Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



and stamens 5), clustered ; June ; pods orange with scarlet seeds ; 

 showy till into winter ; twining, woody. (PI. V.) 



39. Moonseed. (Menispermum canadense.) 

 Leaf : 4'-5', broad, simple, alternate, 3-7-lobed or angled, not 

 serrate, roundish, base cordate. Flower : white, small (petals 

 6-8, stamens 12-24), ii^ loose panicles ; June, July ; fruit black, 

 like a small grape ; near water ; twining, woody. (PI. IV.) 



40. Small Morning-glory. (Ipomcea hederacea.) 

 Leaf : 2'-3', simple, alternate, usually 3-lobed, lobes pointed, 

 not serrate, broad-ovate, base cordate. Flower : purple, rosy, 

 or white (corolla funnel-form, I'-rJ^' long, calyx hairy), 1-3- 

 clustered ; July-September. Pennsylvania, and south ; culti- 

 vated ; stalk hairy, trailing or twining herbaceous. (PI. III.) 



41. Hedge Bindweed. Rutland Beauty. (Convolvulus 

 sepium.) 



Leaf : 2'-4', simple, alternate, often slightly lobed on the base, 

 not sharply serrate, often entire, halberd-shaped, apex sharp, pro- 

 jection at base squarish, often irregular. Flower : white or 

 rosy, 1^-2' long (corolla funnel-form, edge entire or slightly 

 lobed, 2 large leafy bracts at base of calyx), single ; June-Au- 

 gust ; near water ; twining or trailing ; herbaceous. 



42. Cypress-vine. (Ipomcea vulgaris.) 

 Leap : 2'-4', simple, alternate, deeply lobed into linear divis- 

 ions, feathery. Flower : scarlet, with a white variety (corolla 

 tubular, with a flat, slightly lobed border), single ; in summer. 

 Introduced, slightly spontaneous, southerly ; cultivated ; twin- 

 ing ; herbaceous. (PI. IV.) 



43. Climbing-Fern. (Lygodium palmatum.) 

 Leaf : 1-2', simple, alternate in pairs, 4-7-lobed, not serrate, 

 roundish, base cordate ; no flowers ; fruit, in double rows of dots 

 on back of very small leaves narrowly lobed, at the ends of 

 stems. Massachusetts to Virginia, and Kentucky ; rare, climb- 

 ing. (PI. V.) 



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