Note 127b — Chapter IV · Tendril-Bearers—(continued).

‘Gardeners’ Chronicle,’ 1864, p. 721. From the affinity of the Cucurbitaceæ to the Passifloraceæ, it might be argued that the tendrils of the former are modified flower-peduncles, as is certainly the case with those of Passion flowers. Mr. R. Holland (Hardwicke’s ‘Science-Gossip,’ 1865, p. 105) states that “a cucumber grew, a few years ago in my own garden, where one of the short prickles upon the fruit had grown out into a long, curled tendril.”