66 CUCURBITACEAE 
1. Cucurbita foetidissima H.B.K. Calabazilla or Mock-orange. Fig. 5069. 
Cucurbit apk lacanesylnin H.B.K. gs Gen. ‘s . a 1817, 
is Jam 
rlaeaei per mes in Long, Exped. 2 
Cucu near tte ag Gray, een. Journ. a Fi yy 193. 1850. 
stout, rough, phar vrs trailing to a length of 2-5 m. eg Mags large, carrot-shaped. 
ate -triangular, cordate or pecans ~ base acute at Pie x, 1-2 dm. long, denticu- 
“at sally slightly 35. rpriar) rough abov cent beneath, on ihe in peti ioles 8-18 cm pe 
pede unc —5 cm. long; flowers mostly let pans 7-10 cm. long ; pepo globose, 5-10 
Rp eonaang sm mooth. 
Wastelands, y, usually sandy soil, Upper and Lower gerade Zones; San Joaquin Valley and adjacent 
foothills “Of the Foi Micsae south to Lower California, Arizona, and arog also Nebraska and Missouri south 
to Texas and northern Mexico. Type locality: Guntiainnie: ae April-Sep 
2. Cucurbita digitata A. Gray. Finger-leaved Gourd. Fig. 5070. 
Cucurbita digitata A. Gray, Smiths. Contr. 58: 60. 1853. 
ailing vine with = seated, mie i fusiform root and slender stems pustulate on the angles. 
Tendsits sessile or nea o, 3-5-parted, the divisions gland-tipped ; leaves 8-12 cm. broad, more 
green and less Si cs sive than below except on midveins, pedanely: ce lobed ‘to the 
base or nearly so, the lobes 4.5-10 cm. long, linear-lanceolate, sometimes attenuate at apex, each 
division gions near the base or bearing 1-2 distinct lobes or teeth; ottiole ribbed and scabrous, 
4-7 .5 cm. long; flowers spa ringly pilose, 4-6 cm. long; staminate calyx cy indie or slightly flar 
below the ean subulate lobes D neicets enlarged at base of fruit; fruit depressed-globose, dark 
green, somewhat saa and marked with 10 narrow stripes; seeds thickened on the margin, 
ovate, 10-11 mm. lon 
In sand, pes pee washes, Lower Sonoran Zone; Riverside and Imperial Counties, patton, to 
New Mexico and er ghey Bebo Type locality: New Mexico. Collected by Charles Wright. July—Oct. 
3. Cucurbita palmata S. Wats. Palmate-leaved Gourd or Coyote Melon. Fig. 5071. 
Cucurbita palmata §. Wats. Proc. Amer. — 215137, 1876. 
Cucurbita californica Torr. ex S. Wats. op. 138. 
Gray trailing vine from a deep- eel large, sometimes divided root with stems strongly 
ribbed and muriculate on the mieten Tendrils sessile or subsessile, weak, rid og ostly 3-divided ; 
leaf-blades more or less cordate at base, thick, gray, palmately 3-5-p a two Pesos lobes 
e up 
calyx 2. ong, narrowly campanulate, with short subulate lobes; fruit ater mottled, 
= marked with 10 faint lines, 8-9 cm. broad and long; seeds 10-14 mm. long, without a raised 
rid situations, Lower Sonoran Zone r Sacramento Valley southward through the San gona Valley, 
Californie, to northern Lower California va oun in the Mojave — Colorado mere rts to Mohave and Yuma 
Counties, hieleaa: Type locality: Cajon oe y, San Diego County, California. July—Se 
re ucur his californica Torr. ex S. Wats., which was eee Res os on the Wilkes Expedition, pre- 
sumably in the Sacramento Valley, is still, hpertcedy known o floral and fruit characters. As interpreted 
rte recent authors, it ‘earhade from C. palmata by having the teal lobe pt the leaf triangular and ioe than twice 
as long as and i found in the Poa abit and = sia Valleys south to San Diego County, a nia, 
east to the Deets Valier region and adjacent Nevada na, and in the Colorado Desert, Californi 
2. ECHINOCYSTIS (Michx.) Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 542, 1840. 
Climbing herhs with branched tendrils and slender stems. Leaves alternate, palmately 
lobed or angled. Ss monoecious. aminate pg agus paniculate. Pistillate 
flowers usually solitary. Stamens 3; anthers more or less esced. Ovary 2-celled; 
les 2 in each cell. Fruit feet. pepominy dry at maturity ee deh iscing from the sum- 
mit. Seeds flat, dark-colored. [Name Greek, meaning hedgehog and bladder 
A monotypic genus of eastern and ce “te Fe ning States and adjacent Canada, occurring sbicaiticaliy in west- 
ern United States. Type species, Sicyos lobats Mic 
1. Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray. Wild Balsam-apple. Fig. 5072. 
Momordica echinata Muhl. Trans. Amer. clas se 3: 180. 1793. (Nomen nudum) 
Sicyos lobata Michx. FI. Bor. Amer. 2: 217. 
Echinocystis lobata Torr. & Gray, Fi. N. — mL 542. 1840. 
Micrampelis lobata ah Pittonia 2: 128. 1890, 
Plants nearly glabrous, roots slender, fibrous, stems slender, climbing, 3-8 m. long. Leave 
7-8 cm. seg inclu ang Lacinpric the blade with broad open sinus, 5-( sage 2 7-Vobed to about the 
middle, the lobes narrowly triangular, acute or acuminate, sparsely s rulate on the margin; 
staminate PA soe ag xilla narrowly paniculate, densely flowered, the corolla-lobes a 
spreading, slender, sthicuaie pisti tillat e flowers similar, solitary occasionally an 
in the — fruit about 5 cm. “ering yeni clothed with orgs ii Gaede 4, ths: netics thick. 
ish coa 
eastern United States and Canada westward to Montana but evidently escaping 
from cultivation and anecasiok. sporadically in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and eastern Washington and west- 
ern Idaho. Type locality: Pennsylvania. Aug.—Sept. 
