LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 493 
CIV. CUCURBITACEAE. Gourd Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 934 (1836-40); Endlicher, |. c. 933 (1836-40)—Nan- 
dirhobeae; Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. I, 816 (1862-67); Baillon, Hist. 
Pl. VIII, 375 (1886); Miler and Pax, in Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 
IV, 5, 1 (1889). 
Genera: 80-85; cosmopolitan; most richly developed in 
the tropics. Old World, 50+; New World, 36-39. 
Species: 650+; mostly tendril-bearing herbs. 
SICYOS Linn. Gen. 739 (1737). 
Sicyoides Tourn. Inst. 103 (1700). 
Badaroa BERT. Herb. 838 ex Endl. Gen. (1840). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. VIII, 428; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 837; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 150; Engl. Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 37 (Miller and Pax). 
Living species: 80; warmer America; Pacific islands; 
Australia. Russia, 1; Russian Europe, 1; W. Tex., 1. 
Sicyos angulatus Linn. Spec. 1018 (1753). 
Elaterium trifoliatun LINN. Mant. 123 (1767). 
Sicyoides angulata MOENCH, Meth. 513 (1794). 
Sicyos acutus Rar. Fl. Lud. 113 (1817). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 195; Webb., Fl. Neb. 141; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 59; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 176, 5382; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 149; Britt., Fl. N. 
J. 111; Led., Fl. Ross. II, 143; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 52; Coult., Fl. Tex. 125; 
Cov., Fl. Ark. 184; Engl. Miller and Pax, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 38; Wats., 
Bibl. Ind. I, 395. 
S. Russia and Caucasus mts. 
; North America: Q., Ont., N. H. to N. J. and Fla.; W. 
to Minn., Neb., HE. Kan., Ark. and Tex. 
Minn. valley: S. E. district; river banks and near 
lake shores; climbing over shrubbery. 
HERB.: Sandberg 212, Red Wing. 
MICRAMPELIS Rar. Med. Rep. V, 352 (1808). 
Hexameria T.andG. Rep. Pl. N. Y. 187 (1836). 
Megarhiza Torr. Pac. R. R. Rep. VI, 74 (1857). 
Marah KeEwioae, Proc. Cal. Acad. 38 (1876). 
Echinocystis T.andG. Fl. N. Am. I, 542 (1838). 
Echinopepon Navup. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5, VI, 17 (1866). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. VIII, 433; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 835; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 150; Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 35; O. Kuntze, 
Rev, Gen. I, 257. 
Living species: 25; tropical S. America; warmer and 
temperate N. America. N. America above Mexico 6+ (see 
Greene, Pittonia vol. IT). 
Micrampelis echinata (MuHL.) Rar. Med. Rep. 352 (1808). 
Momordica echinata Munu. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ITI, 180 (1793). 
Sicyos lobatus Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 217 (1803). 
