552 MONOECIA iiokadeLphia 



nerved, with 2 glands at base ; petioles 2 to 6 inches long. Flowers axillary, m 

 long peduncles ; corolla whit* veined. Fruit 12 to 15 or 18 inches long, and 1 to 

 6 or 8 focAe* hi diameter, cluveite-ventricose, or unequally bi-ventricose, finally 

 nearly hollow, ligneous, and smooth. Seedfl in a dry mt mbranous arilltis. 

 Hub. Gardens, and cultivated lots -.frequent. Fl. July— Aug. Fr. Scpt—Octo. 



Obi. 0/7*" cultivated for its fnuU—thc thin firm woody shell of which affords a 

 convenient kitchen utensil. There are several varieties of this— especially in tht 

 form of the fruit. It is believed there are no native species in tht U. States ; 

 though this is said to have been cultivated by the Aborigines, from time immem- 

 orial. 



442. CUCUMI8. /,. DC. Prodr. 3. p. 299. 

 [Supposed from the Celtic, Cues, a hollow vessel.] 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, 6-toothed ; teeth subulate, scarcely as long 

 as the tube. Petals 5, nearly distinct, and scarcely adnate to the calyx. 

 Staminatk Fl. Stamens 5, triadelphous ; anthers very long and 

 tortuous. Pistillatk Fl. (sometimes perfect). Ovary inferior ; 

 stigmas 3, thick, 2-lobed, subsessilc. Fruit a fleahy 3 to G-celled pepo. 

 Seeds obovate-oblong, compressed, acute at base, not margined. 



Herbaceous : procumbent, or climbing by tendrils ; leaves alternate, subcordate 

 and palmate-nerved, or lobed ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short peduncles. 

 AW. Ord. 181. Lindl. CtTCURBITACKJB. 



1. C. Mklo, L. Stem prostrate, scabrous ; leaves- subcordate, ob- 

 fuse, somewhat angled, the angles rounded; firmer 8 polygamous, the 

 fertile ones perfect ; fruit oval, or subglobose, lorulose. DC Prodr. 



3. p. 300. 



Melox CrcuMis. Vulgd— Musk Melon. Cantalupe. 



Gallice 1 — Jl felon. Germ.— Melone. Hisp — .Melon almizcleno. 



Plant hirsute and roughish. Root annual. Stem a succulent vine 5 t0% or 10 

 feet lonv, procumbent, sparingly branched, bearing simple tendrils, [.caves 3 or 4 

 inches long, and rather wider than lone, roundish .-cordate, palmate nerved, some- 

 what an»ulate4obed, the lobes rounded, obscurely denticulate ; petioles 2 to 3 

 inches lon«. Flowers axillary, on short peduncles : corolla yellow. Fruit (> to V2 

 inches long, and \ to 6 or 7 inches in diameter, oral or oblong, sometimes nearly 

 globose, roughish, longitudinally ridged and grooved, or lorulose, fleshy,— the 

 flesh, when mature, yellowish, succulent, and of a spicy flavor. Seeds whitish. 

 Hab. Gardens, and cultivated lots : frequent. Fl. June. Fr. August. 



Obs. This is not unfrequently cultivated, here, fur the table ; but the best onoe 

 come from the warm sandy soil of Xeic Jersey. 



2. C. 8ATTVUB, L. Stem procumbent, scabrous ; leaves subcordate 

 and angulate-lobed, the terminal lobe prominent ; fruit oblong, ob- 

 scurely and obtusely trigonous, scabrous ivhen young ', finally smooth- 

 ish. i)C. Prodr. 3. p. 300. 



Cultivatkd Cecums, Vulgo — Cucumber. 



Gallicc— Le Cone ombre. Germ.— Die Gurhe. U\*\>.— Pef>ino. 



Plant rough and hispid. Root annual. Stem a succulent vine 6 to 12 or \5feet 

 long, somewhat branching, prostrate, or somewhat climbing by its simple tendrils, 

 mkm supports are within reach. Leaves 3 to b or 6 inches long, and /.early us 



