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GALYCIFLOn.E.- 
lobed with the lobes suberitire, £ flowers sub- 
solitary, fruit ovoideo-globose echinated., 
C. anguirae, folio latiore aspero, fruclu minore candido, 
spinulis obtusis muricato, Sloane , Jam. 105 — C. subhir- 
sutus minor, Browne , 335— C. sylvestris Amerioanus, 
fructu ovi figura. Flak. Phyt. 170. f.. 3. — C. anguria. 
Linn. Sp. 1436. 
II A B. Common in dry pastures. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
Stem pentangular, longitudinally sulcated, scabroso- 
hirsute, thickness of a crow quill. Leaves 3-lobed, (the 
middle lobe the largest, and the lateral lobes sub-bilobed) 
hirsute with very stiff hairs, denticulated except towards 
the base where the margin is subentire : petiole longer 
than the leaf, longitudinally channelled. Cirrhi simple, 
solitary, arising from the side of the petiole Male flower 
small, yellow : peduncle axillary, subsolitary, sometimes 
accompanied by a female flower, about one-third of an 
inch in length, filiform, hispidulous, Calycine segments 
alternating with the divisions of the corolla. Segments 
of the corolla rounded, veined, externally hispidulous. 
Stamens 3-adelphous : filaments short: connective pro- 
duced beyond the anthers. Rudiments of the ovary a 
spherical depressed disk. Female flowers on a peduncle 
at first an inch in length, but elongating as the fruit ripens 
Ovary echinated: style received into an annular disk : 
stigmata 3, oblong, with the inner surface smooth, and the 
outer gi anular. 
This is a very wholesome vegetable, dressed plain, or 
in stews. It is also esteemed as a pickle. 
4. Cucumis Citrullus. Water Melon . 
Very pilose, stem humifuse cirrbiferous, leaves 
obtusely pinnatisected sub-glaucescent, flowers 
solitary unibracteated, bractea oblong, fruit sub- 
nlobose glabrous stellato-maculated. 
Anguria prima, citrullus dicta. Sloane, I. 226. — Cu- 
curbita citrullus. Linn. Sp. 1435. — Cucumis citrullus, 
DC. Prod. 111. 301. 
II A B. Cultivated. 
F L. Throughout the year. 
