551 MONOFCIA MONADEI/PHIA 



413. 8ICYOS. L. Mttt. Gen. 778. 

 [8ikyot } an ancient Greek name of the Cucumber. j 



Calyx campanulas, 5-toothed. Corolla S-parted ; lobes ovate. Stam- 

 >>atb Fl. Stamens 3, with the filaments united. Pi still atk Fl, 

 Ovary interior; stigma thick i eh, triiid. Fruit a dry 1 -seeded drupe- 

 like pcpOy often spinose. Seed ovate. 



Herbaceous: climbing by tendrils; leaves alternate, palmate-nerved ; flower* 

 »q capitate clusters on axillary peduncles. AW. Ord. 181. Lindl. Cucvrbitacba, 



1. 8. ANorLVTis, ],. Leaves broad-cordate, somewhat ungulate - 

 5-lobed, denticulate, lobes acuminate ; fruit spinescent and villosc, in 



dense capitate pedunculate clusters. Becky Jiot. j>. 128, 

 Anuulatk Sicios, Vulgd — Single-seeded Cucumber. 



Root annual. Stern 10 to 13 or 20 feet Ion?, slender, branching, striate, pub?.' 

 e*nt, climbing by tendrils which are somewhat umbellately branched. Leave* ?> 

 to 5 or 6 inches long, and about as wide as long, pentagonal in their outline, cor- 

 Catc at base, obscurely 5lobed, or sinuate-angled, denticulate, rougbish-pubescent ; 

 )*tiole* 2 to 3 inches Ion?. Flotccrs greenish- white, clustered on axillary cwr*vn 

 peduncles 1 or 2 to 4 or 5 inches in length; staminate ones cm ymbose-ctipkate, 

 with the Common peduncle longer; pistillate ones in dctibe capitate cluster; 

 fruit compressed, ovate, in stellately globose heads about an inch in diameter, 

 villose, and armed with roughish slender lawney spines a!x>ut 1 third of an inch 

 Inn,:. 

 7Iab. Banks of Schuylkill, at Black Rock : rare. Ft. July-Aur. Fr. Sept. 



Obs. Collected in the above locality, in 1829, by I). Town.«j:ni>, Esq. It has 

 been introduced about some houses, to run over arbors, &c.~ but it is a pernio us 

 plant in gardens, and cultivated lots ; and very difficult to get rid «»f. The leavm 

 (and Indeed the general habit of the plant) have considerable rencmhlunce to khoM 

 of the common Cucumber. It is the only specie in the U. State a. 



•111. MOMORDICA. /,. Mitt. Gen* 7"#C. 

 [Latin, mordeo, to bite, orchew ; the seeds being rugose, as i: chewed ] 



Calyx 5-cleft; tube very short. Corolla 5-partcd. Stamixatk Fl, 

 Stamens triadelphous ; anthers connate. Pistillate Fl. Ovoi y 

 inferior, 3-celled ; style 3-cloft Fruit a muricate pepo, bursting elaw- 

 tically when mature. Seeds compressed, reticulate! v rugose. 



Herbaceous : climbing by tendrils; leaves alternate, pal mate -lobe <! ; Cowers vn 

 axillary bractcatc peduncles. Nat. Ord. 181. Lindl. CCCURBITACEAS. 



1. M. Balsamina, L. Jjeaves pahnatc-b-lobcd, dentate, naked, 

 shining ; fruit roundish-ovoiil, attenuate at each cud, angular, tuber- 

 dilate, bursting irregularly on one side ; bract above the middle of 

 the peduncle, orbicular-cordate, dentate. DC, Prodf, '•". p. 311, 

 Balsam Momouiiica. Vulgo — Balsam Apple* 



Root annual. Stem 3 to 5 feet long, slender, branching, sulrate-angled, smooth, 

 climbing by its simple smooth tendrils. Leaves 2 or 2 and a half inches long, and 

 rather tc id er than long, someichat reniform-cordatc in their out line, sinuate- /<*/ 

 mate ami dentate, deep green, ?iot hairy, but roughish.doltcd ; j>cliole8 about on 

 inch long. Flowers pale yelloxc, or ochroleucous, on slender axillary bracteatr 

 peduncles 2 or 3 inches in length ; bract about half an imh long* rovndish-cur- 

 *'.:te, dentate, veined, oftsn mhitish-maculats or discolored, situated rather above 



