DICOTYLEDONS: SYMPETALAL 315 
southern Asia. They are grown in all parts of the United 
States, and their extensive use as pickles, etc., is well 
known. 
Pumpkins were cultivated by the Indians in their fields 
of maize, as they are now, and are probably of tropical 
American origin, although no wild plants are known. Some 
squashes belong to the same species (Cucurbita Pepo), but 
others are of Asiatic origin. 
