DIOECIA HEXANDRlA. 



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A vine climbing over shrubs sometimes 15 or 20 feet highj terete, with its 

 upper branches unarmed. Leaves somewhat membranaceous, entire, vary- 

 ing a little in their figure, acute or slightly acuminate, and very often a little 

 oblique near the summit, paler underneath, with 3 distinct though not promi- 

 nent and two obscure nerves, on a petiole about 3 lines long. Flowers nu- 

 merous in small axillary umbels on a common peduncle rarely half an inch 



long. Berries red. 



Grows like most of the genus in damp rich soils. 

 Flowers May — June. 



8. Laurifolia, Lin. 



s. 



aculeata, ramis 



iiiennibus: foliis ovali- 



j 



lanceolatis, paulii acu- 

 minatis, 3-nervibus, 

 coiiaceis, lucidis, pe- 

 rennantibus; umbellis 

 brevissime peduncula- 

 tis. 



Prickly, branches 

 unarmed; leaves oval 

 lanceolate, slightly acu- 

 minate, 3-nerved, cori- 

 aceous, lucid, perenuT- 



; umbels on short pe- 

 duncles. 



^t- 



Mich. 2. p. 237- Pursb, 1. p. 250. 



Sp. pL 4. p. 779^ Walt. p. 245. 

 Nutt. 2. p. 238. 



Stem climbing to a considerable height, armed near the base, the branches 



terete, smooth. Leaves numerous, sc ' ' '. ' * _ 



a sudden and slight acumination at the point, rigid, coriaceous, lucid, peren- 

 nial. Flowers small, in axillary umbels, common peduncle very short, not 

 as long as the pedicels. (Berries spherical, black, one-seeded. Walt.) 

 Grows in swamps and wet soils. 

 ^ Flowers July. The fruit matures late in the winter. 



9. PuMiLA. Walt. 



-I 



S. inermis: foliis coi 



dato-ovatis 



sub 



? 



mtegerri 



mis 



5 



5-nervibus, 

 subtus moUiter puLes- 

 centibus; umbellis bre- 

 viter pedunculalis, pe- 



brevissimjs 



dicellis 



baccis obloneis 



eaule procumbeiite 



acutis; 



E. 



Uuarmedj 



leaves 



cordate, ovate, entire, 

 somewhat 5-nerved, 

 softly pubescent under- 

 neath; umbels on short 

 peduncles, pedicels ve- 



short; berries ob- 

 acute; stem pro- 



ry 



long 



cumbent. 



