OCTANDRIA TRiaYNlA. 45§ 



i4. Arif 

 P. flurihui 



Flowers distinct hex 



andris seniidigvnis ; spU | androus, with the style 2 

 cis paucifl >ris ; caule re. I cleftjspikesfewflowered; 

 trorsum aculeato ; fohis | stem retro rsely aculeate f 

 hastatis. Mich. i. p. 211. j leaves hastate. 



Sp. pi ^2.p- 453. Walt, p* 132. Pursh, L p. 272, 



Stem flexuous. prostrate or climbing over small shrubs, angles!, io^ 

 wardis the summit with capitate liair and a stellated pubescence* 

 Leaves on lon^ petioles, hastate, with the auricles acute, pubescent. 

 Stipules short, ciliate Flowers in terminal and axillary spikes. Ca» 

 rolla 4 parted ; segments ovate, 2 smaller than the others. -Stamem 

 8, short, with as ma?ij sterile filaments interposed between the fertile^ 



Seed large, ovate, compressed. • ^ 



Grows with the preceding species. Common* 

 Flowers June — October. 



i5, CoNVOLVrLTJS. *" 



p. flf)ril)us 8-andiis, se- I Flowers octandrotiis^ 

 initrigynis ; foliis oblon- | witli the styles 3 cleft 5 

 gis, cordatis ; caule an- j leaves oblong, cordate ; 

 gulato, asperiusculo ; ca- j stem anp;led, roughened ; 

 lycibus frucliferis apteris. calyx of the mature fruii 



Mich 1. p. 241. I without wings. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 455. Pui'sh, 1. p. 273. 



A climbing; plant, running over small shrubs, fences, &c. annual. 

 Flowers in axillarj racemes. JJnthers violet-coloured. Linn» 

 Grows from Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursli. 

 Flo\vers August — OctoUer. 



4 6. SCAXDENS. 



P. floribus 8-andris, 3- J Flowers octandrous, 

 gynis ; foliis lato corda- j tiigynous : leaves broad 



tis ; stipulis trunc 



dis; caule vol ubili 

 calycibus fructifcris trii 

 tcris. Mich. /. p. SIO. 



& 



cordate ; stipules trun- 

 cate, F^iaked ; stem twin- 

 ing, gldf)rous ; cal>x of 

 the mature fruit winarcd. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 456. Pursh, 1. p. 27S. 



Stem climbing, angled, smooth, bright purple. Leaves with the an- 

 gles extended, obtuse: tlte margins and veias slightly «cabrowa. 



