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Th& Cucurbits 



Plant harsh and rough to the feel, due to the presence of 

 many stiff sharp translucent hairs, the foliage stiff and 

 more or less rigid, standing erect : leaves with a triangu- 

 lar or ovate-triangular outline, pointed, mostly distinctly 

 lobed and the margins irregularly sharp-serrate, the 



193. Leaf and pistillate flower of C. moschata; ovary at P (X about %). 



lobes and larger angles apiculate : flowers mostly with 

 erect or spreading pointed lobes, the corolla-tube prevail- 

 ingly flaring and narrowing toward the base ; calyx-lobes 

 short and narrow : peduncle strongly angled and expand- 

 ing next the ovary and fruit : C. Pepo, Linn. Sp. PI. 



