30 BEGONIACEAE— APIACEAE 



b. Leaves simple, lobed 



(1) Ovary and fruit 1 -seeded Sicyos 



(2) Ovary and fruit several-seeded Micrampelis 



Lagenaria — Gourd, Calabash 



i Lat. lagena, bottle, from the fruit) 

 Leaves rounded ; the fruit club- or flask-shaped /.. vulgaris 



Cucurbita — Pumpkin, Squash 



(Lat. cucubita, squash) 



1. Leaves lobed; fruit stalks strongly ridged C. pl-po: pumpkin 



2. Leaves not lobed; fruit stalks scarcely ridged C. maxima: squash 



Cucumis- — Cucumber, Muskmelon 



(Lat. cucumis, cucumber) 



1. Leaves lobed C. saliva: cucumber 



2. Leaves rounded, not lobed C. melo: melon 



Luft'a — Dishcloth Gourd, Vegetable Sponge 



(The Arabic name) 

 Leaves round, many-lobed ; flowers yellowish L. aegyptidca 



Ecballium — Squirting Cucumber 



(Gr. ekballo, to cast out, from the fruit) 

 Leaves ovate, heart-shaped at base ; flowers yellow E. elatcrium 



Cyclanthera — Cyclanthera 



(Gr. kyklos, circle, anthera, anther) 

 Leaflets oval, toothed or lobed ; fruit ovoid, spiny C. dissecta 



Sicyos — Star Cucumber 



(Gr. sikyos, cucumber) 

 Leavos with shallow lobes ; fruits yellowish, spiny, clustered S. anguldtus 



Micrampelis — Wild Cucumber, Mock Apple 



(Gr. mikros, small, ampelis, vine, from the climbing habit) 

 Leaves deeply 3-7-lobed ; flowers fragrant ; fruit bladdery, spiny M . lobdta 



Begoniaceae — Begonia Family 



Herbs with alternate simple leaves; sepals 2, petals 2-5, stamens many, ovary 2-4-celled, styles 

 2-4, fruit a triangular capsule; flower syncarpous, monoecious, apopetalous, epigynous, often irreg- 

 ular. 



Begonia — Begonia, Elephant's Ear 



( Named tor Begon, a governor of Santo Domingo) 

 The species and varieties are numerous and closely related ; see Bailey's Cyclopaedia of Horti- 

 culture, 1 :143. 



Apiales Parsley Order 



Apiaceae — Carrot Family 

 Herbs, with alternate mostly compound leaves; sepals united and completely fused with the 

 ovary, the calyx usually appearing absent as a consequence, petals 5, stamens 5, ovary 2-eelled, 

 styles 2, fruit of twin achenes ; flower syncarpous, apopetalous, epigynous, usually regular, the flow- 

 ers typically in umbels. 



1. Flowers in umbels; leaves not prickly 

 a. Flowers white or cream-colored 



(1) Leaves simple, lobed, 2-4 dm. wide; umbels 1-2 dm. wide Heraeleutn 



(2) Leaves compound 



(a) Fruits prickly Daucus 



(b) Fruits smooth Apium 



