. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus' 6. MILKWEED FAMILY. 39. 6. Vincepxicum Snortii (A. Gray) Britton. Short's Vincetoxicum. Fig. 3421. Gonolobus obliquus var. Sh^tii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1, 104. 1878. G. Shortii A. Gray, loc. cit. Ed. 2, 404. 1886. V. Shortii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 266. 1894. Stem pubescent, or hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves downy, broadly ovate, acute or s
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus' 6. MILKWEED FAMILY. 39. 6. Vincepxicum Snortii (A. Gray) Britton. Short's Vincetoxicum. Fig. 3421. Gonolobus obliquus var. Sh^tii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1, 104. 1878. G. Shortii A. Gray, loc. cit. Ed. 2, 404. 1886. V. Shortii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 266. 1894. Stem pubescent, or hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves downy, broadly ovate, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, deeply cordate at the base and when old with a narrow or closed sinus, 4'-7' long, ii'-si' wide; petioles stout, pubescent, 1 J'—3' long; peduncles usually longer than the petioles; umbels several-flowered; pedi- cels 1' long or more; corolla oblong-conic in the bud, dark crimson-purple, its lobes linear, S"-7" l°rig, 5-7 times as long as the hirsute calyx; crown cup-shaped, fleshy, as high as the anthers, its margin about 10-toothed, the alter- nate teeth thinner and longer, emarginate or 2-parted, the others broader, thicker, with an obscure internal crest or ridge below the sum- mit; follicles warty. In thickets, Pennsylvania to eastern Kentucky and Georgia. Flowers with the odor of the straw- berry-shrub. June-Aug. 7. Vincetoxicum Baldwinianum (Sweet) Britton. Baldwin's Vincetoxicum. Fig. 3422. Gonolobus Baldwinianus Sweet; A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1,' 104. 1876. Vincetoxicum Baldwinianum Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 265. 1894. - Stem pubescent and hirsute. Leaves downy, broadly ovate, acute, or short-acuminate at the apex, deeply cordate at the base, 3'-6' long, or more; petioles hir- sute, 1'-2' long; peduncles 6"-l2" long, usually longer than the pedicels; umbels several-many-flowered; corolla white or cream-color, the lobes thin, oblong, or becoming spatulate, 4"-S" long; crown thin, the 5 broader lobes quadra
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