Echinocystis
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Read about Echinocystis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Echinocystis (Greek, hedgehog and bladder; from the prickly fruit). Syn. Micrampelis. Curcurbitaceae. Wild Cucumber. Wild Balsam-apple. A profuse native annual vine which is a favorite for home arbors; the other species not generally cultivated, except perhaps the perennial-rooted megarrhizas. Most of the species are annual herbs, with branched tendrils and palmately lobed or angled lvs.: fls. small, white or greenish, dioecious, the campanulate calyx 5-6-lobed and the corolla deeply 5-6-parted; stamens in staminate fls. 3; ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each: fr. fleshy or dry, more or less inflated and papery, opening at the summit; seeds flattened, more or less rough.—The species are about 25, in the warmer parts of the western hemisphere, about 10 of them in the W. U. S., and 1 in the eastern states. The eastern species (E. lobata) is one of the quickest-growing of all vines, and is therefore useful in hiding unsightly objects while the slower-growing shrubbery is getting a start. Cogniaux, in DC. Mon. Phan. vol. 3, 1881, makes three sections of this genus, and this plant the sole representative of the second section, or true Echinocystis, because its juicy fr. bursts irregularly at the top, and contains 2 cells, each with 2 flattish seeds. The Megarrhiza group (kept distinct by some) is distinguished by its thick perennial root, large turgid seeds and hypogeal germination.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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