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Corolla funnel-form, the short tube not longer than the 
limb or about equaling it. I. V. radiata. 
Corolla salver-form, purplish, the slender tube much 
longer than the limb. 2. V. longiflora. 
1. Valerianclla radiata (L.) Dufr. Beaked corn salad. Glab¬ 
rous or minutely pubescent, 6'-18' high. Lower leaves spatulate, en¬ 
tire, upper lanceolate, usually dentate. Bracts small, lanceolate. 
Corolla white, 1" long. Fruit ovate-tetragonal, finely pubescent or 
glabrate, 1" loug. 
In moist soil. April-July. Common. 
2. Valerianella longiflora (T. & G.) Walt. Long-flowered Corn 
Salad. Glabrous, erect, 6'-12' high, annual. Leaves oblong, l'-2t4' 
long. The lower spatulate, smaller, somewhat clasping. Corolla 
salver-form, pink or purplish, about 6" long. Bracts with small, 
gland-tipped teeth. Fruit broadly ovate or nearly, orbicular in out¬ 
line. 
Rocky soil. April-May. 
FAMILY 86. CUCURBITACE^. Gourd Family. 
Climbing or trailing, herbaceous vines, usually with 
tendrils. Leaves alternate, petioled; generally palmately- 
lobed or dissected. Flowers solitary or racemose, monoe¬ 
cious. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, its limb campan- 
ulate or tubular, usually 6-lobed. Petals usually 5, in¬ 
serted on the limb of the calyx, separate, or united into 
a gamopetalous corolla. Stamens mostly 3 (sometimes 
1) 2 of them with 2-celled anthers, the other with a 1- 
celled anther. Ovary 1-3-celled. Fruit a pepo, some¬ 
times dry. 
Flowers large, yellow; prostrate vine. I. Pepo. 
Flowers small, white or greenish; climbing vines. 
II. Cyclanthera. 
I. PEPO (Tourn.) Mill. 
Rough, prostrate vines, rooting at the nodes, with 
