Description of Native Vines 
coils like ropes, often 14’ or more in thickness ; corolla 5-parted, 
5 separate sepals. Ohio to Wisconsin, and south. 
HANDSOME DODDER. (C. decora): flower broad-bell-shaped, 
fleshy, corolla 5-lobed, pointed tips of lobes turned in, edge 
slightly serrate ; calyx-lobes pointed, triangular, ‘‘ the handsom- 
est of our species.’ Illinois. 
105. Lance-leaved Smilax. (S. lanceolata.) 
LEAF: 2’, simple, alternate, entire, short-lance-shaped, thin- 
nish, rather glossy above. FLOWER: greenish or yellowish, 
small (no corolla, 6 sepals and stamens), clustered ; June ; ber- 
ries red ; tendrils from some of the leaf-stems. Virginia. 
106. Dichondra. (D. repens.) 
LeEAF: simple, alternate, entire, round-kidney-shaped, fine- 
hairy, green both sides. FLOWER: white or yellowish, small 
(corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed, 2 distinct styles and pods), single ; 
trailing, herbaceous. Virginia. 
107. Cocculus. (C. carolinus.) 
LEAF : 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire or lobed, ovate or cor- 
date, variable, downy beneath. FLOWER: p., greenish (petals 
and stamens 6), small, clustered; July, August; climbing. 
Virginia and Southern Illinois. 
108. Heart-leaved Grape. (Vitis indivisa.) 
LeaF: simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, #ot /obed, roundish, 
base cordate or square, apex sharp, almost entirely smooth. 
FLOWER: greenish, small (petals and stamens 5), in small loose 
clusters ; June; berry size of pea; tendrils. Virginia and Ohio, 
109. Supple-Jack. (Berchemia volubilis.) 
LEAF: 2’, simple, alternate, only slightly serrate, long-ovate, 
apex sharp. FLOWER: p., greenish-white, small petals 5, ob- 
long, pointed, short as calyx-lobes, stamens standing zz front of 
petals, not alternating ; June; high-climbing. Virginia. 
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