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5. CUCUR’BITA, L. Squasn anp PumPKIN 
[The Latinized Celtic naa for a Gourd or hollow vessel.] 
Calyz-tube ovoid club-shaped ; limb circumcised and erpnsin Corolla 
bell-shaped. Fruit fleshy or fnally hard and somewha y: 
white, obovate, convexly compressed, the margin whe ly ‘tumia. Trail- 
ing annuals wi ith eye rdate leaves, branching tendrils and yellow axillary 
subsolitary flo flow 
* Fruit always fleshy. 
Pr’po, L. Leaves obtusely cordate, somewhat 5-lobed ; fruit 
C. 
sabigiobous pblong or lorie smooth, always fleshy. 
Pumpkin. 
Fr. La grosse Citrouille. Potiron. 
Rough and hispid. Root annual. Stem 10-20 or 30 feet long sparingly branched ; 
tendrils branched. Leaves 9-15 or 18 inches in length ; peti r 8 inches Jong: 
Flowers yellow, large, axillary,—the staminate ones often solitary ei os long 
Fruit Patten forms, manne = ymin ;—the flesh of the rind usually yellow, the pe: c 
ha yellow 
Fields and lots : Solivated ( (usually ‘with Indian Corn, in Pennsylvania). Native of 
the East. Fl. July. Fr. Octo 
Obs. ppowiry itr for its fruit,—of which there are many 
rieties ; of them ning to an enormous size (2 feet or more 
bh 
nd; and th feeding stock. 
n growing in the immediate viet of Squashes, the fruit of this 
igociee is liable to Bp converted into a Hybrid, of little or no value. 
ve had a crop of Pampkins totally: spoiled, by rach Lsapait | 
Squashes among them,—the fruit becoming very hard and warty—unfit 
for the tale, and unsafe to give to cattle. 
** Fruit finally becoming subligneous. 
2. C. Mr’opgpo, L. te subcordate, somewhat — fruit 
mostly orbicular and much depressed, with the margin and 
torulose, at first fleshy, finally subligneous. 
Round Squash. ing. 
Fr. Bonnet de Prétre. Pastisson. 
-12 or 15 feet long, somewhat branching ; 
ranched,—sometimes transformed or developed into imperfect leaves. Leaves 6-8 
inches long ; petioles long as the leaves. ive. rather large, pedunculate. 
of various colors amt pe yellow, pale green, or oot. 
warty ,—the hard woody, containing a loose stringy pulp. 
Fields and gardens : cultivated. Native country uncertain. F1. July. Fr. October. 
Obs. Corea for the young fruit,—which is generally esteemed, a3 
_ a vegetable sa There are numerous varieties of the fruit—and of 
various tiga, There is also a py te has ac 
WwW bushy stem, which is often a prolific bearer. _ 
