128 CALYCIFLOR/G. 



Petals 4, oblong, obtuse, thick, concave. Fruit has been 

 compared in size to the Alligator's egg, and also to the 

 fruit of the Ma?nmee-Sapota. 



This tree is usually found in clumps or thickets, from the 

 seeds growing readily in damp situations, and from a num- 

 ber of the plants, springing up where the seeds have dropt 

 and hence becoming established in the locality. I can- 

 not discover why the name Anchovy should be applied 

 to the fruit of this Tree, unless it be to establish the asser- 

 tion, that Anchovies may grow on trees. Though it is 

 a common tree in certain districts, I cannot learn that the 

 fruit is ever collected for use, or brought to market. 



ORDER. LXXX. CUCURBITACEiE.— 

 THE CUCUMBER FAMILY. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, monoecious or dioecious. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, sometimes obsolete. Petals 5, 

 distinct or more or less united, sometimes scarce- 

 ly distinguishable from the calyx, strongly marked 

 with reticulated veins, sometimes fringed. Sta- 

 mens 5, distinct or united into 1-3 parcels, at- 

 tached to the petals : anthers bilocular, sinuous. 

 Ovary adhering to the tube of the calyx, 1-celled, 

 with three parietal placenta^ which often project 

 and uniting form a central column : style short : 

 stigmata thick, velvety or fringed. Fruit more or 

 less succulent, crowned with the scar of the 

 calyx : seeds flat, ovate, enveloped in a juicy or 

 dry and membranous covering : testa coriaceous : 

 albumen O • embryo straight : cotyledons leafy : 

 radicle next the hilum. 



I. Fevillea. 



Flowers dioecious. <? Calyx 5-cleft beyond 

 the middle. Petals 5, subcoalescing at the base. 



