The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 08 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-partita. Pistillum 3-fidum.

Male flowers.

Empalement 5-toothed. Blossom 5-parted. Filaments 3.

Female flowers.

Empalement 5-toothed. Blossom 3-parted. Pointal 3-cleft.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Cucumis foliorum angulis rotundatis, dentatis, bispidis: fructu sphærico, aurantio, variegato, odoratissimo.

Melon with leaves angular, rounded, toothed, and hispid: fruit spherical, of a gold colour, variegated, and very sweet-scented.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. A blossom spread open.
2. A chive magnified.
3. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal.
4. A horizontal section of the fruit.
5. A female flower spread open.