PI ex. cal. 51. CUCURBITACEAE. 331. Bryonia. 551 
inner angles of the dissepiments; perisperm 0; corculum 
straight; cotyledons large, flat. — Herb twining, mostly 
rough; leaves petioled, alternate, nearly orbicular; ten- 
drills axillary ; peduncles axillary, jointed in the middle. 
Fruit a berry Bryonia. 331. 
Fruit apepo; seeds sharp-edged Cucumis. 332. 
Fruit a pepo;seecfo swelling at the edge. Cucurbita. 333. 
I. 331. BRYONIA. Dioscorides. WHd-vine. 
Plant monoicous or dioicous ; corolla obtusely 5-cut. — 
Male. Stamens 3, 2 of which are joined at the base. — F em. 
Styles 3-cut; berry globose. 
Bryonia ruder alis . Ruin wild-vine . 
Leaves heartshape, palmate, 5-lobed, callous, rough ; 
flowers racemose, dioicous, fruit red. 
Bryonia alba, Raii Syn. 261, 1 ; Gcr. em. 869; Lin. S.J \ 1438. 
Bryonia alba vulgaris, Park. 178. 
Bryonia dioica, Jacquin Austr. 199. 
Bryonia ruderalis, Salisb. Prod. 158. 
White bryony. Bryony. Tetter berry. 
Woods and hedges ; perennial ; May to September. 
Root extremely large; stem slender, climbing; tendrils 
very long ; leaves angular ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered ; 
corolla whitish. — Root acrid, purgative, in doses of one 
dram, or an infusion of half an ounce. 
II. 332. CUCUMIS. Pliny. Cucumber . 
Plant monoicous ; calyx lobes awlshape ; corolla bellshape. 
— Male. Filaments 3, 2 joined at the base; anthers soldered. 
— Fem. Filaments 3, without anthers ; style 1 ; stigmata 3, 
2-parted; pepo large, 3-locular, cells parted; seeds ovate, 
compressed ; edge acute. 
1. Cucumis sativus. Cultivated cucumber . 
Leaves angular, angles acute, straight ; fruit oblong, 
rough. 
Cucumis vulgaris, Ger. em. 910, I. 
Cucumis sativus, Park. 772; Lin. S. P. 1437. 
Cultivated ; annual ; February to July. 
Fruit has many varieties in the gardens, cooling, but 
very slightly nutritive, the small sort used as a pickle; juice 
of the fruit with salt and Cayenne pepper used as a sauce. 
