362 CUCUMIS, CYPRIPEDIUM. 
opposite the leaves about 3-flowered : corolla smaller than the calyx. 
12 i. S. 
19—16. CUCUMIS. 34. 97. 
Exotic. 
nngu'ria , (prickly cucumber.) leaves palmate-sinuate ; fruit globose, echi- 
nate. 
me'lo , (muskmelon. y. Ju. 0.) angles of the leaves rounded ; pome oblong, 
torulose. Sweet scented. 
sati'vus , (cucumber, y. Ju. 0.) angles of the leaves straight; pomaceous 
berry oblong, scabrous. Brought from Asia. 
19—16. CUCURBITA. 34. 97. 
Exotic. 
or if" era , (egg-squash. 0.) leaves cordate, angled, 5-lobed, denticulate, 
pubescent; piomaceous berry with fillet-like stripes lengthwise. 
pep'o, (pumpkin, y. Ju. ©.) leaves cordate, obtuse, sub-5-lobed, denticu- 
late : pomaceous berry roundish or oblong, smooth. Var. poliro , has 
the fruit more or less flattened. From Asia. 
citrul'lus , watermelon, y. Au. ©.) leaves 5-lobed; the lobes sinuate-pin- 
natifid, obtuse : pomaceous berry oval, smooth. Fruit watery, often 
striped. From Africa and the south of Asia. 
lagena'ria , (gourd, calabash, w. Au. 0.) leaves Cordate, round-obtuse, pu- 
bescent, denticulate, with 2 glands at the base on the under side : po- 
maceous berry clavate, somewhat wood}'. 
11—1. CUPHEA. 54. 91. 
viscosis'sima , (wax-bush. E. p. J. p>.) viscous; leaves opposite, petioled, 
ovate-oblong; flowers with 12 stamens, lateral, solitary; peduncles 
very short. S. 
19—15. CUPRESSUS. 51. 100. 
thijoi'des, (white cedar. O. M. Tj.) branchlets compressed; leaves imbri- 
cate four ways, ovate, tubercled at the base ; strobile globular. S. 
5—2. CUSCUTA. 29. 43. 
amcrica'na , (dodder. O. w. Au. 0.) flowers peduncled, umbelled, 5-cleft; 
stigma capitate. A bright yellow leafless vine, twining round other 
w r eeds in damp places. 
evrope'a, (E. w. Au. ©.) flowers sub-sessile ; stigmaacute; stamens4or5. 
pvlchei'lum , (grass pink. O. r. Ju. 'll.) radical leaves ensiform, nerved; 
scape few flowered; lip erect, slender at the base; lamina spread; 
disk concave, bearded. Var. graminifolia , leaves 1 — 2 lines broad; 
bracted ones acuminate. 12 — 18 i. 5. 
17—1. CYNARA. 49. 54. 
Exotic. 
scot ymvs , (garden artichoke. 2|_.) leaves sub-spinose, pinnate ; scales of 
the calyx ovate. Naturalized. 
5—1. CYNOGLOSSUM. 41. 42. 
officina'le , (hound-tongue. O. p. Ju. c?.) very soft-pubescent ; leaves broad- 
lanceolate, sessile ; panicled racemes. 
18—2. CYPRIPEDIUM. 7. 21. 
pubes'cens , (yellow ladies’ slipper, y. M. 2)..) stem leafy; lobe of the style 
triansrular-oblong, obtuse; outer petals oblong-ovate, acuminate ; inner 
ones very long, linear, contorted ; lip compressed, shorter than the 
petals. S. 
