Dec, 1919] PolemoniacecB of Ohio 47 



Cobaea. Cav. Cobasa. 



High climbing herbs with alternate, pinnate leaves ending in 

 compound tendrils, the lowest leaflets unlike the others and 

 imitating stipules. Flowers solitary, on axillary peduncles. 

 Corolla bell-shaped with short and broad, spreading lobes; 

 stamens declined; ovulary surrounded at the base by a fleshy 

 gland. 



1. Cobaea scandens Cav. Cobasa. A smooth, high climbing 

 vine with large, dull purple flowers having long stamen fil- 

 aments which coil when old. Commonly cultivated. Blooms in 

 autumn. 



Department of Botany, Ohio State University, 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



Date of Publication, January 15, 1920. 



