Flora Medica

CUCURBITACE^:.Nat. syst. ed.Z.p. 51.FEUILLEA.Flowers dioecious. $ . Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle.Petals 5, somewhat united at base. Stamens 5, or 10, half beingsterile ;anthers 2-celled, double. ?. Calyx with a 5-cleft limb.Petals 5, distinct, oblong. Sterile stamens 5, occasionallyalternatewith the petals. Styles 3, with broad bluntly bifid stigmas.Fruit globose, fleshy, with a circular scar round the middle, and5 other scars ; 3-celled, with a solid rind, and a central fleshy3-cornered axis. Ovules numerous, standing erect upon the axis.Tropical American herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate,stalked, cordate, smooth. Flowers small. Seeds oily,bitter.167. F. trilobata Linn. sp. pi. ed. 1. 1014. DC. prodr.iii. 298.F. scandens j8 Linn.sp.pl. ed. ii. 1457. F. hederacea Poir.diet. iv. 419. Ghandirhoba or Nhandirhoba Marcgr. Bras. 46. ic.inf. Brazil.Leaves somewhat glandular on both sides, ^parted or 3-fid, thelobes of the lower ones obtuse, of the upper acute. The bitter seedsof this and the following are asserted by Drapiez to be a powerfulantidote against vegetable poisons. Ed. P. J. iv. 22 1 .They purge andvomit with rapidity.168. F. cordifolia Poir. diet. iv. 4-18. DC. prodr.iii. 298.F. hederacea Turp in diet. sc. nat. ic. F. scandens Linn. sp. pi.1457. West India islands.Leaves without glands, cordate, acuminate, undivided or somewhat3-lobed, rather serrated.LAGENARIA.Flowers monoecious. Calyx campanulate, with subulate orbroadish segments shorter than the tube. Corolla white ;petalsobovate, spreading below the edge of the calyx, $ Stamens.5, triadelphous, the 5th distinct. ? . Stigmas 3, subsessile,thick, 2-lobed, granulated. Fruit 3-5? celled. Seeds obovate,compressed, tumid at the margin, 2-lobed at the apex.169. L. vulgaris Seringe in DC. prodr.iii. 299. Cucurbitalagenaria Linn. sp. pi. 1434. Belaschora Eheede. viii. t. 1.East Indies. (Bottle gourd.)The whole plant with a musky scent, and soft with down. Stemclimbing tendrils 3-4 cleft. Leaves cordate, ; entire, downy, somewhatglaucous, with 2 glands at the base. Flowers stellated, very spreading,83 c2