460 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



allel lobes, and long-tubed, red (sometimes white) corollas; 

 t\\Q Jlowers solitary, on peduncles. 



Cultivated northward, this is sometimes found wild in the 

 South. 



42. Bittersweet 



Solanum dulcamara. — Family, Nightshade. Color, bluish 

 purple. Leaves, on petioles, the upper ones deeply parted near 

 the base into opposite, ear-like leaflets ; the lower ones heart- 

 shaped, acutely pointed at apex. Time, June to September. 



Calyx and corolla, 5-parted. Corolla wheel -shaped, the 

 points often turning backward much like a potato blossom ; 

 a pair of green spots on the base of each lobe. Stamens, 5, 

 their filaments short, anthers closing around the style, opening 

 by 2 chinks at the top. Fruit, an oval, red berry. 



A woody-stemmed plant, climbing or twining over fences and 

 stone-walls along roadsides. The cymes of delicate flowers give 

 place to crimson, showy berries in fall. 



43. Trumpet-creeper 



Tecoma rad/cans. — Family, Bignonia. Color, orange and 

 red. Leaves, pinnate, with 4 to 5 pairs, and i odd, terminal- 

 toothed, pointed, large, ovate to lance-shaped leaflet. Time, 

 July and August. 



This plant, which is a troublesome weed in Ohio and other 

 Western States, is cultivated with us. The corolla is large, 

 trumpet-shaped, flame-colored. Stems, strong, woody. The plant 

 climbs by little rootlets springing from the stem, and so vigorous- 

 ly as to suffocate grape-vines or whatever weaker plant lies in its 

 way. Once established it is very difficult to extirpate. The flit- 

 ting humming-bird may occasionally be seen nesting among the 

 branches and sipping nectar from these bright, trumpet-shaped 

 blossoms. 



44. Pipe-vine, Dutchman's-pipe. 

 Aristolochia S)pho. — L^^amily, Birthwort. Color, brownish 



