444 



pendula. 



echinata. 



isulata. 



MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. PhyllatlthuS. 



P, carolinensls. Watt. fi. car. 228. M'uh.Ji. amer. 2. 

 p. 209. 



In gravelly soil, on the banks of rivers : Pensylvania to 

 Georgia. ©. Jane, July. v. v. About a span or 

 more high j the branches grow regularly in two rows. 



538. MELOTHRIA. Gen. pi 68. 



1 , M. foliis subreniformibus lobato-angulosis : lobo imparl 

 caeteris aequali, bacca cylindraceo-cvata. Mi h. Jl. 

 amer. 2. p. 217. Wilkl. sp. pi. 1. p. I89. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. I. S5.f. 5. 



In sandy, wet places, particularly on the islands of large 

 rivers : Virginia to Georgia. 0. June. v. v. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Fruit the size of a pea, black. 



539. MOMORDICA. Gen. pi. u;/. 



1. M. pomis tetraspermis subrotundis setoso-echinatls, fo- 

 liis cordatis 5-lobo-angulatis acurainatis integerrimis 

 glabris. fVilld. sp. pi 4. p. 605. 



Sicyos lobata. M'lch.fl. nmer. 1 p. '1\7. 



In the western parts of the United States : On the banks 

 of the Ohio and Mississippi. ©, July. v. v. Fruit 

 the size of a gooseberry. 



540. SICYOS. Gen. pi. 1481. 



1. S. foliis angulo obtuso cordatis 5-angularibus denticulatis 

 scabris, fructibus capitatis, hispidis. — lViUd.sp.pl.4i, 

 p. 625. 



Icon. Dill. elth. t. 51. f. 5g. Herm. parad. t. 133. 



On the banks of rivers : Canada to Carolina. ©. June, 

 July. V. V. 



4ulea. 



II. PENTJNDRIA. 



541. PASSIFLORA. Gen. pi. 50g. 



1. P. foliis cordatis trilobis obtusis glabris, petiolis eglandu- 

 losis, pedunculis axillaribus geminis, petalis calyce 

 duplo angustioribus. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 615. 

 Icon. Cavan. diss. 10. t. 267. Jacq. ic. S. t. GO/. 



