CUCURBITACEA 519 
363. Lagenaria Ser. 
Large climbing herbs; leaves ovate or orbicular, cordate, den- 
_ tate; petiole long, with 2 glands near its apex; tendrils 2-fid 
_ Flowers large, white, solitary, moncecious or dicecious ; males with 
ong, females with short peduncles. Sepals 5, connate in a funnel- 
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3 = ig 1-celled ovary ovules many,  Koseontal, on 18 vertical 
Cucurbita Lagenaria F. Li iii. 718. 
Cultivated generally. 
A large climber. Vernac. Kaddu, kodu. 
364. Luffa Cav. 
E a” small climbers; leaves cordate, usually 5- angled or 
bed petiole not glandular at apex ; tendrils 2-5-fid. Flowers 
Emig produced beyond the ovary ; lobes triangular or lanceolate. 
5, obovate. ¢ Stamens 8, less often 5; filaments free or 
ia anthers exserted, free, one 1-celled, two 2-celled, or all 
eae cells sigmoid, often on the margin of the broad connec- 
man eerpels 8, connate in an oblong, 1-celled ovary ; ovules 
ey horizontal, on 8 parietal placentas ; ori cylindric; stigmatic 
Fruit a large or small, oblong, smooth or angled or 
[ERT ee OUR ESN ee Te en ong ee a ee 
> Peicels is ien dela ae t bracts; fruit small, 2 in. 
- Mh covered with papille, obscurely 10-striate.....- graveolens. 
pa i rac sag on long peduncles, each with usually a small, 
ri Viseid bract; fruit large, clavate, ‘5-12 i in. long, smooth, dis- 
¥ 10-angled or 10-ribbed egyptiaca. 
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