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ORDER LXXXV. CONVOLVULACE^ MORN IN O- GLORY-TRIBE. ORDER LXXXVl. SOLANACE^. 



1. G. tricolor. Three-colored Gilia. 



stem erect, nearly smooth; leaves alternate, twice and thrice pinnatifid; 

 Begments narrowly-linear ; flowers 3 — 6 together, in cymes, arranged in panicles, 

 bractless ; corolla 2 — 3 times as long as the calyx, of 8 colors ; the limb pale- 

 blue, tinged with pink; the throat purple; the tubo yellow, very short, in- 

 cluded in the calyx. An elegant garden annual, about a foot high. 



8. P0LEM6NIITM. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-cIeft. * Corolla rotate-campanulate, 6- 

 lobed, erect ; tube very short. Stamens equally inserted at the 

 summit of the corolla tube. Filaments furnished "with hairy ap- 

 pendages at base. Cells of the capsule few, many-seeded. Per. 



1. P. coeraleum. Greek Valerian. 



stems stout, clustered, smooth, simple, erect, hollow; leaves mostly radical, 

 alternate, in long, channelled petioles, pinnately parted into 11 — 17 divisions; 

 segments sessile, ovate-lanceolate, nearly opposite, acuminate ; odd one lanceo- 

 late ; flowers erect, in a terminal, corymbose panicle ; calyx: as long as the co- 

 rolla-tube; corolla blue, rather large. An elegant garden plant, 1 — 2 ft. high, 

 common in cultivation. Jane. 



Ordek LXXXV. Convolvuldcese. — Morning- 



glory-trihe, 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



Sdboeder I. Oonvolvi^lese. 



Seeds with largo cotyledons. Herbaceous, usually climbing plants with 

 green foliage. 



1. CoNv6LvnLus. Calyx without bracts at base. Stamens included. 



2. Caltstegia. Calyx with 2 large, leafy bracts at base. 



8. QuAMOCLiT. Sepals 5, usually mucronate. Stamens exsert 



SuBORDEK TI. OnscutinefE. 



Seeds without cotyledons. Twining, parasitic plants, destitute of green 

 herbage, all included in 4. Cuscdta. 



1. conv6lvulus. 

 Calyx 6-parted, naked. Corolla campanulate, funnel-form; 

 limb with 5 plaits, and the border entire, or 5-lobed. Stamens 

 included in the corolla, rarely slightly longer than the limb. Style 

 1, often 2-cleft; at apex. Capsule 2 — 4-celled, 4 — 6-seeded. 



1. C. purpi.\reus. Gonmon Morning- glory. 



Stem twining, rough with reflexed hairs; leaves cordate, entire; peduncles 

 elongated, 2— 5-flowered ; pedicels thickened; sepals hispid, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute ; corolla funnel-ibrm, large, 2' long, with a spreading, entire border; color 

 varying from dark purple to pale flesh-color, in each case striped with various 

 shades. A common climber, cultivated every where, and sometimes springing 

 up spontaneously around houses and gardens. The flowers open at sunrise and 

 close eai'ly in the forenoon. June — Sep. An. 



2. C. Batatas. Sweet Potato. 



stem terete, prostrate end creeping, rarely twining, hispid; leaves cordate- 

 hastate, angular, 5-veined, nearly or quite smooth; flowers large, purple or 

 white, in long peduncled fascicles ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate. The common 

 Sweet Potato cultivated largely in the Southern and Middle States. The tubers 

 are thickened portions of its creeping rbizoma, or thickened ofi'-shoots fi'om it 



2. caltstI:gia. 

 Calyx 5-parted, included in 2 large, leafy bracts. Corolla 

 funnel-form, varying to campanulate, with 5 plaits or folds; the 

 limb entire or obscurely 6-lobed. Stamens nearly equal, shorter 

 than the limb. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Ovary imperfectly 2 — 4- 

 celled. Capsule 1-celled, 4-seeded. Per. 



1. C. Sepiuni. Wild Morning-glory. 



stem twining, mostly smooth; leaves sagittate, acuminate; lobes truncate, 

 and often toothed at base ; peduncle| sharply 4-angled, 1-flowercd; bracts cor- 

 date, much longer than the concealed calyx ; flowers largo, 2' long, white, 

 varying to pale rose-color, opening before sunrise and closing early iu tiie day, 

 except In cloudy weather. A common, rank climber, in low, damp thickets. 

 Stem 6— 10 ft long. A variety occurs on sandy shores, with prostrate, not 

 climbing, more or less pubescent stems. June — July Per. 



3. QUAMOCLIT. 

 Sepals 5, mostly mucronate. Corolla tubular cylindric. Sta 

 mensexsert. Style 1. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Ovary 4-cell' 

 ed ; cells l-seeded. An. 



1. Q. vulgaris. Cypress Vine. 



Smooth; stem very slender, twining; leaves deeply pinnatifid; segments 

 linear, parallel, acute; peduncles 1-flowered; flowers small, brilliant, scarlet, 

 varying to crimson and rose-color ; sepals ovate-lanceolate. An extremely de- 

 licate and beautiful plant, native in the South, frequent in cultivation. July 

 —Aug. 



4. CUSCtTTA. 



Calyx 5, rarely 4-cleft. Corolla globose- campanulate ; border 

 spreading, 5, rarely 4-eleft. Stamens 5, rarely 4, inserted into the 

 tube of the corolla with a scale-like appendage at base. Stigmas 

 2. Capsule 2-celled; cells 2-seeded. An. 



1. C. Gronovii. Dodder. 



Plant leafless, parasitic, destitute of all verdure; stem filiform, orange-yel- 

 low; flowers sessile, in dense clusters, whito; corolla campanulate. withering 

 at the base of the globose capsule ; scales of the stamens large and much fring- 

 ed. An exceedingly delicate, parasitic vine, destitute of all green color. The 

 seed germinates in the soil, and at first the plant draws thence its whole fuste- 

 nanee, but afterwards, climbing over other plants, it supports itself from their 

 juices, "Which it absorbs by means of little radicles, while it withers away at 

 base, and soon loses all direct communication with the ground, and becomes 

 entirely parasitic. The yellowish-white flowers grow in large, dense clusters, 

 which are sometimes found alone, the stems having entirely withered away. 

 The stem twines from right to left. July — Sep. 



Order LXXXVL Solanacese. — Potato-trihe. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



* Corolla ^VBtli a proper tube. 



1. Petunia. Calyx-tube short; limb with 5 leafy lobes. Corolla salver 

 foi-m, with 5 unequal lobes. 



2. NicoTiANA. Calyx tubular. Corolla funnel-form, with 5 equal lobes. 

 Capsule not prickly. 



3. Datura. Calyx tubular, inflated. Corolla funnel-form, 5-angled, scarcely 

 lohed. Fruit prickly. 



10. Lycittm. Calyx short Corolla tubular, closed at the throat by the 

 bearded filaments. Stamens exsert. Trailing or climbing shrubs. 



* * Corolla "ivith a very sliort tube^ or none at all. 



4. NicANDRA. Calyx 5-cleft, with 5 compressed angles, enlarged and blad- 

 der-like in fruit, inclosing the 8— 5-celled berry. Corolla campanulate, blue. 



5. Physalis. Calyx inflated after flowering, inclosing the 2-ceUed berry. 

 Corolla rotate-campanulate, yellowish. 



6. Capsicum. Corolla rotate. Capsule 2 — 3-celled, dry and leathery. 



7. SoLANUM. Corolla rotate. Berries 2-celled. 



8. L-YCOPERSiouM. Corolla rotate. Berries 3 — 6-celled. 



9. Atropa. Corolla campanulate. Berry 2-celled. 



1. PETtTNIA. 



Calyx with a short tube and a 5-cleft leafy limb. Corolla salver- 

 form ; tube cylindric ; limb in 5 unequal, flat, folded lobes. Sta- 

 mens 5, xmequal, included, inserted into the middle of the corolla 

 tube. Capsule 2-valved. 



1. P. yiolacea. Purple Petunia. 



stem weak, hairy, viscid; leaves broad-ovate, acute, on shurt, winged peti- 

 oles, entire ; peduncles axillary, solitary, as long as the leaves, and scarcely 

 longer than the swelling tube of the corolla; sepals obtuse ; corolla-limb bright 

 purple, divided into 5 unequal, rounded, acute lobes, of which the uppermost is 

 smallest. A pretty plant, quite common in cultivation. Stems trailing or climb 

 ing, ^—^ ft. long. An. or Men. July till frost. 



2. P. alba. White Petunia. 



stem weak, hairy, viscid; leaves ovate, acute, upper ones sessile; flowem 

 axillary, solitary, greenish -white, fragrant; corolla-tube scarcely expanded at 

 top, 2-^ times as long as the obtuse sepals, the limb flat and spreading. Dis- 

 tinguished from tho last by the stouter habit, more slender corolla-tube, and its 

 ■white flowers, the color of which seems to be constant. It is frequently consi- 

 dered a variety of the last. 



2. NICOTIANA. 



Calyx urn-shaped, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-form, or salver-form 

 regular; limb plaited, 5-lobed. Stigma capitate. Capsule 2 

 celled, 2 — 4-Talved. Seeda minute. Av.. 



