Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



110. White Passion-flower. (Passiflora incarnata.) 



LEAF: 2'-$', simple, alternate, serrate, 3-lobed. FLOWER: 

 whitish, with triple purple and flesh-colored crown, 2' across 

 (petals and stamens 5), single, 3 leafy bracts at base ; May- July ; 

 fruit oval, large as hen's egg, called Maypops ; tendrils. Vir- 

 ginia and Kentucky. (PI. IX.) 



III. Melothria. (M. pendula.) 



LEAF: simple, alternate, 5-lobed or angled, small, roundish, 

 base cordate, roughish. FLOWER : greenish or yellowish, very 

 small, pistillate and staminate (5 stamens with bell-shaped, 5- 

 lobed corolla), the latter in small racemes, pistillate single ; June- 

 August ; tendrils. Virginia. 



112. Yellow Jessamine. (Gelsemium sempervirens.) 



LEAF : i^'-2', simple, opposite, entire, ovate to lance-shaped, 

 glossy, with minute stipules. FLOWER : yellow, handsome, nearly 

 \Yz long, fragrant (corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, stamens 5, style 

 long), clustered ; March, April ; twining. Virginia. 



113. Fosteronia. (F. difformis.) 



LEAF : simple, opposite, entire, short-lance-shaped, thin. 

 FLOWER : pale yellow, small (corolla funnel-form, border 5- 

 lobed, stamens 5), clustered ; April ; twining. Virginia and 

 Southern Illinois. 



114. Smooth Gonolobus. (G. laevis.) 



LEAF : i' 2', simple, opposite, entire, heart-shaped, smooth. 

 FLOWER : yellowish-green corolla 5-lobed, spreading, with a 

 small crown in centre, stamens 5, 10 pollen masses adhering to 

 stigma, calyx and corolla smooth, clustered on one common stem 

 growing between opposite leaf-stems ; July ; twining ; milky 

 juice. Virginia, and west. 



115. Wistaria. (W. frutescens.) 



LEAF: pinnate, alternate, with minute stipules; leaflets, 9-13, 

 i', ovate-lance-shaped. FLOWER: purple, showy, pea-shaped, in 



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