288 CUCTKBITACE^. 



4. CIONOSICYS, Gr. 



Calyx 5-fid : S tube turbinate, ? cupuliform. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, infuudibular- 

 rotate. Stamens triadelphous (-5) : 3 (-5) filaments distinct, inserted into the ooroUa-base : 

 anthers all connate in a cylindrical column, which is shortly exceeded by 5 connectival lobes : 

 ceUs bent upwards and downwards, with 3 parallel anfractuosities. Ovary 3-celled : cells 

 many-ovulate. Stigma enlarged : lobes 3, roundish, foliaceous, reflexed. Frmt large, inde- 

 hiscent. — A high, glabrescent, monoecious climber ; leaves Z-fid (or entire) ; tendrils sim- 

 ple i flowers single, axillary, greenish-white, large. 



7. C. pomiformis, Gr. — Triohosanthes, Macf. (exelus. syn. T. amarse, i.) — Stem slen- 

 der, angular, glabrous ; leaves membranaceous, early glabrous, 4"-2" diam., slightly cordate 

 at the base, roundish (or ovate, if entire), pointed, 3-fid to one-third, with the lateral lobes 

 spreading, deltoid, remotely and minutely denticulate ; peduncles ebracteate, S 2" long, ? 

 shorter ; $ calyx 8'" long, puberulons : tube half as long as the lobes, at length enlarged : 

 lobes spreading, ovate-lanceolate, at length distant, separated by a truncate, slightly toothed 

 sinus ; ? calyx-tube 5'" high, 6"'-8"' broad at the top, twice as long as the lanceolate, 

 distant lobes, half as long as the style ; corolla IV' long, papillose outside, downy with 

 scattered, thickish hairs inside : lobes ovate-oblong, entire, 3-^ times as long as the tube ; 

 filaments hairy, half as long as the corolla : anther-column 4'" long, 2i"' diam. ; style en- 

 larged at the top ; stigma 5"'-6"' diam., green, glabrescent ; fruit ovoid, glabrous, yellowish, 

 " size of an orange : cells 9-seeded." — Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., Al., Wils., Wullschl., sus- 



' peuded from trees in the mountains, along roads, S. Anns, Manchester. 



5. CUCUMIS, L. 



Calyx 6-fid. Corolla 5-partite. Stamens triadelphous : 8 filaments distinct : anthers 

 connivent, distinct (or " slightly combined"), exceeded by connectival lobes: anther-cells 

 bent upwards and downwards. Ovary 8-ceIled : cells many-ovulate. Fruit indehiscent. — 

 Tendrils simple ; flowers yellow, monceeiozts, $ single or fascicled in the axils, $ solitary. 



8. C. Anguria, L. Annual, hirsute; leaves deeply 5(-3-7)-lobed: lobes obovate or 

 spathulate, blunt, denticulate, 3 larger separated by a rounded sinus ; ? peduncles slender; 



fruit ovoid, murieated with, rigid spinules. — Mill. f. 33 ; Desc. M. 5. t. 326. — Flowers 

 small. — Hab. Jamaica (Macf.), common in dry pastures; Antigua!, Wullschl.; [Guade- 

 loupe ! ; Key West to BahiaJ. 



6. LTJFFA, Cav. 



Calyx h-ii: 3 tube shortly campanulate, ? clavate. Coto& deeply 5-partite. Stamens 

 5-tri-diadelphous ; anthers distinct : cells flexuose, on the margin of a sinuate connective. 

 Fistil of Cucumis. Fruit usually opening by a terminal lid. — Flowers yellow, usually mon- 

 osciotts, 3 «« a lax, terminal raceme, $ solitary. 



9. la. acutangula, JBoxi. Stem glabrous, angular; leaves cordate-roundish, 5-lobed 

 to one-third, pointed, scabrous or glabrescent ; tendrils 3-fid (or simple) ; stamens 5 ; fr^it 

 oblong, \(i-angular, smooth : lid small or obsolete. — Jacq. Fl. Find. 3. <. 74. Rheed. Mai. 

 8. t. 7. — Cucumis, L. — ^Variable in the size of the flowers {1\"-A" diam.). Fruit size of the 

 cucumber, at length having a frame-work of reticulated fibres : lid " not separating spon- 

 taneously." — Hab. Jamaica !, Bist., March, on fences ; Antigua !, WuUschl. ; [Cuba to 

 Brazil! ; East Indies to Afghanistan !]. # 



7. LAGENAKIA, Ser. 



Ca/yj! campanulate, shortly 5-fid or 5 -dentate. Petals h. /S(«me«« triadelphous : anthers 

 of Imffa. Ovary of Cucumis. Stigma subsessile. Fruit indehiscent. — Flowers white, mon- 

 oecious, long-feduncled. 



10. Ii. vulgaris, Ser. Softly pubescent ; leaves cordate-roundish, subentire, denticulate, 

 biglandular at the base ; tendrils divided ; petals obovate, expanded ; fruit glabrate, smooth. 

 — Meed. Mai. 8. t. 1, 4, 5. — Cucurbita Lagenaria, L. — Corolla 2" diam. ; fruit variable in 

 shape, sometimes 6' long.; — Hab. Jamaica (Macf.), on fences ; Antigua !, Wullschl., in 

 waste places ; [all tropical countries, and naturalized in the southern United States]. 



