Caseaeia." 



C VCTJBBITACEM. 



361. 



600, spread over the warmer parts of 

 tropics. 



A. Stamens 3 (5 in Lu.fa cegyptiaca and Thla- 

 diantha); fern, flowers usually solitary, 

 ovules horizontal (pendulous in Berpetos- 

 permmn). 



Anther-cells conduplicate or flexuose. 



Corolla divided nearly or quite to the base. 

 Petals fimlDriate ..... 



Petals entire. 



Calyx-tube of male flower elongate, 

 anthers included. 



the world, especially in the 



Fruit 3-valved almost to 

 pendulous . . . , , 



Fruit indehiscent, seeds horizontal . 



Calyx-tuloe of male flower short, an- 

 thers usually more or less exserted. 



Stamens inserted near the mouth of 

 cal.-tube, 



Male flowers (partly) in racemes, 

 ripe fruit dry and usually cir- 

 cumsciss near the apex 



Flowers all solitary; fruit fleshy, 

 indehiscent .... 



Stamens inserted below the mouth 

 of cal.-tube. 



Male flowers (partly) racemed, ten- 

 drils simple .... 



Male flowers clustered or solitary, 

 tendrils simple 



Flowers all solitary, tendrils 2-3- 

 fid 



Corolla campanulate, divided about ^ way 

 down. 



Tendrils simple, flowers white . 

 Tendrils divided, flowers yellow 



Anther-cells straight (somewhat curved in 

 Bryonopsis). 



Style with an annular disk at the base 



Style without a disk at the^base. 



F lowers small, monoecious, pale-yellow. 



1. Teichosanthes. 



2. Herpetospermum. 



3. Lagenaeia. 



4. LUFFA, 



5. Bbnincasa. 



6. momoedica. 



7. CUCUMIS. 



8. CiTBULLTJS, 



9. COCCINIA. 

 10. OuCUEBITAr 



11. Melothbia.^ 



