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Peponiferae. — , Cucurbilaceae. 



4) 31oba quintupllnervia glabra, 

 integerrima subtus punctato-sca- 

 bra, laciniis acuminatis ; fructus 

 subglobosi. 



5) plus minus Sloba, 

 (1) sul)-51ol3a, 



a. cordato-ovata ; pepones ovales 

 utrinque acuminati muricati. 



i. eordata, lobo terminali longio- 

 re ; ( caulis scaljer cirrliiferj 

 flores l)reve pedunculati subterni 

 majusculi , petala acutiuscula) 

 pepones ohlongi suLtriquetri ma- 

 turitate sublaeves saepe nitidi, 

 carpeilis intus distinctls sepa- 

 ral)ilil)us. 



costae approximatis, nec patenti-divergentibus. 



Fructus bpollicaris , virescens maculis obscu- 



ris albidis , maturitate citrinus maculis inae- 



qualibus serialibus sordide aurantiacis : caro 



exterior flavescenti - albida , interior pulposa 



rubescenti-Iutea. Sapor et odor Melonis per- 



gratus. Structura interior 61oc. : dissepiment. 



lobis externis margine involutis. Dissepimenta 



ipsa e filamentis transversalibus composita. 



p. costatus m. Fructus brevior latior, 



costis 5 — 8 latis obtusis longitudinali- 



bus, verruculis parvis conspersus, sa- 



turate citrinus maculis aurantiacis ob- 



soletis. 



C. pubescens W. proxime afflnis differt 



foliis , fructibus pubescentibus tripollicaribus 



pollicem crassis, adultis albis absque ullis 



striis. 



24.Cucuinis jamaicensis Bert. in Sprg. 

 1. c. 13. — DC. I. c. 300. 5. — G.DoH 

 1. c. 27. 5. 



In Jamaica. © 



25. C. sepium Mey. Esseq. 278. — BC. 1. c. 

 310. 9. — G.J)on I. c. 10. 

 C. Anguria Raeusch. (non L.) 

 In sepibus insulae Wachanama Guianae. 

 Differt a C. Anguria foliis subpalmatis, 

 lobis subangulatis fructuque globoso-elliptico. 

 26.C. gatiTUS L. Sp. pl. 1437. — Wlld. I. c. 

 615. 13. — Sprg. 1. c. 9. — DC. 1. c. 300. 

 3. — G.Don 1. c. 15. 3. — FF. & A. 1. c. 

 342. 1034. — Sp. I. c. 209. — Lam. III. 

 t. 795. 

 Cucumis , C. vulgaris , C. sativus Blackw. 

 Hb. t. 4. — Lob. stirp. 363. f. l. — Do- 

 don. Pempt. t. 662. — Moris. hist. I. t. 6. 

 f. 6. 

 In TataTia et Indid orientali, in Europa 



ubique cultus. Q 



Ketimou, Timou Indorum , Concom- 



bre gall., Cucumber angl., Citriuolo 



ital. , Gurkor suec, Gurken, Kuku- 



mern, Kiimmerlinge germ. 



Caules radicantes v. diffusi, pilis brevibus 



scabris hispidi. Folia scabra, basi profunde 



cordata , 5Ioba : lobis acutis v. acuminatis 



trinngularibus, 2 basilaribus brevissimis, pe- 



tiolo incluso 4—8" longa, 3—6" lata, sinuor 



lato-dentata: petiolo lamina longiore v. bre- 



viore, pedunculis calycibusque hispidis. Cirrhi 



filiformes , fere glabri , apice spirales, folio 



utpluriraum breviores. Flores utplurimum ter- 



ni, omnes subsessiles. Calycis laciniae recur- 



vatae, tubo breviores. Corolla circiter polli- 



caris, petalis obovatis mucronatis. Caro fru- 



ctus mollis, aquosa , insipida, alba v. vire- 



scens. 



In hortis sequentes coluntur varietates: 



a. viridis DC. , fructibus parvis echinatis 



viridibus. 



aa. Concombre vert ou a corni- 



chons, grosse griine Gurke: 



fructu obTongo v. ovato - oblongo, 



oranium vulgatissimus. 



/?/?. Early long prickly — fructu 



5—7" longo viridi echinis paucis. 

 yy. Largest green prickly — fr.7 — 

 10" longus, corticc obscure viridi, 

 echinis parvis densis. 

 dd. Early short prickly, kleine 

 griineGurke — non ultra 4" Ig., 



