rOLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



49 



Stem simple. Leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles. Peduncle ter- 

 minal, solitary. Tails of the seed very long. Pursh. 



Described by Pursh, from specimons collected in Carolina by CatesbT. 

 Flowers -^ j' 



11. Crispa. 



C. scandens 



9 



foliis 



Climbing; leaves 



pinnatis teniatisqiie, pinnate and ternale 



gments div 



9 



lie, acii- 



flow 



segmeuUs divaricatis, 



ovatolanceolatis, acii- ..^^^.,.^^, civ.u- 



tis, trilobis integerri- j te, 3-iobed or entire; 



misve; floribus solita- 



riis ; coroliis campanu- 



latis; petalis acumina- 



tis, revolutis, margine 



undulixtis: aristis sem- 



co 



? 



solitary 

 roiia campanulate; pe 

 tals acuminate, revo- 

 lute, with tiie margins 

 undulate 



? 



of the 

 inura subulatis, nudis. | seed subulate, naked. 



Sp pi 2. 1289. Walt. p. 157. Mich. 318. Pursh 2. p. 384. 

 iJe Candolle 1 . p. ^ 



Root perennial and somewhat creeping. Stem pubescent, climbin? 

 over sm:.ll shrubs. Branches opposite, divaricate. Leaves glahrous, 

 though sprinkled occasionally with a few hairs. Flotcers scattered, soli- 

 tery, on the summit of small branches, campanulate, of a bridit purple 

 retuls coriaceous, rugose, towards the summit dilated, theiracuminate* 

 the margms undulate. Stamens very numerous, shorter than the t.ihp nf 

 the corolla. Anthers attached to the sides of the filaments, 

 niunerous. tomentose. 



Styles longer than the stamens. ■ 



#1 * 1 



Germs very 



Grows in close, damp, rich soils, very common in the river swamps in 

 tne low coimtry. * 



Flowers April — May. 



THALICTRUM. Gen. Pl. 



Cali/x 0. Petala 



la lon- 



5 



gissima 



St ami 



Oalij 



Se7n hi a 



audata, striata 



I- Revolutum. 



4 



Seech 

 tails, striate 



Petals 

 stamens very 



ithout 



T 



florib 



di 



De Cand 



polygamisve; filamen 



Flow 



d 



voj., n. 



• 



or polygamousi iUii^ 



