202 ORDER I. RANUNCTLACILE. 



5. C. Walte'r] differs from the preceding in having the leaflets linear 

 lanceolate. — Bluish purple. T > . July. Car. and Geo. 



6. C. LTN lbjlo'i i, (D. C.) Stem terete, .-lender, glabrous. Leaves 



— ! pair, smooth; Leaflets entire or 3-parted; lobes linear. 

 jPeduneles 1-flowered, terminal, solitary. Sepals acute, pubescent along 

 the margins, twice as long as the stamens, — Perhaps the above is a 

 variety of Cylindrica. 



7. C. vior'na, (L.) Stan climbing. Leaves glabrous, pinnately di- 

 vided ; segments oval, lanceolate, entire or 3-lobed. Floral leaves en- 

 tire. Peduncles 1-flowered, occasionally 2 or o flowered. Sepals cori- 

 aceous, about one inch lung, with the apices reflected. Flowers nod- 

 ding. — Purple. *> . Penn. to Geo. 



8. C. reticula'ta, (Walt.) Climbing. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, 

 pii:nate; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, petiolate, entire or variously lobed, some- 

 times obtuse, at other times acute and mucronate, strongly veined on 

 both sides. Sepals eonnivent. Carpels with plumose tails. — Dull pur- 

 ple, T c > . Middle Car. and Geo. May to Aug. 



9. C cris'pa, (L.) Stem climbing, pubescent. Leaves pinnate, ter- 

 mite, or 3-lobed, generally glabrous. Flowers solitary, on the summit 

 of small branches, campanulate. Sepals coriaceous, rugose, the apex 

 reflezed, margin crisped. Stamens very numerous, half the length of 

 the sepals. Carpels numerous, tomentose, with short tails. — Purple. 

 T <? . Low country. May. 



c. Herbaceous plants, erect. 



10. C. ociirolku'ca, (L.) Stem erect, simple, pubescent. Leaves 

 simple, ovate, entire; when young, pubescent, on short petiole,-.. Flow- 

 ers solitary, terminal, pedunculate, inclined i!ky on the out- 

 side. — Yellowish. 21. Mountains. 12 in. 



11. C. ova'ta, (Pursh.) Stem erect, simple. .Leaves broad, ovate, gla- 

 brous, on short petioles ; lower ones subcordate. Flowers terminal, sol- 

 itary. Tails of the seed very long. — Purple. If. Mountains. 



12. C. Baldwin'ii, (T. & G.) Stem erect, somewhat branching, slen- 

 der, Blightly pubescent. Leaves varying from oblong to linear-lanceo- 

 late, entire, or 3-cleft, or lobed, the lobes linear. Peduncle terminal, 



ted, 1 -.lowered. Flowers cylindrical, campanulate. Sepals 

 woolly on the margin. Carpels with very long plumose tails. — Pur- 

 plish. 12 to IS in. Florida 



The above genua contains no plants used for any other purpose than ornament. 

 Some of them seer* gly acrid juice, which produces blisters ; and 



iid flammula are used, LI Is Bald, by the beggars on the continent of Europo 

 for tii- product Ion of . of the public. 



Qknub IL— ANEntO'NK L. 12— 12. (Wind/ower.) 



(From , wind, from the supposition that the flowers open only 



when tlie wind b - 



Involucre 8-leaved, variously divided, remote from the 

 flower. Perianth 5 — 16-leaved. Carpels numerous, mucro- 

 nate. Serbs perennial, with radical let 



I. \. Oarplinia'ka, (Walt.) Scape 6—18 inches high, pubescent, 

 particularly towards the summit / bed and 



