. 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. Gardening. 410 CUCURBITA the same iliam. at top and bottom (Figs. 602, 6031, the corolla-lobes large and soft, and wide-spreading or droop- ing: peduncle at maturity soft and spongy, not ridged. CUNNINGHAMIA Japanese Crookneck, Dunkard, and Sweet Potato Pump- kins (or Squashes) are C. moschata. The fruit stem (as shown in
. 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. Gardening. 410 CUCURBITA the same iliam. at top and bottom (Figs. 602, 6031, the corolla-lobes large and soft, and wide-spreading or droop- ing: peduncle at maturity soft and spongy, not ridged. CUNNINGHAMIA Japanese Crookneck, Dunkard, and Sweet Potato Pump- kins (or Squashes) are C. moschata. The fruit stem (as shown in Figs. 596, 599, 604) is a distinguishing charac- teristic of tht ripe fruits. C. Pepo and C. maxima, and C >lax mi ai d S'. moschata do not intercross. C. Pepo an 1 C n osrl il have been crossed, but it is doubtful if thtj interm x ^ hen left to themselves. In Europe, the word Gour 1 ( r its equivalent in various languages) is used ^.tnericallv for Cucurbitas; but in this country it is restr ctt 1 mostly to the small, hard-shelled forms of ( / /o (var 0 ifera) to Lagenaria vulgaris. h. H. B. CUDRANIA ( lerivationunknown). Urticclcea. Trees r 1 r \ 1 deciduous, alternate, stipulate petioled la lous, in globular heads: collective fr. globu- t J SI ecies, in S. and E. Asia and trop. Austr., 1\ one is sometimes cultivated. It requires I tl e north, and is usually prop, by green- gs in simimer under glass. tr 1 pidita Bureau {Madura tricuspidAta, Carr.). 1 Under, spiny branches: Ivs. elliptic-ovate, ent rs, sometimes 3-lobed at the apes, nearly t, 1/ i n. long: axillary, on short pe- d II 1 s tr globose, about 1 in. across. China. K. H. 1864 I IJO - Much resembling Madura, and of no iecor. value. 597. Cucurbita Pepo. var. ovifera. nor prominently enlarged next the fr.: fr. very various, but not light yellow nor warty nor crookneck-shaped, usually late-ripening, the flesh orange and not stringy. Probably American. foetidissima, Kunth {, Gray. Ciic
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