Banks of rivers and on mountains, New-York! to Georgia! ß. North
Carolina, Schweinitz! May-June.—Leaves reticulately veined, upper surface
glabrous when old, subsessile; the upper ones rather acute. Flower
yellowish, (erect in fruit). Sepals silky externally.—/?, leaves larger, broadly
ovate or roundish.
2. C. ovata (Pursh): stem simple; leaves broadly ovate, on very short
petioles, glabrous, glaucous and reticulately veined beneath, the lower ones
subcordate; peduncle terminal, solitary, 1-flowered ; flower inclined —
Pursh, jl. 2. p. 736; DC. prodr. 1. p. 8.
^ Mountains of North Carolina, Le Conte! South Carolina, Pursh. Georgia
pr Florida, Baldwin /-—Whole plant glabrous. Flower nearly as large
as m C. ochroleuca, purple? Sepals ovate, acuminate, pubescent on the
margin, a little exceeding the stamens.
3. C. Baldwinii: erect, simple or a little branching, slender, slightly pubescent;
leaves varying from oblong to linear-lanceolate, entire or 3-cleft
orlobed; the lobes linear, often slightly laciniate; peduncle terminal elongated,
1-flowered; flower cylindrical-campanulate ; carpels with’ very
long plumose tails. , 3
Pine woods, Tampa Bay, &c. Florida, Dr. Baldwin! Dr. Hulse!—
Plant 1-14 foot high. Leaves often quite simple, 4-6 lines wide, narrowed
at the base into a short petiole. Peduncle 8-10 inches long. Sepals somewhat
membranaceous, woolly on the margin, purplish externally, yellowish
within. Tails of the carpels 2-3 inches long.
4. C. Douglasii (Hook.): stem simple, 1-flowered; flower nodding;
leaves hairy, twjce or thrice pinnatifid; segments linear, rather obtuse.
Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. l.p . 1. 1. 1.
Rocky Mountains, near the sources of the Oregon. Douglas.—Stem 1
foot high, sparingly hairy, woolly at the joints. Sepals 4-5, deep purple
Within, paler externally, 14inch long, coriaceo-membranceous, oblong, erect,
spreading at the apex, much longer than the stamens. Hook.
5. C. Wyethii (Nutt.): woolly; stem erect,jsimple, 1-flowered; flower
nodding; leaves somewhat bipinnately divided; segments 3-cleft; lobes
linear-lanceolate, attenuate, sparingly incised, rather acute. Nutt.! in
jour. acad. Philad. 7. p. 6.
Rocky Mountains! June.—Stem 14 foot high. Lower leaves nearly undivided.
Sepals 4, thick, oblong-lanceolate, nearly straight, deep brown
externally.—Very near C. Douglasii. Nutt.
** Stem more or less shrubby, climbing by the petioles.
6. C. Vvrginiana (Linn.): flowers panicled, often dioecious or polygamous;
leaves ternate, glabrous; leaflets ovate, subcordate, incisely toothed
and lobed; carpels with long plumose tails.— Willd. sp. 2. p. 1290; Michx '
jl. 2.p. 318; Pursh! Jl. 2. p. 384; DC. prodr. l.p : 4. C. Catesbyana
Pursh,Jl. 2. p. 736? C. cordata, Pursh,Jl. 2.p. 384; DC. prodr. 1. c. ex cl.’
syn. bot. mag. /
Canada to Georgia, and west to the Mississippi! July-August.—Climbing
over shrubs and bushes, much branched, stem smoothish. Panicles trichot<>
mously divided, with small leaves at the divisions. Sepals 4, white obo-
vate^ exceeding the stamens.—A specimen named C. cordata by Pursh in
Barton’s herbarium, seems to be only C. Virginiana. 7
7. CAholosericea (Pursh): flowers in paniculate corymbs, dioecious-
leaves ternate, pubescent on both sides; leaflets oblong-lanceolate entire!
DC. prodr. l.p . 5; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 384.
Carolina, Walter ex Pursh. Flowers small, white. Sepals linear longer
than the stamens. Tails of the carpels very long, feathered R ^ . - D e -
scribed by Pursh from specimens in Walter’s herbarium. It seems to be
a mere variety of C. Virginiana.
8. C. ligusticifolia (Nutt. ! mss.) : “ plant somewhat pubescent ; powers
in paniculate corymbs, dioecious ; leaves pinnate and ternate ; leaflets o -
long, acute, mostly somewhat lanceolate-cuneate, incisely toothed and -
fid ; petals and stamens equal in length ; carpels with long plumose tails.
—C. Virginiana, Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 1. (in part).
“ /?. brevifolia: leaves smoother, shorter and broader,
“ Plains of the Rocky Mountains, in open and in bushy places, near
streams. /?. in the Blue Mountains and on the borders of the Oregon.—
Very similar to C. Virginiana, but the leaves are mostly 5-foliolate, and almost
lucidly Coriaceous ; they are also much smaller, and m the var. a.
much narrower and longer. . The tails of the carpels are also longer, and
more densely plumose, in C. Virginiana. Flowers white and fragrant.
Nutt.
9. C. Drummondii : flowers in paniculate corymbs, dioecious ; leaves
pinnate, silky-villous beneath, sparingly hirsute on the upper surface; leaflets
rhombic-ovate, incisely 3=4obed, the lobes acute; sepals 4, oblong; carpels
villous, with very long Capillary plumose tails. . , T a ,
Texas Drummond /—Stem slender, angular, somewhat hairy. Leaflets
mostly 5, about an inch long; the lateral lobes sometimes a little toothed.
Panicles about as long as the leaves, triehotomously divided. Sepals white,
villous externally. Tails of the carpels very slender, more than two inches
in length, densely plumose.—Seems to be nearly allied to C. sericea of Central
America. Itisa lso closely related to C. Virginiana.
10. C. pcmmflora (Nutt. ! mss.): “ smooth; leaves pinnate and ternate ;
leaflets, obovate, obtuse, mostly 3-lobed, tbe lobes short ; flowers axillary, ap-
proximated, on short peduncles; carpels smooth, with slender plumose tails.
“Near the sea-coast of St. Diego, Upper California.—-Climbing, but inclined
to grow erect and bushy. Leaflets about an inch long and nearly as
broad, commonly dilated and 3-lobed ; petioles slightly pubescent. Peduncles
slender, and so near together as to appear aggregated. Flower not
seen. Carpels compressed; the tail rather sparingly pilose-plumose. Nutt.
11. C. lasiantha (Nutt.! mss.): “ pubescent; leaves ternate, broadly
ovate, obtusely cuneiform at the base; leaflets incisely toothed, the terminal
one 3-lobed or trifid; flowers dioecious, solitary, on 2-leaved aggregated
branchlets; sepals cuneate-oblong, spreading, villous on both surfaces ; carpels.
1 ,
“ With the preceding.-—Leaflets an inch and a half long and about an
inch broad, almost villous beneath. Peduncles about three inches long, with
a pair of entire or toothed leaflets near the base. Flowers more than an inch
in diameter; Allied to C. orientale, but very distinct.” Nutt.
12. C. Viorna (Linn.) : peduncles l-(rarely 2 -3 -) flowered ; sepals connurent,
thick, acuminate, reflexed at the apex; leaves glabrous, membranaceous,
pinnate;, leaflets entire or 3-parted, ovate or oblong ; floral leaves entire
; carpels with long plumose tails.— Willd. sp. 2. p. 1288 ; M ich x .\fl. 1.
p. 318 ; Pursh! fl. 2 .p . 385; Ell. sk.2. p, 46; DC. prodr. 1. p. 7. C.
cordata, Bot. mag. t. 1816. T
Pennsylvania ! to Georgia ! and west to Kentucky • May—Aug. Leaves
pinnate: the two lowest segments often ternate; leaflets variable, mostly
acute, but sometimes obtuse. Peduncles axillary or terminal. Blower nodding.
Sepals coriaceous, about an inch long, purple. Tails of the carpels
an inch and a half long, very plumose.