134 CALYCIFLOR^I. 



lobed with the lobes subentire, # flowers sub- 

 solitary, fruit ovoideo-globose echinated. 



C. anguirse, folio latiore aspero, fruclu minore candido, 

 spinulis obtusis muricato, Shane, Jam. 105 — C. subhir- 

 sutus minor, Browne, 335— C. sylvestris Americanus, 

 fructu ovi figura. Pluk. Phyt. 170. f. 3. — C. anguria* 

 Linn. Sp. 1436. 



HAB. Common in dry pastures. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



Stem pentangular, longitudinally sulcated, scabroso- 

 hirsute, thickness of a crow quill. Leaves 3-lobed, (the 

 middle lobe the largest, and the lateral lobes sub-bilobed) 

 hirsute with very stiff' hairs, denticulated except towards 

 the base where the margin is subentire : petiole longer 

 than the leaf, longitudinally channelled. Cirrhi simple, 

 solitary, arising from the side of the petiole Male flower 

 small, yellow : peduncle axillary, subsolitary, sometimes 

 accompanied by a female flower, about one-third of an 

 inch in length, filiform, hispidulous. Calycine segments 

 alternating with the divisions of the corolla. Segments 

 of the corolla rounded, veined, externally hispidulous. 

 Stamens 3-adelphous: filaments short: connective pro- 

 duced beyond the anthers. Rudiments of the ovary a 

 spherical depressed disk. Female flowers on a peduncle 

 at first an inch in length, but elongating as the fruit ripens 

 Ovary echinated: style received into an annular disk : 

 stigmata 3, oblong, with the inner surface smooth, and the 

 outer granular. 



This is a very wholesome vegetable, dressed plain, or 

 in stews. It is also esteemed as a pickle. 



4. Cucumis Citrullus. Water Melon. 



Very pilose, stem humifuse cirrhiferous, leaves 

 obtusely pinnatisected sub-glaucescent, flowers 

 solitary unibracteated, bractea oblong, fruit sub- 

 globose glabrous stellato-maculated. 



Anguria prima, citrullus dicta. Shane, I. 226. — Cu- 

 curbita citrullus. Linn. Sp. 1435. — Cucumis citrullus, 

 DC. Prod^ III. 301. 



II A B. Cultivated. 



F L. Throughout the year. 



