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late, and usually has five imbricated lobes. The corolla is five- 

 lobed, usually sympetalous, sometimes parted to the base, in- 

 serted on the limb of the calyx, and rotate or campanulate. 

 The stamens (Fig. 247) are five in number, but they often grow 



Fig. 246. — Field pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo). A, staminate flower; B, pistil- 

 late flower. 



together so that there are apparently three. In case there 

 are three stamens, two of them are broader than the third; 

 the two broad stamens have two-celled anthers, the other has 

 a one-celled anther, thus making in all five anther cells to the 

 andrcecium. The filaments are short, often united, and 



