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* Cucumis Anguria, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 301 (C. echinatus, Moench, 
Mill. Ic. t. 33), a native of Tropical America. Stems slender sulcate 
densely hispid, tendrils short simple, leaves small deeply palmately 
5-lobed with divisions spathulately narrowed at base, corolla under 
\ in. broad, with lanceolate petals joined at base, flowers direct from 
leaf axils, males 1-6, females solitary, fruit fleshy, the size and shape 
of a hen’s egg, bristly, obtuse, indehiscent. Concombre marron. 
* Citrullus vulgaris, Scbrad. (Cucumis Citrullus, DC Cucurbita, 
Linn.), a native of the Old World. Stems and petioles densely pilose, 
tendrils mostly forked, leaves cordate-deltoid cut up into many 
broad or narrow spatbulate obtuse lobes, flowers of both sexes 
solitary on stalks in the axils of the leaves, corolla yellow middle- 
sized with segments joined below the middle, fruit large globose 
indehiscent smooth with starry spots and abundant yellow or reddish 
fleshy. Water melon, Citrouille, Melon d'eau. 
* Cucurbita Pepo, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 317, a native of the Orient. 
Stems stout, scabrous, tendrils much branched, leaves very large 
with five deltoid lobes, flowers of both sexes solitary, corolla very 
large with deltoid ascending segments shorter than the funnel-shaped 
tube, fruit large smooth round or oblong indehiscent. Pumpkin, 
Pompion, Giraumon. 
Dr.Balfour’s Rodriguez collection contains Lagenaria vulgaris, Seringe ; Citrul- 
lus vulgaris, Schrad., and Momordica balsamiua, Linn. 
Order LII. UMBELLIFER2E. 
Flowers regular or irregular, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx- 
tube adnate to the ovary ; teeth 5 or obsolete. Petals 5, epigynous, 
often emarginate. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals; filaments 
inflexed; anthers oblong, didymous, slit down the side. Ovary in- 
ferior 2-celled ; ovules solitary, pendulous, anatropous ; epigynous 
disk flat or prominent ; styles 2, distinct, falcate. Fruit separating 
into two indehiscent halves (mericarps), which are sometimes com- 
pressed dorsally and sometimes laterally, with abroad or narrow plane 
of junction (commissure) and 5 or 10 unarmed or prickly sometimes 
winged ribs. — Herbs, well-marked by their umbellate inflorescence. 
Distrib. Temperate and subtemperate regions, especially of the 
northern hemisphere. Species 1300. 
Trailing perennials with, entire leaves 1 . Hydro cotyle. 
Erect annuals or biennials with decompound leaves with 
linear lobes. 
Involucre none. Fruit not prickly * Carum. 
Involucre of compound bracts. Fruit prickly .... * D audits. 
1. HYDROCOTYLE, Linn. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals entire. Disk flat. Styles filiform 
from the base. Fruit broader than long, flattened laterally, with a 
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