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Dicecia t. 
Syngenesia. 
Cucumis. (1) Cal. five-toothed ; cor. five-cleft; 
filaments three. ( 2) Cal. five-toothed j cor. five-cleft j 
style three-cleft. 
To this genus belong the Common Cucumber, Cue. 
Sativus ; the small Wild Cucumber of Jamaica, Cue. 
Anguria, which is employed with other pot-herbs in 
soups; the Melon, Cue. Melo , of which there are se- 
veral varieties ; and Coloquintida , or Bitter Apple, 
Cue. Colocynthis , a native of Turkey, which is some- 
times employed in medicine. 
CLASS XXII. 
DIOEC1A. 
In this class the flowers which produce stamens, 
and those which produce pistils and seeds, are on dif-^ 
ferent plants. The characters of the orders are taken, 
as in the preceding, from the number and connection 
of the stamens. 
Diandkia. 
Saeix. Gen. char.— ( 1 ) Cal. a scale of the catkin; 
cor. none ; gland of the base nectariferous ; stamens 
