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MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
1. Pendula. 
M. foliis sub-reni- 
formibus, lobato-angu- 
losis, sub-hispidis; bac- 
ca ovali, glabra. 
Leaves somewhat 
reniform, lobed and 
angled, slightly hispid, 
berry oval, smooth. 
Sp. pi. 1. p. 189. Walt. p. 66. Mich. 2. p. 217- Pursh, 2. p. 444. 
Nutt. 2. p. 228. 
A slender vine running over small shrubs and herbaceous plants. Stem 
hairy, branching. Leaves somewhat hispid, generally 5-angled, the angles 
acute, dentate, the intermediate one the longest, the hairs jointed and slight- 
ly hooked. Petioles 1 — 2 inches long. Tendrils 5 — 6 inches long. Floio - 
ers axillary, the sterile in small racemes; the fertile solitary. Common pe- 
duncle of the sterile florets about 2 inches long. Calyx 5-toothed, the teeth 
subulate. Corolla longer than the calyx, yellow, the border 5-lobed. Sta- 
mens short, a cyathiform gland at the base of the fertile floret. Berry 3- 
celled, small. Seeds many in each cell, obovate, compressed. 
Grows in shaded, rich soils. 
Flowers through the whole summer. 
CUCURBITA. Gen. Pl.,,1478. 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
dentatus. Corolla 5- 
fida. Filamenta 3. 
Foeminei. Calyx 5- 
dentatus. Corolla 5- 
fida. Pistillum 3-fi- 
dum. Peponis semina 
margine tumido. 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-toothed. Corolla 
5-cleft. Filaments 3. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-toothed. Corolla 
5-cleft. Pistil 3-cleft. 
Seeds of the fruit (a 
melon) with a tumid 
margin. 
1. Lagenaria. Lin. 
C. foliis cordatis, ro- 
tundato-obtusis, pube- 
scentibus, denticulatis, 
basi subtus biglandulo- 
Leaves cordate, 
nearly circular, pube- 
scent, toothed, under- 
neath at base bearing 
