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C. nodiflorus, Dcsr. Stem twining, woody, pubescent; leaves cordate- 

 ovate, tomentose, short-petioled ; peduncles as long as the petioles, mostly 

 many-flowered ; sepals ovate, obtuse, equal ; corolla small ; capsule S-valved. 

 — Bahia Honda Key. South Florida ( Curtiss). ~- Stems climbing over low 

 bushes. Leaves 1' long. Corolla 5" long. 



BREWERIA, P. Br. (Stylisma, 1st edit.) 



B. graildiflora, Gray. Stem prostrate, toraentose (2° or more long); 

 leaves oval, obtuse or emarginate, short-petioled (1^' long) ; peduncle mostly 

 shorter than the leal*, 1-flowered ; calyx large, the sepals acute ; corolla very 

 large (2i'-3 / long), purple; capsule 4-seeded. — Sandy coast at Sarasota 

 Bay, South Florida ( Garber). 



EVOLVULUS, L. 



E. argenteus, Pursh. Silky-villous throughout; stem rigid (6' high), 

 very leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate or spatulate ; sepals lance-subulate ; 

 corolla blue or purple. — Fine Key, South Florida (Blodyett, ex Gray), 

 Tennessee, and westward. 



CUSCXJTA, Tourn. 



C. obtusiflora, H.B.K, var. glandulosa, Engelm. Stems widely 

 spreading, bright orange; flowers short-pedicelled, glandular; lobes of the 

 calyx and corolla obtuse; scales incurved, deeply fringed; capsule large, 

 depressed ; styles short and thick. — Georgia, Florida, and westward, on 

 Polygonum. 



C. inflexa, Engelm. Flowers in umbellate cymes; sepals acute, keeled; 

 corolla fleshy, cylindrical, mostly 4-cleft, the ovate acute lobes as long as 

 the tube ; scales minute, slightly toothed ; capsule depressed, enclosed or 

 crowned with the withered corolla. (C. umbrosa, Bet/rich.) — Georgia, and 

 northward, mostly on shrubs. 



C. chlorocarpa, Engelm. Stems coarse, yellow ; lobes of the calyx 

 and corolla mostly acute, often longer than the tube; scales small, 2 cleft ; 

 capsule thin, pale greenish-yellow. — Around ponds and in wet places, Ten- 

 nessee, and westward, mostly on Polygonum. 



C. glomerata, Choisy. Stems coarse, the dense clusters of flowers form- 

 ing rope-like masses; bracts and sepals recurved-spreading ; lobes of the 

 corolla oblong, obtuse, much shorter than the tube ; styles longer than the 

 ovary. — Tennessee, and westward, mostly on tall Composita3. 



Obdek SOLANACE^E. 



SOLANUM, L. 



S. sisymbriifolium, Lam. Glandular-villous and prickly; leaves 

 large, deeply pinnatifid, the oblong divisions lobed and toothed ; racemes 

 many -flowered ; corolla 5-lobed, pale blue; berry globose, partly included 

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