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MdNADELFHIA FENTANDRIA. 
dentatis ; filis coronae teeth; rays of the 
corolla longioribus. crown longer than the 
corolla. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 621. Walt. p. 233. Mich. 2. p. 39. Pursh 2. p. 
445. Nutt. 2. p. 78. 
Root perennial, composed of thick, fleshy, creeping ’fibres, sometimes 
swelling into tubers. Stem herbaceous, voluble, sometimes climbing 20 
to 30 feet high. Leaves alternate, finely pubescent along the veins, the 
lateral lobes unequal, the intermediate lanceolate, all serrate and slightly 
acuminate. Petioles about an inch long. Tendrils axillary, 6 — 8 inch- 
es long, spiral towards the summit. Fiovjers axillary, solitary, on a 
pointed peduncle 3 — 5 inches long. Involucrum situated near the joint 
of the peduncle ; leaflets short, obovate, acuminate. Calyx 5-part- 
ed, pubescent ; segments oval, slightly angled on the back with a pro- 
jecting point near the summit. Petals 5, oval, as long as the calyx to 
the base of which they are attached, white. Nectary in a triple series, 
the 2 exterior composed of radiating filaments as long as, or longer than the 
corolla, forming a double crown, purple with a pale nearly white circle at 
some distance from the centre; the interior composed of short, erect, incar- 
nate rays, surrounding the base of the pedicel of the germ. Filaments 5, 
about half an inch long, compressed, speckled, attached to the summit of 
the pedicel of the germ, united at base into a tube. Anthers incumbent, 
oblong. Germ superior, oval, pubescent, supported on a speckled pedi- 
cel nearly half an inch long. Styles 3, slightly recurved, thickened near 
the summit. Stigmas globose, viscid. Berry? oval^-glabrous, about the 
size of an egg, covered with a leathery coat, pale yellow when ripe. Seeds 
very numerous, small, enveloped in a gelatinous edible pulp. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers May to July. 
2. Lutea. 
P. foliis cordatis, 
trilobis, obtusis, gla- 
bris ; petiolis egland- 
ulosis ; pedunculis ax- 
ill aribus,geminis ; pe- 
talis calyce duplo an- 
gustioribus. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 6l 5. Walt. 2. p. 23 
Nutt. 2. p. 78. 
Root perennial, composed of thicl 
herbaceous, slender, climbing over s 
Leaves cordate, 3- 
lobed, obtuse, gla- 
brous ; petioles with- 
out glands ; peduncles 
axillary, by pairs ; 
petals much narrower 
than the calyx. 
Mich. 2. p. 37. Pursh 2. p. 444. 
and somewhat fleshy fibres. Stem 
tall shrubs, a little hairy. Leaves 
