y 
372 DeCandolle’s Origin of Cultivated Plants. 
and that each woman carried a cucurbita of water (Navarrete, 
at 
d;’ tdyurumé ‘nar- 
row-mouthed gourd ;’ 2% ‘long-necked gourd;’ tdobé ‘wide- 
gourd’ (used for making spoons); %éapé ‘small gourd, used for 
drinking ;’ tdqud ‘great gourd; tdécué ‘gourd like a great dish 
or bowl, ete.: not including the derivatives of cui, or the edible 
“ calabagas ”—to be mentioned hereaf 
etc. (Hist. nat. y moral de las Indias ; translation, revised by 
is attributed to America, and a reference to Nuttall’s record 
that the warted squash was grown by the Indians on the upp 
Missouri is the only mention of any aboriginal cultivation 
squashes in North America. In the present volume, there !§ 
merely a reference, in this respect, to Dr. Harris’s article 10 this 
Journal (xxiv, 1857), and to Mr. Trumbull’s note in the . al- 
letin of the Torrey Club (1876), with the comment that: “Cela 
nous apprend seulement que les indigénes, un siécle apres © 
découverte de la Virginie, 20 4 40 ans aprés la colonisation pa! 
W. Raleigh, faisaient usage de certains pis de Cucurbitacées. 
