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3. HoLoSERiCEA. Pursh. 



? 



foliis 



C. scandftiis 

 teniatim :iectis^ 

 mentis obloago-Iance- 



olatis, integrisj utrin 



seg 



que pubesceiitibus;flo- 

 rib'is paniculato-cor- 

 ymbosis, dioicis, pet- 

 alls liiieariijus stamin- 

 ibus loiiirioribus. 



Climbing; leaves 

 divided, ternate, seg- 

 ments oblonor-lanceo- 

 late, entire, pubescent 



on 



both 



surfaces; 



flowers in a paniculate 

 corymb, dioecious 



longer 



than the stamens. 



petals linear 



3 



5 



Puish, 2. p. 3S4. DeCandol/e 1. p. 145. 



The whole plant silky. Corymbs trlchotomous, few flowered. Flotv- 

 erg small, white. Tails of the seed long, feathered. 



Grows iu Carolina. 

 Flowers. 



lun 



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4. LiNEARiLOBA. Dc Candolle. 



C. pedunculis uni- 

 floris, petalis aciitissi- 

 niisjfoliis pinnatim sec- 

 tis, glabris, segmentis 



Peduncles one flow- 

 ered; petals very a- 

 cute; leaves divided, 

 pinnate, gIabrous,with 



the segments entire or 



3-parted, 



integris aut tnparti- 

 tis, lobis linearibus. 

 De Cand. 



Stem terete, slender, glabrous. Leaves glabrous, segments 3 4 pair 



the lower ones tripartitey others undivided, lobes all linear, entire, acute' 

 more than an inch long, scarcely 2 lines wide. Petioles tortuous resem- 

 bhng cin-hi. Peduncles terminal, solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. Petals nearly an inch long, acute, externally glabrous, pubescent 

 iiloug tlie margins, nearly twice as long as the stamens. De Cand. 



Described from specimens collected by Fraser in the low country oi 



Flowers. 



5. W 



VLTERI. Pui'sh. 



G« scandens 



foliis 



Climbing ; leaves 



^ -- ---^.tv*^nc»5 luius \^iiiiiuiiig5 leave? 



piunaUm sectis, triju- | divided, pinnate^ leaf 



