CUCURBIT ACE — CACTACE.E. 9ft 



late. Petals 5, ovate, united, forming a rotate corolla. *S?/rt- 

 m^ruv 5, cohering into a tube. Anthers contorted. Calyx in 

 the fertile lloweTs canipanulate. i't'/<//A' forming a campanulatc 

 corolla Ovary 1 -celled. Ovu/e 1. Style 1. Stigmas 3. 

 Fruit ovate^ usually hispid. Sterile and fertile flowers together 

 on the same axil, the former in racemes, the latter in clusters. 

 Petals with green veins, teniiri Is compound. 



1. S. AxGULATUS. A small procumbent vine, viscidly pubescent. leaves 

 alternnt*'. cordate, 5-ani:leJ, toothed, scabrous, palmately veined ; tendrils 

 3^-, tiowers in racemose corymbs, on long peduncles. Fruit 



^c >^nt witli introrsely scabrous, bristles. 



Wiiite. O Juno — September. Upper districts of Carolina and Geor- 

 gia. 



Genus IV. CUCL'RBITA. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, S-toothed ; seg- 

 ments subulate, or rather broad. Petals obovate, inserted 

 within the margin of the caly.x. Stamens 5, tridelphous. 

 Anthers long, tortuous, fertile flowers, with 3 nearly sessile, 

 thick stigmas. F^ruit large. Seeds numerous, compressed. 



1. C. LAar-NARiA. A large vine, tomentose. Leaves cordate, nearly cir- 

 cular, inds at the base, tendrils 3— l-clet"t. Flowers soli- 

 tary, a. / . Lading. Fruit varying in form, exterior coat lig- 

 neous. Calabash or Goura. 

 White. O- Through the summer. Rich soils. 



Order L. CACTACE^. 



Sepiils numerous, indefinite, confounded with the petals, im- 

 bricate. Petals numerous, indefinite, arising from the orifice 

 of the calyx. Statnens numerous, indefinite, with long, fili- 

 form filaments, and versatile, ovate anthers. Ovary l-celled, 

 cohering to the caly.x, with parietal placenta?, fleshy. Fruit 1- 

 celled, many seeded, succulent. Seeds anatropous, with no 

 albumen. Succulent plants, generally destitute of leaves. Flotc- 

 rrs sessile. 



Gents I. CACTUS. 



Sepals numerous, adhering to the ovary. Petals numerous, 

 obovate, spreading. Stamens numerous, shorter than the petals. 

 Stigmas numerous, thick. Berry l-celled, luberculate, many 

 seeded. 



1. C. OrrrriA. Stem prostrate, creeping, joints compressed, obovate, 

 tpiDe ietaceou*. Flovoert sessile on the margins of the articulations. Fruit 

 oDovatc, pulpy. Seeds numerous, embedded in a crimson pulp. 

 Yellow. 1\.. Through the summer. Common. 



