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Genus V.— MOMOR'DICA. L. 19—15. 

 (From mordio, to bite, the seeds appearing as if bitten.) 



Fhicers monoecious or filiform. Stamens triadelphous. 

 Style trifid. Fruit a pepo, muricate, bursting elastically when 

 mature. Seeds inclosed in a fleshy arillus. 



1. M. balsa'mia, (L.) A running annual plant. Leaves palmately 

 5-lobed, toothed, glabrous, shining. Fruit attenuated at both ends, 

 angular, tuberculated, orange-colored when ripe, splitting irregularly. 

 Highly esteemed in the East for curing wounds ; hence its common 

 name, Balsam. — Yellow. East Indies. 



Balsam Apple. Balsam Cucumber. 



2. M. Charan'tia, (L.) Stem pubescent. Leaves 5 — 7-lobed, den- 

 tate or sinuately toothed. Ovary slender, more or less tuberculate ; 

 seeds with a notched margin. — Tampa Bay, Florida. 



Genus VI.— CU'CUMIS. L. 19—15. 

 (Origin doubtful.) 



Flowers monoecious or perfect. Calyx campanulate ; seg- 

 ments subulate. Stamens 5, triadelphous. Pepo indehiscent, 

 3 — 6-celled. Cucumber. Muskmelon. 



1. C. me'lo, (L.) Stem running, scabrous, cirriferous. Leaves round 

 ish, angular. St animate flowers with the calyx ventricose at the base. 

 Fruit ovate or globose, 8 — 12-furrowed. Flesh sweet. — Numerous va- 

 rieties in cultivation. Muskmelon. Cantelope. Nutmeg Melon. 



2. C. sati'vus, (L.) Stem rough, cirriferous. Leaves cordate, ob- 

 scurely 5-lobed, petiolate. Floivers usually by threes. Calyx campanu- 

 late. Fruit varying much in form, smooth or prickly, usually shining. 

 — Great variety in cultivation. East Indies. Cucumber. 



Order LV.— GROSSULA'CE^E. 



Calyx superior, 4 — 5 -cleft, tubular, campanulate. Petals usu- 

 ally 5, distinct, small, inserted into the throat of the calyx. Sta- 

 mens 5. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled. Styles 2. Fruit a berry, 

 1 -celled, usually many-seeded. Seeds anatropous ; albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo minute. Shrubs. 



Genus I— RI'BES. L. 5—1. 

 (An Arabian name of an acid plant) 



Genus same as the order. 



1. R. rotundifo'lium, (Mich.) Stems not prickly ; subaxillary spines 

 short, usually solitary. Leaves roundish, 5-lobed, nearly glabrous, shi- 

 ning above ; lobes obtuse, incisely toothed. Peduncles slender, 1 — 2- 

 flowered. Petals spatulate, unguiculate. Fruit small, smooth. — 

 Mountains. N. C. Gooseberry. 



A species is found in the neighborhood of Stone Mountain, Georgia, of which a 

 6tem was given me. Leaves broad-cordate, glabrous; upper ones distinctly 8-lobed, 

 obscurely 5-lobed ; lower ones 5-lobed ; lobes crenate, toothed ; subaxillary spines 3 

 on the lower part of the stem, 1 or 2 toward the summit Branches long, slender, 

 white toward the summit 



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