PEXTAXDKIA MONOGYNIA 158 



Xhrubby vine* : stem brittla or s duble at the j >ints, climbing ; leaves simple, ei 

 compound; flowers in cynioae racemes. Kat. Ord. 104. Z&tdJ. Vivas. 



I. A. hrdkracea, DC Stem climbing by radicating processes and 

 fendrils; leaves digitate by fives, on long petioles; leaflets ovate-oblong 

 acuminate, mucronatc-deiitato above the middle, smooth, petiolate; ra- 

 cemes somewhat dichotomously cymese, Bech, Hot. p. 65. 

 A. quinquefolia. Mx. Am. Up. 100. Muhl. Cutal.p. 27. Hook. Am. 

 \.p. 114. Lindl. Ency. p. 170. Eat. Man. p. 15. 

 liedera quinquefolia. Marsh. Arbust. p. 59. 



Vitis hederocea. Willd. Spx Up. 1 188. Ait. Kew. 3. p. 52. AM 

 //.,/./;. 93. 



Cissus hedcracea. 7^;- Sy*. l./». 143. Punh, Am. Up. 170* Jfvtt. 

 Gen. Up. 144. //<:/•/. PA*/. 1. />. 118. EH. Sh. Up. 305. TW. Ft. 

 l./>.266. E/iistf. Compip.lZU Flarztl Cestr.p.%8. 

 I'\ v-like Amfelopsis. Kujgo— Virginian Creeper. American Ivy. 



Stem 10 to 3d or 10 fast long, diffusely branching, cjiml ing trees and walls, cliof- 

 iog to them by adhesive expansions of the points of the tendrils. Leaves com- 

 ,. und; i >mmon peliclo 2 to 6 inches long ; Uajleis five, 2 to 4 inches long, and 1 to 

 2 inches r/ide, rather oblong, varying from lance-ovate to obovate, the lateral ones 

 •i:c:t 8 wiewhat rhombic, the middle one largest, all coarsely serrate-dentate above 

 Iho middle, mostly entire towards the baso, and narrowed into short petiole*. 

 Gj, •'•*'. compound, with 2 or 3 principal branches; flower* all pedicellate, in small 

 umbels of 3 to 5 at the ends of the branches, with minute lance-ovate bracts at Lass. 

 Calyx 9\ ..til. spreading, orbicular, slightly crer.ate, forming 4 or 5 obsolete se?- 

 « am8 ' ; ' ,min : i un le. Ptf/a/s yellowish green, slightly cohering at first, tut 

 at length spreading and reflexed, saccate or cucullatc at apex, with the margins in- 

 (foxed. Anthers incumbent or horizontal. Ovary nic, or pyramidal, tapering 

 to a sh it style ; stigma small. Berries small, dark \ lue, or nearly Mack, when 

 nature ;- the peduncles at the same time becoming bright red, or crimson. 

 Hub. Wo Elands : fence-rows and thickets : common. Ft. July. Pr. Octo. 



Obs. S r J. /•;. Smith (in Ree*' Cyclop.) contends that this is a true Yiiis: Taw, 

 ilth nigh .-.early allied, I think ii may Le wary properly separated from our Grape 

 vinos. It is sometimes transplanted, as an ornament, »y the wails of houses,— ie 

 which it firmly adheres by radicating processes fr.»m the stems, and alsoby acuri- 

 •osexpansion of the extremities of the tendrils. Two or three other species are 

 enumerated in the U. States. 



§ ~. Ovary inferior, a. Corolla monopetahus. 

 f Fruit a Capsule. 



117. LOBELIA. L. JSTutt. Gen. 568. 

 [Named in honor of Matthias de Lcbei; a Flemish Botanist.] 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular, irregular, somewhat labiate, cleft on 

 (he upper side nearly to the base. Stamens more or less united ; an- 

 thers coalesced into a tube, which is curved, perforate, and bearded at 

 summit Stigma 2-lobed. Capeule sometimes half superior, 2 or 3-cell- 

 ed, opening; at summit. Seeds numerous, minute, oblong, scabrous. 



Berbaceous, or rarely frutieose : leaves alternate ; flowers solitary, axillarv, 6v 

 in terminal bractcate racemes. Nat. Ord. 175. Lindl. Lcbkliacsjc. 



1. hi C'laytoniaka, Mx. Stem erect, simple, somewhat pubescent 5 

 le^v* sesffile, oblong, mostly obtuse, obscurely denticulate, pubescent, 



