35 DICOTYC0LODO^'S. 



1. C. Virginiana. Climbing, covering small trees and bushes with its 

 fohage. Stem terete, pubescent when young. Leaves ternate, leaflets cordate- 

 ovate, acute, coarsely toothed orlobed ; veins and margins pubescent. Flowers 

 panicled, dicBcious. Sepals 4, oval, pubescent, fragrant. Carpels with long 

 plumose tails. 



White. T^. Aug. Can. to Flor. Fertile soil. Virgin's bower. 



2. C. Catesbeyana. Stem climbing, pubescent, similar to the preceding 

 species. Leaves ternate ; leaflets subcordate, 3-lobed, lobes entire, accumi- 

 nate. Panicle divaricate, dichotomous. Flowers small, the pistillate florets 

 bearing abortive stamens. Sepals 4, oblong, downy on the outer surface. 



White, fj. July to Aug. So. Ca. and Geo. 



3. C. Holocericea. Climbing, the whole plant silky. Flowers dioecious in 

 paniculate corymbs, trichotomous, few flowered. Leaves ternate, pubescent 

 on both sides, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, entire. Sepals Unear. Tails of the 

 carpels long, feathered. 



White. T^- July to Aug. Geo. 



4. C Cylindrica. Climbing, pubescent. Leaves pinnate, membranaceous, 

 decompound ; leaflets ovate, accute at each end, glabrous, petiolate. Pedun- 

 cles 1-flowered, terminal, solitary. Flowers cyHndrical, nodding. Sepals 

 coriaceous, acuminate, margin undulate. Tails of the seed plumose. 



5. C. Walteri diflfers from the preceding in having the leaflets hnear-lan- 

 ceolate. 



Bluish purple. T^- July. Car. and Geo. 



6. C. Linearloba. Stem terete, slender, glabrous. Leaves pinnate, 3-4 pair, 

 smooth, leaflets entire or 3-parted, lobes linear. Peduncles l-flowered, termi- 

 nal, solitary. Sepals acute, pubescent along the margins, twice as long as the 

 stamens. 



Perhaps the above is a variety of Cylindrica. 



.7. C. Viornd. Stem climbing. Leaves glabrous, pinnately divided, seg- 

 ments oval, lanceolate, entire or 3-lobed. Floral leaves entire. Peduncles 

 1 flowered, occasionally 2 or 3-flowered. Sepals coriaceous about one inch 

 long, flowers nodding. 



Purple. >2- Penn. to Geo. 



8. C. Reticulata climbing. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, pinnate, leaflets 

 three or four pairs, petiolate, entire or variously lobed, sometimes obtuse, at 

 other times acute and mucronate, strongly veined on both sides. Carpels with 

 plumose tails. 



Dull purple. Tj- Middle Car. and Geo. May to Aug. 



9. C. Crispa. Stem climbing, pubescent. Leaves pinnate ternate, or 3-lo- 

 bed, generally glabrous. Flowers solitary, on the summit of small branches, 

 campanulate. Sepals coriaceous, rugose, the apex reflexed, margin crisped. 

 Stamens very numerous, half the length of the sepals. Carpels numerous 

 tormentose with short tails. 



Purple. T^. Low country. May. 



10. C. Ochroleuca. Stem erect, simple, pubescent. Leaves simple, ovate, 

 entire, when young pubescent, on short petioles. Flowers solitary, terminal, 

 pedunculate, inchned. Sepals silky on the outside. 



Yellowish. %. Mountains. 12 in. 



11. C. Ovata. Stem erect, simple. Leaves broad ovate, glabrous, on short 

 petioles, lower ones subcordate. Flowers terminal, soUtary. Tails of the 

 seed very long. 



Purple. %. Mountains. 



12. C. Baldwinii. Stem erect, somewhat branching, slender, slightly pu- 

 bescent. Leaves varying from oblong to hnear-lanceolate, entire, or 3-cleft, 

 or lobed, the lobes hnear often lacineate. Peduncle terminal, elongated, 

 1-flowered. Jiotoer cylindrical— campanulate. »SepaZs wooly on the margin. 

 Carpels with very long plumose tails. (Torrey & Gray.)'' 



Purplish. 12 to 18 in. Florida. 

 /?«marJts.— The above genuB contains no plants used for any other purpose as or- 



