Description of Native Vines 



23. Creeping Snowbeny. (Chiogenes serpyllifolia.) 



Leaf : y^', simple, alternate, entire, ovate or oval, apex sharp, 

 edge rolled under, rusty-Aairy beneath (as also branches), ever- 

 green, vrith flavor of birch. Flower : white, small (corolla bell- 

 shaped, 4-lobed, 8 stamens, 2 small bracts under calyx), single ; 

 May ; fruit a white berry %' diameter, edible. In damp woods ; 

 woody, trailing. (PI. III.) 



34. Pyxie. Flowering Moss. (Pyxidanthera barbulata.) 



Leaf • %' or less, simple, alternate or opposite, entire, narrow, 

 apex sharp, evergreen. Flower : white or rosy, bell-shaped, 

 single (corolla s-lobed, 5 stamens, anthers slender-pointed at 

 base), %.' across, stemless ; numerous ; April, May ; short trail- 

 ing evergpreen. New Jersey, ard south. (PI. III.) 



25. Breweria. (B. pickeringii.) 



Leaf : I'-i}^', simple, alternate, entire, very narrow (or lowest 

 broader at apex, base tapering). Flower : white, 14'-%' across 

 (corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed, 5 stamens, sepals very hairy, sta- 

 mens and style longer than corolla), 1-3-clustered on long stem 

 with leaf-like bracts ; summer. New Jersey, west and south ; 

 trailing, herbaceous. 



26. Wild Potato-vine. (Ipomoea pandurata.) 



Leaf : 2'-3', simple, alternate, entire (or sides contracted more 

 or less into fiddle-shape), heart-shaped, apex sharp. Flower : 

 white, purple inside (corolla funnel-fomi, sepals smooth), 3' long, 

 1-5-cIustered ; June-August. Connecticut, west and south ; trail- 

 ing and twining. (PI. III.) 



27. Common Morning-glory. (Ipomoea purpurea.) 



Leaf ; 2'-4', simple, alternate, entire, base cordate, apex 

 sharp. Flower : purple, rosy or white, 2' long (corolla funnel- 

 form, 710 bracts at base of calyx), 2-5-clustered ; July-September ; 

 stalk rough-hairy ; twining ; herbaceous ; introduced, but spontane- 

 ous around houses. (PI. III.) 



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