. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. acute lobes; petals obovate, twice as long as calyx-lobes— May to October—Streams and marshes; coast and JordanValley, and northward. 2. J. augustifolia, Lam. If Glabrous. Leaves subsessile,linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends. Flowers short-peduncled ;calyx-lobes 4, very acute, tube cylindrical, elongated — Spring — Huleh(Tristram). Order XLV. CUCURBIT ACE iE, Juss. (Gourd Family). Herbaceous, climbing or prostrate vines, usually tendril-bearing, with dioecious or
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. acute lobes; petals obovate, twice as long as calyx-lobes— May to October—Streams and marshes; coast and JordanValley, and northward. 2. J. augustifolia, Lam. If Glabrous. Leaves subsessile,linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends. Flowers short-peduncled ;calyx-lobes 4, very acute, tube cylindrical, elongated — Spring — Huleh(Tristram). Order XLV. CUCURBIT ACE iE, Juss. (Gourd Family). Herbaceous, climbing or prostrate vines, usually tendril-bearing, with dioecious or onoiioecious, yellow or whitish-yel-low, {often TYionojpetalous) ^-merous flowers, the calyx-tubeadnate to the S-o-celled ovary, and the 3-6 stamens free, ormonadeljphous or triadelphous by cohesion of their usuallytortuous anthers. Pepo fleshy or membranous — Cal jx-tubeshort-campanulate. Corolla inserted on the throat of thecalyx. Placentae 3, parietal, implanted at the outer anglesof the cells; numerous, horizontal seeds, not albuminous ;embryo straight. cucurbitace^. (gourd family.)Fig. 161. Fig. 162. 323.
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