POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 49 
Stem simple. Leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles. Peduncle ter* 
minal, solitary , Tails of the seed very long. Pursh. 
Described by Pursh, from specimens collected in Carolina by Cates by. 
Flowers 
11. Crispa. 
C. scandens ; foliis 
pinnatis ternatisque, 
segmeiitis divaricatis, 
ovato- lanceoi atis, 'acu- 
tis, triiobis integerri- 
misve ; floribus solita- 
riis; coroilis campanu- 
latis; petalis acumina- 
tis, revolutis, margine 
undulatis; aristis sera- 
inum subulatis, uadis. 
Climbing; leaves 
pinnate and ternate ; 
segments divaricate, 
ovate-lanceolate, acu- 
te, 3-iobed or entirq$ 
flowers solitary; co- 
rolla campanulate; pe- 
tals acuminate, r$vo- 
lute, with the margins 
undulate; tails of the 
seed subulate, naked. 
Sp. pi. 2. 1289. Walt, p, 157* Mich. 318. Pursh 2. p. 384. 
De Candolle 1. p. 
Root perennial and somewhat creeping. Stem pubescent, climbing 
over small shrubs. Brandies opposite, divaricate. Leaves glabrous, 
though sprinkled occasionally with a few hairs. Flowers scattered, soli- 
tary, on the summit of small branches, campanulate, of a bright purple. 
Petals coriaceous, rugose, towards the summit dilated, then acuminate, 
the margins undulate. Stamens very numerous, shorter than the tube of 
the corolla. Anthers attached to the sides of the filaments. Germs very 
numerous, tomentose. Styles longer than the stamens. 
Grows in close, damp, rich soils, very common in the river swamps in 
the low country. 
Flowers April — May. 
THALICTRUM. Gen. Pl. 
Calyx 0. Petala 
4—5. Stamina lon- 
gissima. Semina e- 
caudata, striata. 
Calyx 0. Petals 
4 — 5. Stamens very 
long. seeds without 
tails, striate. 
1. Revoldtum. De Cand. 
T. floribus dioicis Flowers dioecious 
polygamisve: filamen- or polygamous; Jala. 
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