Description of Native Vines 
dense racemes; May; not as fine as the Chinese species, though 
cultivated; twining. Virginia to Illinois. (Pl. IX.) 
116. Clematis. (C. cylindrica.) 
LEAF: pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-9, long-ovate to lance- 
shaped, entire or 3-5-lobed. FLOWER: purplish (no corolla, ca- 
lyx somewhat cylindrical below, lobes 4road, wide-spreading, with 
wavy, thin margin), single, large; May-August; climbing by 
twisted leaf-stems. Virginia. 
117. Grape. (Vitis bipinnata.) 
LEAF: twice or thrice pinnate, leaflets deeply serrate or lobed. 
FLOWER: greenish, small (petals and stamens 5), clustered: 
berry black, obovate; tendrils. Virginia and Kentucky. 
118. Rhynchosia. (R. tomentosa.) 
LEAF: pinnate; leaflets, three or ome / roundish, somewhat 
downy. FLOWER: yellow, somewhat pea-shaped (calyx about 
as long as corolla, 4-lobed, upper lobe notched), clustered ; twin- 
ing or trailing, herbaceous. Virginia. 
119. Bignonia. (B. capreolata.) 
LEAF : pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 2, ovate or oblong (often with 
another small pair close to stalk like stipules), leaf-stem ending in 
atendril. FLOWER: orange, 2’ long (corofla rather bell-shaped, 
5-lobed, somewhat 2-lipped, 4 stamens), few-clustered; April; 
pod 6’ long. Virginia. 
120. Birthwort. (Aristolochia tomentosa.) 
LEAF : 3'-5', simple, alternate, entire, round-heart-shaped ; 
stalk downy. FLOWER (no corolla, calyx tubular, curved like 
pipe, yellowish, purple at apex, wrinkled border at top): single or 
paired ; June; twining. Southern Illinois. 
121. Brunnichia. (B. cirrhosa.) 
LeEaF: simple, alternate, entire, heart-shaped or ovate, apex 
pointed ; stalk grooved, leaf-stem broader at base. FLOWER: 
greenish (no corolla, calyx 5-parted, lobes oblong, stamens 8), 
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