Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.
西瓜(学名：Citrullus lanatus(Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai)一年生蔓生藤本;茎、枝粗壮，具明显的棱。卷须较粗壮，具短柔毛，叶柄粗，密被柔毛;叶片纸质，轮廓三角状卵形，带白绿色，两面具短硬毛，叶片基部心形。雌雄同株。雌、雄花均单生于叶腋。雄花花梗长3-4厘米，密被黄褐色长柔毛;花萼筒宽钟形;花冠淡黄色;雄蕊*离生，花丝短，药室折曲。雌花：花萼和花冠与雄花同;子房卵形，柱头肾形。果实大型，*于球形或椭圆形，肉质，多汁，果皮光滑，色泽及纹饰各式。种子多数，卵形，黑色、红色，两面*滑，基部钝圆，通常边缘稍拱起，花果期夏季。
