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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



\Yl inches long, the subulate teeth less than J ■> inch long; corolla 

 2-3 inches long; fruit 5-celled, nearly globular 2-4 inches in diameter. 



Native to Arizona and New Mexico. This is 

 closely allied to the preceding species and differs chiefly 

 in the form of the leaves. 



5. Cucurbita radicans Naud. Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 V. 6:8. 1866. Sphenantha scabra Schrad. Linnaea 

 12:416. 1838. (Not C. scabra Blume 1823.) " S. 

 scandens Schrad " Steud. Nom. ed. 2. 2:621. 1841. 

 sphalm. 



Perennial long-running vine with rather slender terete hirsute 

 stems; leaves cordate-ovate in outline, rather deeply 3- to 7-lobed, 

 the lobes often acute but the sinus rounded, medium green and 

 rough above sometimes marbled with white, paler and more or less 

 hirsute beneath; calyx tube narrowly campanulate about •' , s inch 

 long, the lobes narrow subulate ] ■> inch or less in length, corolla 

 2 1 j 2' L . inches long, the lobes acute; fruit 3-5 inches long, nearly 

 globular, seeds ;! f^- 1 2 inch long, half as broad, thin. 



Native to Mexico, and thus far of botanical interest 

 only. In appearance it suggests some forms of the yellow 

 flowered gourds, C. Pepo ovifera. 



6. Cucurbita fici folia Bouche, Verh. Ver. Gar- 

 tenb. Berlin 12:205. 1837. Malabar Gourd. Pepo 

 malabaricus Sageret, Ann. Sci. Nat. I. 8:312. 1826. 

 C. melanosperma Al. Br. (Car. Hort. Karls. 1824. 

 nomen) ex Gaspar. in Rendic Acad. Sci. Nap. 6:448. 

 1847. Pepo ficifolia Britton TV. Y. Acad. Sci. 6:266. 

 1925. 



Perennial long-running vine with stout setose stems becoming 

 somewhat woody; leaves reniform to suborbicular in outline, 7-10 

 inches across, pinnate to 5-lobate, the sinuses occasionally extend- 

 ing one-half way to the base of the blade, petioles stout, striate; 

 flowers about 3 inches across, calyx tube short and lobes short and 

 slender, corolla broad campanulate with spreading lobes; fruit 

 nearly globular to oblong, 6-12 inches in length, green with white 

 stripes, the peduncle expanded somewhat at point of attachment, 

 seeds black or blackish brown (fuscous), occasionally white, about 

 3 4 inch long. 



Widely distributed from Mexico to Chile. The 

 name, Malabar gourd, is a misnomer, as Sageret recog- 

 nized though he inconsistently called the plant Pepo 

 malabaricus. It is native to tropical America but is 

 widely distributed in the Old World. It is noteworthy 

 that the Russian explorers have found white-seeded forms 

 as reported in the publications noted at the beginning 

 of this chapter. 



7. Cucurbita okeechobeensis Bailey. Genf. 

 Herb. 2:179. Oct. 1930. Okeechobee Gourd. Pepo 

 okeechobeensis Small, Journ. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 

 31'-:12:Jan. 1930. 



Annual climbing vine, with short hirsute slender stems becom- 

 ing glabrate; leaves suborbicular to reniform in outline, more or 

 less cordate at base, shallowly 5—7 angle-lobed, green slightly paler 

 and more or less pubescent beneath; flowers whitish or light cream, 

 calyx tube of :" flowers campanulate about ) •_> inch long with 

 narrow lobes less than '4 inch long; corolla about 3 inches long, 

 the lobes mucronate; fruit nearly globular about 3 inches long, 

 smooth bright green with white or darker green spots. 



Native of Florida, a very distinct species described 

 in more detail in the references cited above. 



8. Cucurbita moschata Duch. in Poir. Diet. 

 Sci. Nat. 11:234. 1818. Fall and Winter squashes 

 and pumpkins. C. Pepo moschata Duch. in Lam. 

 Encycl. 2:152. 1786. Pepo moschatus and P. 

 eximius Sag. Ann. Sci. Nat. I. 8:312. 1826. Cucur- 

 bita spathularis Schrad. Linnaea 12:406. 1838. 

 (fide Kew Ind.) C. macrocarpa Gasp. Rendic. 

 Acad. Sci. Nap. 6:447. 1847. C. hippopera Ser. 

 Fl. Jard. & Cult. 2:531. 1847. Gymnopetalum 

 calyculatum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. Suppl. 1:332. 1860. 

 Cucurbita melonaeformis Carr. Rev. Hort. 52. 137. 

 1880. C. Pepo var. melonaeformis Mak. Tokyo Bot. 

 Mag. 22 s :47. 1908. C. mixta. Pang. Bull. App. 

 Bot. 23>:258 & 264. 1930. 



Annual long-running vine with stems generally soft hairy 

 especially at the tips; leaves broad-ovate to suborbicular in outline, 

 the lamina decurrent on the basal veins to the point of attachment, 

 usually shallowly lobed and more or less marked with white blotches; 

 flowers large yellow, calyx lobes often expanded foliaceous, corolla 

 lobes broadly spreading, usually neither as acute as those of C. Pepo 

 nor so obtuse as those of C. maxima; anther column about the 

 same length as the filaments and usually much contorted; fruit 

 various, the peduncle either hard and obtusely ridged somewhat as 

 in C. Pepo or fleshy and subcylindrical as in C. maxima, often 

 expanded at the point of attachment to the fruit. 



Apparently of Central American origin but spreading 

 to both North and South America. The Seminole 

 pumpkins of Florida are true C. moschata. Cucurbita 

 mixta (which was recently described in Russia from 

 Central American material) falls we'll into the range of 

 variation shown by cultivated varieties differing only 

 in the woodiness of the fruit shell, though various 

 cultivated varieties become very woody in storage. It 

 may represent more primitive forms. The variety 

 cyanoperizona has seeds closely resembling those of the 

 cultivated " Charles Naudin " variety and the variety 

 stenosperma seems to be matched by several cultivated 

 forms in the United States. The photographs and 

 drawings published with the description fail to show any 

 characters by which the fruits, flowers, or foliage may be 

 differentiated from the widely varying forms of C. 

 moschata as already known. The cultivated forms 

 of importance are treated at length in a succeeding 

 chapter. 



9. Cucurbita Andreana Naud. Rev. Hort. 68:542. 

 1896. 



Annual long-running vine, with striate, bristly stems rooting 

 at the nodes, up to 70-80 feet long; leaves more or less 3-lobed, 

 the central lobe acutish, the blade often marbled with white, the 

 petioles long and setose; flowers monoecious, the calyx with linear 

 acute lobes about half the length of the bright yellow corolla which 

 is up to 3 or 3*2 inches long, the lobes acute, pistil and stamens 

 apparently similar to those of C. moschata. fruit small, generally 

 from 3-6 inches long, though occasionally larger obovoid, greenish 

 with white longitudinal stripes, flesh bitter, the peduncle ridged and 

 somewhat pentagonal; seeds black or nearly so, numerous, about 

 }i inch long or less. 



Native of Uruguay and Argentina, 

 many years — in North America at least 



Known for 

 - only from 



the original description and a few seedlings raised from 

 the original plant which fruited in France. Archevelata's 



