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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



11a. C. maxima turbaniformis Alef. Landw. Fl. 

 212. 1866. Turban Squashes. C. Turbaniformis 

 Roem. Syn. Pepon. 87. 1846. Pileocalyx elegans 

 Gaspar. Rendic. Acad. Sci. Nap. 6:409. 1847. 



Fruit often 5-ceIled and with projecting portion known as the 

 "Acorn." It may be questioned whether this form merits a botanical 

 designation in view of the fact that a somewhat similarly formed 

 fruit occurs among the yellow-flowered gourds, C. Pepo ovifera. 



Certainly the writer would object to proposing a new name but 

 inasmuch as these turban forms have recently been again accorded 

 specific rank by Rangolo and since there seem to be few intermediate 

 forms known at present between the turbans and the other maximas, 

 it may well stand as a subordinate group of the species under a name 

 already well known. 



The horticultural varieties are considered in detail 

 in a succeeding chapter. 



