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2. C. trifoliata L. Plants glabrous: leaf -blades 3-foliolate; leaflets 1-3 cm. 

 long, suborbicular varying to ovate or obovate, often flabellate : berries globose- 

 ovoid or ovoid, abruptly pointed, 5-7 mm. in diameter, dark-purple. [C. 

 acida L.] 



Hammocks, mostly near the coast, s. pen. Fla. and the F. Keys. (W. I.) 



3. 01 incisa Desmoul. Plants glabrous: leaf -blades 3-foliolate; leaflets pale- 

 green, very fleshy, 3-10 cm. long, coarsely toothed and incised, the terminal 

 one sometimes 3-lobed, the lateral ones, 2-lobed, all more or less cuneately nar- 

 rowed at the base, on stout petiolules : berries obovoid or obovoid-globose, 10-12 

 mm. long, apiculate. 



Sand-dunes and hammocks, nearly throughout the coastal region of Fla., except 

 the F. Keys. (Cont.) 



4. AMPELOPSIS Michx. Woody vines. Leaf-blades simple or bipinnate. 

 Flowers in flat cymes. Petals spreading. Berries inedible. 



Leaf -blades bipinnate : ovary surpassing the disk, the latter mostly adnate to it. 



1. A. arborea. 

 Leaf-blades simple : ovary not surpassing the disk but nearly free 



from it. 2. A. cordata. 



1. A. arborea (L.) Rusby. Leaf -blades bipinnate, 1-2 dm. long; leaflets 

 several or many, the blades ovate, often broadly so or cuneate-obovate, 1-3 cm. 

 long, coarsely toothed, incised, or lobed: berries 10-13 mm. in diameter, dark- 

 purple. PEPPER-VINE. 



Hammocks, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. Keys. (Cont., W. I.) Spr. 

 or all year southward. 



2. A. cordata Michx. Leaf-blades ovate or triangular-ovate, 4-12 cm. long, 

 shallowly serrate, long-petioled: styles slender: berries 6-8 mm, in diameter, 

 bluish or greenish-blue. 



Woods and river-banks, n. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



5. PABTHENOCISSUS Planch. Vines, the tendrils often disk bearing. 

 Leaf -blades digitately compound. Flowers in compound cymes. Petals spread- 

 ing. Beries inedible. 



1. P. quinquefolia (L.) Planch. Leaflets 5; blades usually thinnish, oval, 

 elliptic, or oblong, the lateral ones inequilateral, coarsely serrate above the 

 middle: berries 8-9 mm. in diameter, deep-blue with a scant bloom, often quite 

 pulpy. VIRGINIA-CREEPER. AMERICAN-IVY. 



Hammocks, banks and woods, nearly throughout Fla. (Cont., W. I.) 



Order MALVALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite: blades simple, 

 often lobed and toothed. Flowers mostly perfect, regular and involucrate. 

 Calyx of distinct or partially united sepals. Corolla of distinct petals. 

 Androecium of numerous monadelphous or grouped stamens, or few in 

 Buettneriaceae. Gynoecium of several distinct or united carpels. Fruit 

 capsular, follicular, berry-like, or nut-like. 



Stamens numerous (in our genera). Fam. 1. MALVACEAE. 



Stamens as many as the sepals. Fam. 2. BUETTNERIACEAE. 



FAMILY 1. MALVACEAE. MALLOW FAMILY. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate: blades simple, palmately 

 veined. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 5 more or less united valvate sepals. 



