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tiolis, ramis peduncullsque (uni- Folia subrotundo-cordata ; pepo diametro 



floris) urenti-hirta; pepones glo- SpoUicaris. 

 bosi, urenti-hispidi densissimeque 

 glauco-pruinosi. 



Subg. II, Melopepo. 



Tourn. 

 Folia cordata, obtusa, siib-51oba, den- 

 ticulata; cirrbi saepe in folia im- 

 perfecta transformati ; pepones de- 

 pressi, 4— Sloculares, carne sicca 

 spongios^ albida. Semina ovalia, 

 alba, plana. 

 1. Pepones inferne volvato-dilatati, 13. C. (M.) turbaniformis. 

 fructum quasi ex interiori alte- P-.^^^J.opepo J'- (non A-.-^ 

 rum minoremstriatum propullulan- 

 tes; pulpa. tehera firma alba v. 

 flava; epicarpio duro; semina 

 mas;na. 



In hortis culta, verisimiliter ex Or JCMfeorta.O 

 Turban-, Tiirkenbund-Kiirbis germ. 

 lit. , Zucea turea Venetiis. 



Fruft s colore et forma valde variabilis, 

 frcquenter striatus, semper vestimento illi, quo 

 Turcae caput tegunt (Turban, Tiirken- 

 bund), simillimus. Pulpa edulis. 

 yj. m e lo n i f r m i s — pepone subgloboso pla- 

 niusculo V. ovali, 7 — 8" diam. apice aperto 

 _ _, et fructum minorem quasi emittente. 



2. Pepones depresso-umbonati, 10- U.C. Melopepo L. Sp. pl. 1435. — Wlld. 

 costati, costis basi, medio v. apice \- ^- l\l- ]}-~£P^t ]■ <:• f^ ^- — ^^- 

 pulpa 



in gibberes excurrentibus; 

 dura alba; epicarpio tenuimol- 

 liusculo; semina minuta, siibro- 

 tunda, interdum gibbosa, abbre- 

 viata. 



I. c. 31T. 2. — G.ndn 1. c. 40. 2. 

 C. polymorpba Melopepo Duch. 1. c. 157. — 



Sp. 1. c. 200. 2. 

 Pepo maximus clypeatus Moris. hist. I. s. 1. 



t. 8. 

 C. clypeiformis s. siciliana Bauh. hist. II. 



224. c. ic. 

 In ludid orientuli verisimiliter et Oriente, in 



borlis europaeis culta. © 

 Pastisson, Arbouse d'Astracan gall., 

 Squash-Gourdangl.,Melonenpfebe, 

 Schildkiirbis germ. 

 Planta scandens, varias induens formas ; 

 cirrhi nulli v. valde abbreviati aut in folia 

 parva petiolis tortuosis et apice recurvato in 

 rudimentum cirrhi e ramulis unico v. 2 — 3 se- 

 mel vel bis revolutis constantis ierminata ab- 

 euntes. Pepones rotundi , turbinati , pyrifor- 

 mes, saepius pulpa expansa et per intervalla 

 nervorum calycis egressa costas 10 fructus 

 totam longitudinem percurrentes versus medium 

 paulo elevatiores aut tubercula extremitatem 

 fruetus coronae instar cingentia formante ; in- 

 terduni versus medium constricti et tunc in 

 pileum amplum inflati , aut in formam clypei 

 complana!i, aut irregulariter v. aequaliter co- 

 stati. Inter forraas hujusmodi ortas fere in- 

 numeras sequentes sunt principalcs : 

 a. caseolaris — fr. depresso 6" lato, 3" 

 alto, margine lOangnlato ; epicarpio duro 

 luteo subverrucoso; carne tenera alba eduli. 

 Puddingkiirbis Metzg. 1. c. 696. 

 y9. clypeatus — fr. depresso, 2V2" lato, 2" 

 alto, lOcostato, supra infraque subaequali; 

 epicarpio moUiori flavo, saepius fusco; 

 carne alba tenera. 

 C. Melopepo clypeatus TSois. 

 Pastetenkiirbis Melzg. 1. c. 

 y. fnngiformis — fr. supra alte convexo 

 snbtus plano, Vi.," lato, 21/2" alto, mar- 

 gine lOangulato ; epicarpio duro sulfureo, 

 carne alba tenerii. 

 Pilzcnkiirbis Metzg. 1. c. 

 d. pilciformis — fr. basi volvato depresso, 

 apice convexo , 5" alto , VJ2" lato , flavo, 



