752 TROPAEOLACEAE 
8. C. arenicola Small. Stem or branches 2—7 dm. tall: leaves sonia d 
sq blades, at least of the leaves above the base of the stem, subulat 
subula te- acicular, mostly less oe 1 cm. long, entire: outer sepals br pud 
elliptic to elliptic- ovate , becoming 2 mm. long, acuminate: capsule depressed, 
out 1.5 mm. long. — Low pinelands. Everglade Keys Fla. and lower Florida 
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9. C. Harperi Smal. Stem 3-8 dm p leaves mainly alternate; blades 
linear-spatulate to narrowly linear, 0. 5-2 m. long: outer sepals lanceolate. 
3. mm. long, sparingly toothed: capsule aoa ovoid, 2.5 mm. long, ob- 
tuse.—Dry pinelands, Coastal Plain, Fla. and G 
C. sulcatum E Small. ies 2-7 dm. tall: leaf-blades cag! to 
linear- ce 0.8-2.5 em. long: r sepals lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long, copi- . 
ously toothed: eapsule Bone Bs or Pu tly depressed, about 31 mm. long.— 
Dry soil, various provinees, rarely Coastal Plain, Ga. to Tex., Man., Ont., and 
A 
11. C. Carteri Small. Stem 1-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly linear tc linea 
subulate, mostly 1.5-2.5 em. ng: Eos sepals lan pud to oyato Janeeolate, 
6-7 mm. long: capsule abou [Linum rigidum (Ch . FL)J— 
ong. 
Pinelands, especially along a Bverglados the Everglado Keys, iud Big Cypress 
Swamp, Fla.—Spr. 
Famity 4. TROPAEOLACEAE—NAsTURTIOM FAMILY 
Herbs. Leaves alternate: blades peltate, or palmately lobed or dis- 
sected. Flowers perfect, axillary, irregular. Calyx of 5 sepals slightly 
united at the base, the upper one spurred at the base. Corolla of 5, or 
fewer, petals, the 2 upper ones more or less different from the lower ones. 
Androecium of 8 unequal declined stamens. Gynoecium of 3 united carpels. 
Fruit baccate. 
1. TROPAEOLUM L. Vines or diffuse plants with succulent stems. 
Calyx-spur cornucopia-like. Petals narrowed at the base. Berry 3-lobed.— 
' About 35 species, native from Mexico to 
Chile and eult. 
de in the notches of the margin: petals 
stly red, orange, or purple; claws toothed; 
blades rounded Sie —— Ls 14-19 
—(N M.)—W te-places 
and usn puma various MANDAR Atlan- 
tic States. Nat. of di ru.—Su pred Cul- 
tivated in many forms, dwarf and vine-like, 
for the bright-green foliage and the brillant 
colored flowers. The aromatic frui 
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been in cultivation for a long time, and has been developed into -— forms. 
It is the only species of ten or a dozen, that escapes from cultivation 
