Cucumis L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 298

5. Cucumis L. 1

Monoecious. Annual or perennial, usually procumbent herbs; tendrils unbranched. Flowers deep yellow, the male usually in clusters, the female solitary; calyx and corolla deeply 5-fid. Stamens 3, free; connective of the anther prolonged beyond the loculi. Female flowers with 3 staminodes. Disc present. Ovary with 3-5 placentae; ovules numerous.

Lagenaria siceraria ( Molina ) Standley, Pubi. Field Mus. (Chicago) ser. bot., 3: 435 (1930) ( L. vulgaris Ser. ), with white flowers and a rotate corolla, is widely cultivated in S. Europe.

1 Fruit ± cylindrical 3. sativus I Fruit globose or ovoid 2 Flowers 20-30 mm; fruit smooth 1. melo 2 Flowers 4-5 mm; fruit aculeate 2. myriocarpus