154 MONADELPHIA PENXAiNDRiA 



clentatis: fills coronae 1 teeth; rays of tlie 



longioribus* [ crown longer than the 



" corolla. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 621- Walt. p. 233. Mkh. 2. p. 39- Pursh 2. p. 



445. Nutt. 2. p. 78- 



Root perennial, composed of thickj fleshy, creeping'fibres, sometimes- 

 swelling into tubers. Stem herbaceous^ voluble, sometimes climbing 20 

 to 30 feet high. Leaves alternate^ finely 



Leaves alternate^ finely pubescent along the vems, the 

 ,«^^.«. .v,^.. ....jqual, the intermediate lanceolate^ all serrate and slightly 



acuminate. Petioles about an inch long. Tendrils axillary, 6 — 8 inch- 

 es long, spiral towards the summit. Flowers axillary, solitary, on a 

 jointed peduncle 3 — 5 Inches long. Involucrum situated near the joint 

 ©f the peduncle ; ?c«/!e^5 short/ obovate, acuminate. Calyx 5-part- 

 ed, pubescci^t j segments oval, slightly angled on the back with a pro- 

 jecting point near the summit. Petals 5, oval, as long as the calyx to 

 the base of which they are attached, white. Nectary in a triple series, 

 the 2 exterior composed of radiating filaments as long as, or longer than the 

 corolla, forming a double crown, purple whh a pale nearly white circle at 

 some distance from the centre; the interior composed of short, erect, incar- 

 nate rays, surrounding the base of the pedicel of the germ. Filaments 5, 

 about half an inch long, compressed, speckled, attached to the summit of 

 rhc pedicel of the germ, united at base into a tube. Anthers incumbent, 

 oblong. Germ superior, oval, pubescent, supported on a speckled pedi- 

 cel ncai-ly half an inch long. Styles 3, slightly recurved, thickened near 

 the summit. Stig7nas globose, viscid. Berry? oval, glabrous, about the 

 size of an egg, covered with a leathery coat, pale yellow when ripe. Seed^ 

 very numerous, small, enveloped in a gelatinous edible pulp. 



Grows in dry soils. 



Flowers May to Julj''. 



^ ■ -UTEA. 



Leaves cordate 



lobed^ obtuse, gla- 



ulosis ; peduncnlis ax- 

 illaribusygeminis; pe 



P* foliis cordatis, 



trilobis^ obtusis, gla- 



bris ; petiolis egland- brous ; petioles with 



out glands ; peduncles 

 axillary^ by pairs ; 



talis calyce duplo an- I petals much narrower 



gustioribus. ' than the calyx. 



Sp.pLS. p. 615, Walt. 2. p. 23. Mich. 2. p. 37- Pursh 2. p. 444. 

 Nutt. 2. p. 78. 



Root perennial, composed of thick and somewhat fleshy fibres, ^f^^ 

 berbaceovis, slender, climbing over small shrubs^ a little hairy. Leavei 



