickles. In — Middle States, _ — rag “for planting 
the seeds is “ the first day of May, before s 
3. C. Ancu’rm, L. Ste pee pate ca aay and 
sinuate, coins at base ; fruit sub-globose or oval, echina 
sened ee J erusalem Cucumber. 
Hirsu ual. Stem 3-6 feet long, branching ; saa S simple. Leaves 
comet 2 ienst, cy sinuate-lobed ; petioles 1-2 inches long. Flowers ae Sar vol 
ga m short a xillary peduncles. Fruit usually about an Sek and a half long, oval, muri 
Bg TE soa cultivated. Native of Jamaica. FI. July-August. Fr. September. 
Obs. Occasionally cultivated for the young fruit,—which is used. for 
Pickles. , 
3. CITRUL’LUS, Neck. Warer-mMeton. 
[From Citrus, an Orange ; the pulp being mostly Orange red.] 
ede, deeply 5-cleft—the segments yah gga paheg sg = connect- 
at base, adnate to the bottom of the calyx. Stamens 5, 5, inserted on 
ee shins of the pa triadelphous. Style eyltharic, trifid ; stigmas 
convex, reniform-cordate. Fruit sub-globose, feby, the placentze mostly 
very succulent. Seeds numerous, colored, obovate-oblong, compressed 
rgin. 
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C. vutea’ris, Schrad. Stem igoeces rather a: leaves So: 
ee 5-lobed, the lobes pes ef sinuate-pinnat bluish gla fre 
beneath ; flowers solitary , with a ae bract ; fruit glo- 
bose or oval, very smoot. alii aace late. 
Common CiTrRvLs. Watapandlon. 
Fr. Melon deau. Germ. Die Wasser Melone. Span. Sandia. 
Plant hairy. Rootannual. Stem 8-12 or 15 feet long, angular, somewhat branching , 
tendrils branched. Leaves 3—5 or 6 inches long, ovate in their outline ; ; petioles 2—- 3 inches. 
pale greenish yellow. Fruit 10-20 inches long, globose or oval, firm fleshy 
rind, and, when mature, with wi a ynier is usually purple. 
or reddish orange-colored (sometimes nearly white). Seeds black or purplish brown 
Gardens and fala : cultivated. Native of India and Africa. FL anes August. Fr. 
August — Septem! 
Obs. This suka well — . - delicious fruit—is ee ser fe 
cultiv: — —but succeeds best sandy soils along the ae 
coast, or on the mite ial banks of r Western waters. 
nearly allied plant, often seen in gar si which bears a cons erably 
different fruit—known by the name of “ Citron, ” the firm rind of whie! 
is rese 
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