Botany of the Cucurbits 



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smooth, longitudinally marbled with rich brown, very fra- 

 grant. — Grown for ornament and for the strong scent of the 

 fruit. ("Dudaim" is a Hebrew name, said to be scriptural.) 



1. c. 67. (0. Chito, Morr. Ann. Soc. 

 Mango Melon. Slender plant with 

 fruit size and shape of an 



Var. Chito, Naudin, 

 Gand. v, 341. 1849.) 

 melon-like foliage but smaller : 

 orange or lemon, or some- 

 times oblong, not fragrant 

 or variegated, yellow or 

 greenish yellow, the flesh 

 white and much like that of 

 a cucumber, whence the 

 name " Lemon Cucumber." 

 —Used in the making of 

 " mango " preserves and 

 pickles ; known also as 

 Orange Melon, Melon Apple, 

 Vine Peach, Vegetable 

 Orange. (The word " Chito " 

 is probably geographical.) 



C. Anguria, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1011. West India or Bukr 

 Gherkin. Burr Cucumber. 

 A very slender rough-hairy 

 plant with angled stems and 

 small leaves lobed or cut 

 into usually 5 rounded lobes 

 with open sinuses: flowers 

 about Ys in. across, yellow, 

 on slender peduncles : fruit 

 oval or oblong, pale yellow, 

 longitudinally furrowed and 

 marked, prickly, about 2 in. long : seeds elliptic, whitish, about 



in. long, 6 to 8 mg. in weight. — Florida and Texas to South 

 America. (The name " Anguria " is of Greek origin, applied 

 to some kind of cucurbitous fruit.) 



Citrullus. Aside from the watermelon, only the colocynth 



Staminate flower of Cucurbita 

 maxima (X about 2/5). 



