1840.] 



Remarks on the fruit of the Natural Order Cucurbitacece. 



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stigma dilated, peltate : ovai^ few seeded ; pepo inverse reniform, 2 seed- 

 ed. This is probably a new genus, but if not seems to belong to Pilogyne 

 rather than any other here. It cannot possibly belong to Bryonia.'\ 



In the European plants, the type of the genus, there are 2 ovules in 

 each of the 3 cells of the ovary— nearly all Blume's species belong to 

 other genera. 



17 CixauLLUS (Sohrad.). Corolla persistent, 5 parted, subrotate: anthers 

 tri-adelphous, bilocular : style 3 fid ; stigma obcordate, convex : fruit a 

 fleshy or dry and fibrous, many seeded peponida. Africa^ East Indies. 

 Cucurhita citrullus and Cucumis colocynthis. 



18 EcBALiAM (Rich). Corolla 5 cleft : anthers tri-adelphous : ovules in 

 two rows in each cell ; stigmas three, two horned : fruit an elastically 

 and irregularly bursting peponida. Europe — Momordica elaterium. 



19 Momordica (Linn.). Petals 5, adnate to the base of the calyx, 

 deciduous : anthers all cohering : ovules in a single* row in each cell ; 

 stigma two lobed ; fruit a capsular, elastically bursting, 3 valved pe- 

 ponida. E. Indies^ South Africa and America. 



[*This though practically correct is not theoretically so, the carpellary 

 structure being the same here as in others ; each margin has its placenta 

 and ovules : and though at any one section only one row appears, we do 

 not find the ovules always attached to the same line of placenta on 

 slicing the ovary successively from end to end, but sometimes on the one, 

 sometimes on the other side of the cell ; such at least I find it in Momor- 

 dica Charantia.'] 



To this genus seems to belong, Muricia, Loureiro and Neurospermum, 

 Raf. 



20 LuFFA (Cav.). Petals .5, inserted in the base of the calyx, decidu- 

 ous : anthers all distinct or di-triadelphous : style 3 fid ; stigma reniform 

 or bipartite : fruit a peponida, at length dry and internally fibrous, usually 

 opening by a terminal lid, rarely indehiscent. East Indies and Arabia. 

 There are 3 sections of this genus. 



1st. Stamens distinct, Luffa pentandra, acutangnla^ and lUeinii. 

 lid. Stamens 3-adelphous. L. amara^ Roxb. and nearly all the species 

 of Turia, Forsk. 



3d. Stamens di-adelphous — L. tuherosa, Roxb. 



21 Benincassa (Sav.). Corolla (yellow), five parted, patent : anthers 

 3-adelphous : style undivided, very short ; stigma large, thick, irregularly 

 lobed and plaited : peponida, fleshy indehiscent. -Asia. 



22 Lagenakia (Ser ). Corolla (white) five petaled : anthers S-adel- 

 phous : style almost none ; stigmas 3, thick and 2-lobed : peponida 

 fleshy and indehiscent. India, South Africa. 



