GOURD FAMILY 67 
3. MARAH Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 1: 38. 1855. 
Climbing or trailing, herbaceous, monoecious vines from a deep-seated, greatly en- 
dry at maturity, 2—4-celled, fibrous within, dehiscing irregularly from the apical portion. 
Seeds turgid, often margined with a darker line; germination hypogeous. [Name Hebrew, 
meaning bitter. ] 
5069. Cucurbita foetidissima 5071. Cucurbita palmata 
5070. Cucurbita digitata 5072. Echinocystis lobata 
