Archive image from page 452 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 CUCUMIS water-melon like: fis. small, the pistillate long-stalked: fr. 1-3 in. long, cucumber-like but more spiny. Supposed to be native to the Amer. tropics. both for the oddity of its frts. and
Archive image from page 452 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 CUCUMIS water-melon like: fis. small, the pistillate long-stalked: fr. 1-3 in. long, cucumber-like but more spiny. Supposed to be native to the Amer. tropics. both for the oddity of its frts. and for the making of pickles. The Gherkins of mixed pickles, however, are young Cucumbers. C. acutdngulxis, CUCtTBBITA (classical name). Ci bitdcea. Gourd. Pumpkin. like herbs, tendril-bearing, warm countries. Fls. monoecious,large yellow, solitary in the axils, the stam inate long stalked, the pistillate short stalked ; corolla 5-lobed : stamens 3, arising from the bottom of the fl., and united in a column : stigmas 3, but 2-lobed : ovary inferior, en- closing a hollow receptacle tendrils 2-3 forked. About 10 species. The morphology of the Pepo or Gourd-fruit may be illustrated b\ the Turban Squash (Figs. 592, 593, 594.) In this fruit, there is a ' squash mside a squash.' The inner part bears the corolla and the styles It is the ovary. The corolla is ittached about the edge of the CUCURBITA 409 peduncle very hard and deeply furrowed when mature, not enlarging next the fr.: the fr. very various in form, color, season, size. —Probably native to trop. Amer., but unknown wild. Cult, by the Indians when Amer. was
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