Botany of the Cucurbits 



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Practically nnkno\^ai in this country, the name cantaloupe 

 here being improperly ai)plied to melons in general. 



Var. inodorus, Nauclin, 1. c. 56. Winter Melon. Cassaba 

 Melon. Strong long-tendrilled plants with large less hairy 

 leaves which often are lobed, sometimes round-ovate and deeply 



188. Leaf anc ct-rr -rt- f.~wrr of Cucrrr'i':a Tcp (X about V2). 



cordate like leaves of Cucurlnta maxima: flowers very large, 

 often 2 in. across : fruit with little of the musky odor asso- 

 ciated with the musk melon, ripening late and keeping into 

 winter, often oblong and squash-like in shape and frequently 

 striped and splashed. 



