026 RANUNCULACEAE 
4. C. paniculata Thunb. Plant glabrous or nearly so: T a bad leaflets 
2 y did -ovate, or orbieular-ovate, entire: sepals white arly so, thick- 
8-15 . long: achen e-body 5-6 mm. long, slightly Ec iat db —Road- 
uie thickets and iie various peace Fla. to Tenn. and N. Y. Nat. of 
Japan and cult.—Sum.-fall. 
29. VITICELLA Dil.  Perennial vines.  Leaf-blades Several foliolate, 
Flowers perfect, solitary or few together.  Sepals spreading, petal-like, each 
with a wide border on either side of the 
e long and narrow. Carpels several. 
Achenes with pubescent, but pud plumose 
styles.—A bout 6 species, Eurasi 
1. V. Viticella E Small Plant minutely 
pubescent: leaflets 2—5 cm. long, blades 
in, i j S 2 : E als 
ater d 
euneate to cuneate-spatulat ong, 
purple or blue: achene-body pe i tud 
ovoid, 8-10 mm. long.—(ITALIAN-CLEMATIS.) 
— Stream- banks Interior Low  Plateaus, 
enn. Nat. of Eu. and cult—Sum. 
23. VIORNA Reichenb.  Perennial herbs or vines.  Leaf-blades entire 
or lobed, or pinnate. Flowers solitary or few together. Sepals 4 or 5, thick, 
valvate, petal-like. Petals wanting. Stamens erect: anthers long and narrow. 
Achenes with long plumose, silky, or naked style-tails. [Clematis L. in part. ]— 
About 20 s North Ameriean and Európean.—LEATHER-FLOWERS. 
VINES.—Some of the species have been brought into ecultivation.—The flowers 
are purple or e -violet, unless otherwise mentione 
Vines with elongate stems and branches I. VIORNAE. 
Upright penu herbs, the stems Ei pis or with short branches. II. OvATAE. 
I. VIORNAE 
Flower-stalk bractless. 
PS with petallike dilations above, the bodies long- 
ippe . V. crispa. 
Sepals with mere cottony margins above, the bodies short- 
tipped. 2. V. obliqua. 
Flower- Stalk bracted. 
Achen S wid Sily style-tips. 3. V. Pitcheri. 
Achene with ae E style-tips. 
Foliage ze 4. V. Gattingert. 
id ud glabro nos or simply pubescent. 
aflets ae and UO. reticulate. 
Leaflets n as prominently reticulate above 
as bene 
Leaflets thin, the larger ones 12 em. long, 
the bracts nearly as large. 
Leaflets thick, the larger ones less than 6 
cm. long, the bracts much smaller. 
ueni much more prominently reticulate be- 
. subreticulata. 
om 
4o 
. reticulata. 
*. V. Beadlei. 
Leaflets not pentane sometimes with a few 
prominent ne 
Elbngate ues 
Achene ovate oe elliptic.: leaflets not glau- 
cous 
Leaflets simple and usually entire. 8. V. flaccida. 
dr at least the lower ones, ternate 
r 3-lobed. 9. V. Viorna. 
