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^OLYANDRIA P0LYG7N1A 



piessa in cauclam sae- 



pius 



barbato-plumo- 



sed, ^:^nerally tcrmi- 

 naied with a long fea- 

 thered tail. 



sam prouucta. 



1. VlRGI.MANA. 



C. scaiidens; foliis I Climbing; leaveis 

 ternaiisjlbliolis ovatis teraate^leafiets ovate 



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suocoruaus, mciso- | somewhat cordate, 



notched, toothed and 



dentatis lobatisoiie 



flu ibtis 

 dioici 



5 



paniciiiatis, 



s. 



lobed •, flowers in pan- 

 I icles, dioecious. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1290. Walt. p. 157- Mich. 1. p. 318. Pursh, 2. p. 

 S85. De C^n.lolle l.p. 142. 



Plant climbing over shrubs and sometimes covering with its foliage and 

 flowers siaall trees 15— 20 feet hi^h Stc7/i terete, ghibrous, pubescent 



youn 



Leaves 



veins ond margms pubescent, Corymhs or panicles^ axillary, opposite, 

 somewhat trichotomowsiy compound, with two small leaflets at each divi- 

 sion. /V/«/5 4, oval,, pubescent, wiiite, lra?^-ant, Gernu'vaih^ male, and 



struii^^m in the female flovrers abordve. Seed small, the tail clothed with 

 silken ]vdn\ 



Crow's in fertile soihi. 



Flowers in Auinist. 



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% Catesbeyana. Pursh. 



Cflo'ibus panics 

 latis, siibdioicis; foliis 



bi ernatim scctis; sew- 



mentis subcordatis, 

 trilobis. 



Flowers paniculate 



somewhat dioecious 

 leaves divided 

 nate, segments slight 



biter- 



acummate and 3 



f 



lobed. 



Pursh, 2. p. 7^^. De Candolle 1. p. 142. 



Similar to the preceedin^ species j scandent, pubescent. Leaves doub- 

 ly ternate, the segments slightly cordate, 3 lobed, lobes entire, acuminate 

 with the nerves underneath pubescent. Tanidc divaricate, dicliotomous. 

 Flo^acrs small, the female florets bearing abortive stamens. Petals 4 ob- 

 long, downy on the outer surJuce. Stamens shorter than the petals. 

 JStyfeff bearded. De Cand. 



flowers. 



Carolina. Catesbey — Pursh, 



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