Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
110. White Passion-flower. (Passiflora incarnata.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', 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 M/aypops ; tendrils. Vir- 
ginia and Kentucky. (Pl. IX.) 
11z. 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: 1%4'-2', simple, opposite, entire, ovate to lance-shaped, 
glossy, with minute stipules. FLOWER: yellow, handsome, nearly 
14’ 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. levis.) 
LEAF: I'-2', simple, opposite, entire, heart-shaped, smooth. 
FLOWER: yellowish-green corolla 5-lobed, spreading, witha 
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, g-13, 
1’, ovate-lance-shaped. FLOWER: purple, showy, pea-shaped, in 
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