142 CUCUEBITACEAE. 



mostly 4-lobed. Stamens usually 4. Fruit didymous, the carpels leathery or 

 succulent, 



1. G. bermudense L. Plants diffuse, the stems 1-6 dm. long: blades of the 

 leaves, and stipules, oval-oblong, 5-25 mm. long, cuspidate, pellucid-punctate 

 and pubescent beneath: flowers 3-5 together: corolla greenish-white; lobes 

 narrowly ovate, about 2 mm. long: fruits about 5 mm. thick, baccate. 

 — Hammocks, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Ber., Bah.) — Bedstraw. 



Order ARISTOLOCHIALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or vines. Leaves alternate : blades mostly cordate or 

 hastate. Flowers perfect, often conspicuous. Hypanthium mostly ad- 

 nate to the ovary. Calyx regular or \ery irregular. Corolla wanting or 

 rudimentary. Androecium of as many stamens as there are calyx lobes 

 or more. Gynoecium of usually 6 united carpels. Fruit a capsule. 



Family 1. ASARACEAE. Birthwobt Family. 



Perennial herbs, shrubs, or vines. Leaves alternate : blades sometimes 

 lobed, generally cordate. Flowers perfect, regular or very irregular. 

 Calyx usually colored, the tube often bent or inflated. Androecium of 

 6-many stamens. Gynoecium of 4-6 united carpels. Ovary mostly in- 

 ferior. Fmit capsular. 



1. ARISTOLOCHIA [Tourn.] L. Caulescent herbs, shrubs, or vines. 

 Leaves with narrow or broad blades. Flowers irregular, often S-shaped, or 

 resembling a dutch-pipe, the calyx often coralloid. Hypanthium often ribbed. 

 Ovary inferior. Styles united into an angled column. Capsules pendulous. 



1. A. pentandra Jaeq. Stems reclining and twining: leaf -blades ovate, 4-10 

 cm. long: hypanthium minutely pubescent: calyx nearly straight, the limb 

 narrow, nearly erect: capsules globular, 15-20 mm. long, wing-angled. — 

 Coastal hammocks, U. keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah., Cuba.) 



Order CAMPANULALES. 



Herbs, or rarely shrubs or trees. Leaves mainly alternate: blades 

 simple, entire, or divided. Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious, 

 sometimes iiTegular. Hypanthium well-developed. Calyx of several dis- 

 tinct or partially united sepals. Corolla of several distinct or partially 

 united petals. Androecium of 1-5 stamens. Anthers distinct or connate. 

 Gynoecium of 1-several united carpels, the ovary wholly or partially 

 inferior. Fruit capsular, baccate, or drupaceous. 

 Endosperm wanting : flowers monoecious or dioecious : plants mainly vines. 



Fnm. 1. (TCURBITACEAB. 



Endosperm present : flowers perfect or mainly so. Fain. 2. Beunoxiaceae. 



Family 1. CUCUEBITACEAE. Gourd Family. 



Vines, usually tendril bearing. Leaves alternate: blades palmately or 

 pedately veined, and commonly lobed. Flowers monoecious or dioecious. 

 Calyx of 4 or 5, or rarely G, distinct or partially united sepals. Corolla of 

 4 or 5, or rarely 6, distinct or partially united petals, sometimes adherent to 



