064 Obdeb 68.— cucurbit ACEjE. 



mens 3, diadelphous. Fertile fls. — Cal. and cor. as above; abortivo 

 SI. 3, distinct, minute; style very short; stigmas 2, large; fruit round- 

 ish, inflated, echinate, 4-seeded. — ® A climbing herb with branched 

 tendrils. 



S. lobata Torr. & Gr. A smoothiah, running vine in rich river soils, Can. to Penn. 

 and Mo. St. deeply furrowed, with long, 3-parted tendrils placed nearly opp<;>- 

 site the long petioles. Lvs. membranous, palmately 5-lobed, cordate at base, 

 lobes acuminate, denticulate. Fls. small, white, the barren ones very numerous, 

 in axillary racemes often If long ; fertile ones solitary or several, situated at the 

 base of the raceme. Fr. 1 to 2' in length, setose-echinate, at length dry and mem-» 

 branous, with 4 large seeds. Jl. — Sept. (Sicyos Mx. Momordica echinata 

 Muhl.) 



2. LAGENA^RIA, Ser. Gourd. (Gr. Xdyipog, a flagon or bottle ; 

 from the form of the fruit.) Flowers 8 . Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; 

 petals 5, obovate. t Stamens 5,'triadelphous ; anthers very long, con- 

 torted. ? Stigmas 3, thick, 2-lobed, subsessile ; pepo ligneous, 1-celled; 

 seeds ariled, obcordato, compressed, margin tumid. — Mostly climbing 

 by tendrils. 



L. vulgaris Ser. Calabash. Bottle Goued. Softly pubescent ; st. climb- 

 ing by branching tendrils ; lvs. roundish-cordate, abruptly acuminate, denticulate, 

 with 2 glands beneath at base ; fls. axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; fr. clavate. 

 veutricous, at length smooth. — (I) Gardens. The hard, woody rind of the fruit i.-; 

 used as ladles, bottles, &c. Fls. white. Jl., Aug. % Tropical. 



3. BRYO'NIA, L. Bryony. (Gr. ftpw, to grow rapidly.) Flow- 

 ers 8 or t 2 • Calyx 5-toothed, teeth short; corolla 5-cleft or parted; 

 o' stamens 5, triadelphous, with fiexuous anthers ; $ style trifid ; berry 

 small, globular, few-seeded. — Fls. greenish white. 



B. Boykinii Torr. & Gr. Scabrous pubescent; lvs. deeply 3 to 5-lobed, cordate, 

 denticulate, acuminate-cuspidate; fls. (small) clustered in the axils, both kinds 

 together, on short pedicels ; berries oval, 3-seeded. — In wet ground.?, along streams, 

 0». to La. (Hale). Sts. 10 to 20f long, climbing over bushes by simple or forked 

 tendrils. Fr. as large as a small plum, bright crimson, changing to yellow. The 

 seeds with 2 lateral teeth. Jn., Jl. 



4. SICYOS, L. Single-seed Cucumber. (Gr. aiKvog, the ancient 

 name of the cucumber.) Flowers 8 . $ Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla rotate, 

 5-petaled ; stamens 6, monadelphous, or at length triadelphous, anthers 

 contorted. ¥ Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate ; petals 5, united at baso 

 into a campanulate corolla ; styles 3, united at base ; fruit ovate, mem- 

 branous, hispid or echinate, with one large, compressed seed. — (i) Climb- 

 ing herbs, with compound tendrils. Sterile and fertile fls. in the same 

 axils. 



S. anguldtus L. St. branching, hairy ; lvs. roundish, cordate, with an obtuse 

 sinus, 5-aiigled fir 5-lobed, lobes acuminate, denticulate ; ? much smaller than J . 

 Can. and U. S. -V weak climbing vine, with long, spiral, branching tendrils. Lvs. 

 ■T to 4' broad, alternate, on long stalks. Fls. whitish, marked with green lines, 

 the barren in long pedunculate rac. Fr. 6" long, ovate, spinous, 8 to 10 together 

 in a crowded cluster, each with one large seed. Jl. 



5. MELOTHRIA, L. (Gr. fifiXo%', a melon, Opiov, a certain food.) 

 Flowers ? (;5 J or 5' . Calyx infundibuliform-campanulate, limb in 

 5 subulate segments; petals 5, united into a campanulate corolla. 



$ Stamens 5, triadelphous. $ Stigmas 3 ; fruit a berry, ovoid, small, 

 laany-seeded. — Tendrils simple, filiform. 



