1840.] Hemarks on ilie fruit of the Natural Order Cucurhitacem. 53 



27 Elatertum (Linn.). Petals scarcely united at the base : filaments 

 monadelphous, anthers all cohering : style thick; stigma capitate : fruit 

 a coriaceous, one-celled, few seeded capsule, bursting elastically by two 

 or three valves. America. 



28 SciiizocARpi UM (Sohlcb.). Corolla infundibuliform, quite entire ; 

 filaments 3-adelphons: anthers all cohering ; peponida many seeded, burst- 

 ing by several valves that cohere by their apex. Mexico. 



29 CocciisiEA (W. and A.). Corolla campanulate, segments acuminated: 

 filaments monadelphous, anthers tri-adelphous. conniving, without appen- 

 dages : peponida somewhat baccate, many seeded. [Usually of an oblong 

 oval shape and bright red when ripe]. East Indies. 



§ 10. — Filaments monadelphous^ connate into a column., whicJi is capitate 

 at the apex., ana then hearing the gyrose posticons anthers. 



30 Cephalandra (Schrad.)* South Africa. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE, 



Fig. I. — \. A tricarpellary one-celled ovary — that is, the placenti- 

 ferous margins of the carpellary leaves meeting in the circumference, and 

 bearing their ovules on the walls or parietes of the cell. 



a Supposed position of the midrib— 6 placentae parietal. 



2. A tricarpellary 3- celled ovary, the laminae of the carpellary leaves 

 folded inwards, until they meet in the axis, and there produce ovules. 



Of Supposed position of midribs — l plantae axillary. 



3. An imaginary section of a pepo explanatory of Dr. Arnott's theory 

 of its construction ; copied, but with some modification, to render it more 

 explanatory, from his figure in the Encycl. Brit. 



a Supposed position of the midrib — & the placentiferous margins 

 represented introflexed, reaching nearly to the dorsal suture, dividing 

 the carpel into two cells. 



4. Section of the ovary of Coccinea Indica ; the calyx divided in the 

 line of the partitions of the carpella, by which they are permitted to 

 fall apart. 



5. Section of the same ; the parts in situ. 

 Fig. IL — Section 7. Momordica Charantia. 



in. — Section 8. Trichosanthes anguina. 

 IV. — Section 9. Cucurbita maxima. 

 V. — Section 9. Coccinea Indica. 

 VI. — Section 7. Lagenaria vulgaris. 

 VII. — Section 6. Mukia scabrella. 



