a -_ 
70 Vascalures. 
Climbing. ©. Grows west of the Mississippi. Eat.. 
Intr. Bk. Ell. a0 . 
1133. C. tenellus,. Linn. June-Sept. w. Prostrate. 4. Dry 
sandy soils, Ed/. rs. On argillaceous cliffs, two miles 
north of Worthington, O. 
1134, C. micranthus, mihi. Small-flowered morning glory. 
Root fusiform and branching, 2 to 4 lines in thickness, 
flavoured like 1130: stem prostrate and twining, 3 to 8 
feet long, glabrous: /eaves broad cordate acuminate, 
either entire or with one or two lateral teeth or pro- 
jecting lobes; mealy and subpubescent on both sides, 
commonly less than 24 inches long by 2 in width: pe- 
tioles glabrous, 2 to dinches long: peduncles half as long. 
as the petiole, smooth, with 2 minute subulate bracts 
near the middle: flowers axillary solitary or in pairs: 
calyx 5-leaved or 5-parted, divisions lance-ovate mem- 
branaceous slightly awned; two outer sepals ciliate: 
corolla funnel-form, white, near half an inch in length 
and breadth, twice as long as the sepals. Juice milky. - 
Flowers, Aug.Sept. ©. Fertile woods and prairies, 
cultivated fields, bt. &c. Miami country. (Closely 
allied to C. lacunosus, Spreng.? perhaps identical with 
it.) 
1135. Evolvulus argenteus, Pursh. May. p. Erect. 4 to 61. 
4%. Arid gravelly hills, Mo. Ter. Nuit. 
1136. Cuscuta americana, Zinn. American dodder. June— 
Jul. w. Twining parasite, 2 to 3 f. ©. Low grounds, 
W. Yellow and leafiless. 
CC. POLEM ONIACEE.— Tue (GREEK VALERIAN TRIBE. 
1137. Polemonium reptans, Zinn. Greek valerian, Sweat- 
root, of Howard. May. 6. 1f. &%. sw. W. The root 
is said to be an excellent sudorific. See Howard’s 
works, 
1138. Phlox paniculata, Linn. Lichnidia. June—Jul. p. 2 to 
3 f. 2. md. bt. W. | 
1139. P. pyrimidalis, Smith. Aug. p. 2to3f %. Mountain 
meadows, Bk. Ky. St. 
1140. P. maculata, Linn. June-Nov. w-p. 2to3f, YU. wp. 
mh. O. Ky. St. ; 
1141. P. aristata, Miche. June. wp, orw. 18i. XY. Wet 
woods. Ky. St. Banks of the Ill. Bk. O. Dr. Beck 
says, the P. pilosa is not distinct from this. 
1142. P. divaricata, Linn. Called Sweet-William in Ohio. Ju. : 
b. 9 to 121i. 4. (p. Woods. W.) 
