Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
and stamens 5), clustered ; June; pods orange with scarlet seeds; 
showy till into winter; twining, woody. (PI. V.) 
39. Moonseed. (Menispermum canadense.) 
LEAF: 4'-5’, broad, simple, alternate, 3-7-lobed or angled, not 
serrate, roundish, base cordate. FLOWER: white, small (petals 
6-8, stamens 12-24), in loose panicles; June, July; fruit black, 
like a small grape; near water ; twining, woody. (Pl. IV.) 
40. Small Morning-glory. (Ipomcea hederacea.) 
LEAF: 2’-3', simple, alternate, usually 3-lobed, lobes pointed, 
not serrate, broad-ovate, base cordate. FLOWER: purple, rosy, 
or white (corolla funnel-form, 1’-11%4’ long, calyx hairy), 1-3- 
clustered; July-September. Pennsylvania, and south; culti- 
vated ; stalk hairy, trailing or twining herbaceous. (PI. III.) 
41. Hedge Bindweed. Rutland Beauty. (Convolvulus 
sepium.) 
LEAF: 2'-4', simple, alternate, often slightly lobed on the base, 
not sharply serrate, often entire, halberd-shaped, apex sharp, pro- 
jection at base squarish, often irregular. FLOWER: white or 
rosy, 1%’-2' long (corolla funnel-form, edge entire or slightly 
lobed, 2 large leafy bracts at base of calyx), single; June-Au- 
gust ; near water; twining or trailing ; herbaceous. 
42. Cypress-vine. (Ipomcea vulgaris.) 
LEAF: 2'-4', simple, alternate, deeply lobed into linear divis- 
ions, feathery. FLOWER: scarlet, with a white variety (corolla 
tubular, with a flat, slightly lobed border), single; in summer. 
Introduced, slightly spontaneous, southerly; cultivated ; twin- 
ing; herbaceous. (Pl. IV.) 
43. Climbing-Fern. (Lygodium palmatum.) 
LEAF: 17-2’, simple, alternate in pairs, 4-7-lobed, not serrate, 
roundish, base cordate; no flowers; fruit, in double rows of dots 
on back of very small leaves narrowly lobed, at the ends of 
stems. Massachusetts to Virginia, and Kentucky; rare, climb- 
me, CPi: V..) 
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