CUCUKBITACE^ 



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twisted, furrowed, and thickest at the distal end. It often 

 reaches a length of 3 feet, and a diameter of i to 3 inches. 



Fig. 253. — 1 to 6, stages in the development of the cucumber fruit; the 

 flower is unopen in i and 2, in 3 it is fully open, in 4 and s it is withering, and 

 in 6 the perianth, stamens and styles have fallen from the enlarged ovary. 7, 

 staminate flower of cucumber. 



5. Winter Melons {Cucumis melo var. inodorus). — Little 

 known in United States. 



