1078 ASCLEPIADACEAE 
rather o o toothed broader lobes: follicles about 8 em. long: 
seeds abou Gonolobus Baldwinianus Sw. arde Bald- 
winianwm Eno on. thickets and open woods, various provinces, Ga. to Okla. 
and M sum 
6. O. flavidula (Chapm m.) ponds Leaf-blades broadly ovate 9-16 em. 
long, the basal lobes rarely overlapping: flower-buds ovoid: calyx- lobes eee 
= oe long: corolla green nich. yellow; lobes elliptic, 10— Eu mm. long: 
h the longer lobes i del toothed: follicles 14— 17e 1. long. [Gonolobus 
mauus Ch hapm micum flavidulum Heller] —Rich soil, mostly in 
woods, Coastal Plain, a. p n C. 
7. O. floridana (Vail) Alexander. Leaf-blades ovate-cordate, 2-5 em. LIE 
sinus open and somewhat oblique: calyx-lobes about 2 mm. long: flo UM 
conie: eorolla purplish or greenish- m about 5 mm. long, the lobes spread: 
ing, linear-lanceolate: crown with five broad lobes, dh bidentate 
lous-thickened apex and with a P r tooth on ea ach side at about the miade: 
follicles not seen. [Vincetoxicum dor danimi Vail].—Sandy soil, E Fla. 
EDISONIA Small. Slender prostrate vine-like herbs. Leaf-blades 
es bui small. Cymes sessile. Calyx-lobes 5, about as long as the corolla- 
tube. Corolla ud MA lobes villous within, 
short. Crown 5-lobed, each lobe with an appen- 
sinus folded as if to form another lobe. Column 
sunken in a cavity beneath the converging crown- 
lobes.—One species. 
E. pubiflora (Decne.) ue "o e 
broadly cordate or reniform, 2—4 cm. long, 
open: — buds sail or obovoid: e 
pee 2—-2.5 long: corolla dull-purple; lobes 
about 2 mm. m erown with 10 rounded undu- 
us eaeh alternate one with RU P Pos 
horn: follicle A a m 4—5 
anes pubiflora ne. Gonolo bs ub Ao us Engelm. Vincetoxricum 
pubiflorum T and scrub, Coastal Plain, Fla. and Ga.—Spr.—sum. 
OrpER POLEMONIALES-—PoLEMONIAL ORDER 
Herbs, sometimes parasitie, shrubs or trees. Flowers mainly per- 
fect. Calyx of partialy united sepals. Corolla, regular or irregular. 
ndroecium of as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes, or fewer. 
Gynoeeium 2-several carpellary. Ovary superior. Fruit a capsule, a 
berry or a drupe, or a group of nutlets or utricle-like. ^ 
Stamens 5, usually equal: corolla regular or nearly so. 
Gynoecium of 2 e carpels. Fam. 1. DICHONDRACEAE. 
Gynoecium of 2 or e par artially or wholly united 
carpels. 
Fruit capsular or ' bac cate: 2 not 4-lobed. ' 
P n Mam distin 
Ovary 1-2-celled, or 4- celled : stigmas 2. 
Fs 4-celled. 
a within: 
plants with normal leaves, at 
least if vines. Fam. 2. CONVOLVULACEAE. 
Corolla appendaged within: para- 
sitie vines: leaves scale-like. Fam. 3. CUSCUTACEAE 
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