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CALYCIFLOK/E. 
Petals 4, oblong, obtuse, thick, concave. Fruit has been 
compared in size to the Alligator’s egg, and also to the 
fruit of the Mammee-Sapota. 
This tree is usually found in clumps or thickets, from the 
seeds growing readily in damp situations, and from a num- 
ber of the plants, springing up where the seeds have dropt 
and hence becoming established in the locality. I can- 
not discover why the name Anchovy should be applied 
to the fruit of this Tree, unless it be to establish the asser- 
tion, that Anchovies may grow on trees. Though it is 
a common tree in certain districts, I cannot learn that the 
fruit is ever collected for use, or brought to market. 
ORDER. LXXX. CUCURBITACEiE.— 
THE CUCUMBER FAMILY . 
Flowers hermaphrodite, monoecious or dioecious. 
Calyx 5-toothed, sometimes obsolete. Petals 5, 
distinct or more or less united, sometimes scarce- 
ly distinguishable from the calyx, strongly marked 
with reticulated veins, sometimes fringed. Sta- 
mens 5, distinct or united into 1-3 parcels, at- 
tached to the petals : anthers bilocular, sinuous. 
Ovary adhering to the tube ot the calyx, 1-celled, 
with three parietal placenta), which often project 
and uniting form a central column : style short : 
stigmata thick, velvety or fringed. Fruit more or 
less succulent, crowned with the scar of the 
calyx: seeds flat, ovate, enveloped in a juicy or 
dry and membranous covering : testa coriaceous : 
albumen O : embryo straight : cotyledons leafy : 
radicle next the hilum. 
I. Fevillea. 
Flowers dioecious. $ Calyx 5-cleft beyond 
the middle. Petals 5, subcoalescing at the base, 
