406 CUCURBITACEAE (GOURD FAMILY) 
longer petiole. Flowers moncecious, 
the staminate ones in small racemes 
on long, slender, axillary peduncles ; 
calyx cup-shaped, five-toothed ; co- 
rolla with five lobes united at base, 
white striped with green; the three 
stamens united and the anthers 
cohering in a small, club-like mass ; 
below, but in thé same axils, are the 
smaller pistillate flowers, in rounded 
clusters on much shorter peduncles. 
Ovary one-celled,.the style short and 
slender with three stigmas; fruits in 
clusters of three to ten, each con- 
taining a single seed, ovoid, covered 
with prickly, barbed bristles; the 
arrangement of the clusters is often 
star-shaped. (Fig. 283.) 
Fig. 283. — Star Cucumber (Si- Means of control 
cyos angulatus). X %. . 
When the weed invades a field, or 
in any place where its growth is harmful, the roots should be cut 
from the stem or jerked from the soil, leaving the vines to relax 
and wither, for it is useless to try to untangle the clinging tendrils. 
CLIMBING WILD CUCUMBER 
Echinocystis lobata, T. & G. 
(Micrdmpelis lobata, Greene) 
Other English names: Wild Balsam Apple, Mock Apple, Four- 
seeded Bur Cucumber. 
Native. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of blogm: July to September. 
Seed-time: August to October. 
Range: Nova Scotia to the Saskatchewan, southward to Georgia 
and Colorado. 
Habitat: Rich soil; fence rows, thickets, and along streams. 
A rapid climber, often cultivated as a quick shade for an arbor 
or as a cover for some eyesore of fence or building. Stem fifteen 
