GOUKD FAMILY. 



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the calyx. Stamens 5, triadelphous. Stigmas 3, subsessile, thick, 2- 

 lobed. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds white, lance-oblong, compressed, 

 acute at base and on the margin, 



1. C. Me'lo, L. Stem prostrate ; leaves subcordate, obtuse, somewhat 

 angled, the angles rounded ; fertile flowers perfect ; fruit oval or subglo- 

 bose, torulose. 



Melon Cucoiis. Musk-melon. Cantaloupe. 



Fr. Melon. Germ. Die Melone. Span. Melon almizcleno. 



Hirsute and roughisli. Root annuaL Stem 5-S or 10 feet long, sparingly branched ; 

 tendrils simple. Leaves 3-4 inches long, and rather wider than long ; petioles 2-3 inches 

 in length. J^'Zowers axillary, on short peduncles. CoroHa yellow. J^-wi^ 4 - 6 or 8 inches 

 in diameter, often longitudinally ridgod (torulose), — the flesh, when mature, yellowish, 

 succulent, and of a saccharine f^picy flavor. 



Gardens and lots : cultivated. Native of Asia. J"?. June -July, i^;-.' August. 



Obs. The fruit of this— of which there are several varieties — is a great 

 favorite with many persons, — and it is often cultivated at the Xorth ; but 

 the best specimens are grown in the warm sandy soil of New Jersey, and 

 the Southern States. 



2. C. sATi'vus, L. Stem procumbent ; leaves subcordate and angulate- 



lobed, the terminal lobe prominent ; fruit oblong, obscurely and obtusely 



trigonous, scabrous when young, finally smoothish. 



Cultivated Cuccmis. Cucumber. 



Fr. Le Concombre. Germ. Die Gurke. Span. Pepino. 



Rough and hispid. Root annual. Stem 6-12 or 15 feet long, somewhat branching; 

 tendrih simple. Leaves 3-5 or 6 inches long, and nearly as wide as long, somewhat 

 5-angled and lobed ; petioles 2-4 inches in length. Flowers axillary, on short peduncles ; 

 corona yellow. Fruit 6-12 mchea long and 2-3 inches in diameter, rough with bristle- 

 pointed tubercles when young, smoothi.sh and tawny yellow when mature. 



Gardens and lots : cultivated. Native of Tartary'and the East. i^l. June -September. 

 Fr. August -October. 



Fig. 91. A staminate flower of the Cucumber (Cucumis sativus). 92. A fertile flower 

 of the same. 93. A pistil. 94. The stamens, showing the contorted anthers. 



