364 Order 58.— CUOUBBITACE^. 



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

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

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

 tendrils. 



E. lob^ta Torr. & Gr. A smoothish, running vine in rich river soils, Can. to Pena 

 and Mo. St. deeply furrowed, with long, 3-parted tendrils placed nearly oppo- 

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

 lobes acuminate, denticulate. Pis. 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 eohinata 

 Muhl.) 



2. LAGENA'RIA, Ser. Gourd. {Gi. Xdy7]vog, a. flagon or bottle; 

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

 petals 5, obovate. $ Stamens 5, triadelphous ; anthers very long, con- 

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

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

 by tendrils. 



L. vulgdris Ser. CALABAsn. Bottle Goukd. Softly pubescent ; st. climb- 

 ing by bi-anching tendrils ; lvs. roundisli-cordate, abruptly acuminate, denticulate, 

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

 ventricous, at length smooth. — (t) Gardens. The hard, woody rind of the fruit is 

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



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

 ers S or J ? . Calyx 6-toothed, teeth short ; corolla 5-cleft or parted ; 

 S stamens 5, triadelphous, with flexuous anthers ; ? style trifid ; berry 

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



B. Boykinli 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 grounds, alongstreams, 

 6a. 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. cf Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla rotate, 

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

 contorted. ? Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate ; petals 6, united at base 

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

 branous, hispid or echinate, with one large, compressed seed. — 3) Climb- 

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

 axils. 



S. anguiatus t. St. branching, hairy ; lvs. roundish, cordate, with an obtuse 

 sinus, 5-angled or 5-lobed, lobes acuminate, denticulate ; 9 much smaller than J . 

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

 3 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. fflELOTHRIA, L. (Gr. fifjXov, a melon, Opiov, a certain food.) 

 Flowers $ ^ S or 8 . Calyx infundibuliform-campanulate, limb in 

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



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

 many-seeded. — Tendrils simple, filiform. 



