Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



2-5-clustered above a bract, these clusters numerous in a raceme ; 

 tendrils. Southwest Illinois. 



122. Pitcher's Clematis. (C. Pitcheri.) 



Leaf : pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 3-g, ovate or base cor- 

 date, entire or 3-lobed ; highest leaves often simple. Flower : 

 purplish (no corolla, calyx bell-shaped, its 4 sepals with narrow 

 recurved points), large, single ; climbing by twisted leaf-stems, 

 mostly herbaceous. Illinois. 



123. Few-flowered Kidney-bean. (Phaseolus pauciflorus.) 



Leaf : pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 3, 1-2' long, long-ovate to 

 linear. Flower : purple, }^' long, like pea-blossom, single or 

 few-clustered ; July-September ; pod i' or more, straight, nar- 

 row ; twining. Illinois. 



124. Downy Grape. (Vitis cinerea.) 



Leaf : simple, alternate, entire or 3-lobed, downy beneath (and 

 above when young) ; branchlets thickly downy ; fruit black, small, 

 no bloom ; tendrils. Illinois. 



125. Red Grape. (Vitis palmata.) 



Leaf : simple, alternate, lobed, lobes tapering, smooth ; fruit 

 black, shining, no bloom ; tendrils. Illinois. 



126. Cupseed. (Calycocarpum Lyoni.) 



Leaf : simple, alternate, 3-5-deeply-lobed, large, base cor- 

 date, lobes pointed. Flower : greenish-white (no petals, sepals 

 6, stamens 12 or more), in long panicles ; May ; fruit spherical, 

 i' diameter, greenish ; high-climbing. Kentucky. 



127. Tragia. (T. macrocarpa.) 



Leaf : 3', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, base deeply cordate, 

 mostly long-stemmed, stalk hairy. Flower : small (no corolla, 

 calyx 3-8-parted, stamens 2-3), in racemes ; twining, herbaceous. 

 Kentucky. 



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