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Achenes suborbicular: leaflets glaucous be- 
neath. 10. V. PTT HE a 
Shrubby or stocky vine. 11. V. Addis 
II. OVATAE 
Leaf-blades reticulate, rounded or cordate at the base: 
achenes with yellow plumes 12. V. ochroleuca. 
Leaf eens not reticulate, mostly ance narrowed at the . 
E nes with white e plum 14. V. Baldwinii. 
. V. crispa (L.) Small. Stem often pubescent about the nodes: leaflets ovate 
" Ru. (linear-lanceolate in V. crispa Walteri), 2.5-7 cm. long, thin 
acute or acuminate: flower- naked: 
.]— (BLUE-JASMINE. Curio Wan. MARSH- 
CLEMATIS. CURLY-CLEMATIS.)—Swamps and 
wet woods, often in acid ‘soil, Gael Plain, 
Fla. to Tex. and Va.—Spr.—sum. 
2. V. obliqua Small. Stem glabrous, or 
sometimes pubescent about the nodes: leaflets 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, m em. long, gla- 
brous: sepals with mere cottony margins 
above: achene-body about 7 mm. wide.— 
Woods and dice ui is Plain, Fla. to 
Tex. and Ga.—Spr.- 
3. V. Pitcheri (T. & G.) Britton. Stem pubescent, Med about the nodes: 
leaflets ovate, 3—7 em. long, thick, reticulate, obtuse eute: flower-stalk with 
ovate mostly entire bracts: sepals with mere p above: ome long-tipped : 
achene-body orbicular, 6-7 mm. wide. [V. Simsi (Fl. U. 8.)]—L 
grounds, various provinces, Tenn. "i Tex., Ia., and S Ind lun sum. 
4. V. Gatti s Poe Stem pea pre leaflets lanceolate to 
ovate-lanceolate . long, culate: flower-stalk with entire 
bracts: sepal-bo o rd M mm. es bene body ovoid, 5-6 mm. wide.—River 
banks, Interior Low Plateau, Tenn.—Sum 
5. V. d Harbison. Stem often finely pubescent: leaflets ovate, 
6—12 cm. long, thin, prominently fine-reticulate, ie ute, predominantly lobeless: 
d stalk with large pes braets far above t middle: a4 ci a 
—26 lon nee 5.6-6 wide. 
ovoid, mm e-body igre CUR 
Rocky or Band. ba nks, vario S provinces, Ala. to E Tex. and d k. ut —The 
leaflets are much less c indes veined than in us related V. reticulata. The 
calyx is thinly Sub scent and bright-purple. 
6. V. reticulata (Walt.) Small Stem pubescent at ae about the nodes: 
marta areas e, oval, ovate, or elliptic-lanceolate, 2-6 cm. long, thick and very 
pro tly coarse-reticulate, on both sides, mostly rounde d or mucronate at 
es oe typically lobeless or lobed on one side: flower-stalk with petioled 
i b m 
or conic-ovoid, closely covered with gray or brown hairs: achene-body rhombie, 
5-6 mm. wide. vi a Walt.]—Sandy thickets, Coastal Plain, Fla. to 
Tex. and S. C.— 
7. V. Rr Small. Stem rice. at D am the nodes: leaflets lanceolate 
to ovate and commonly lobed, 4—8 cm. long, t ish, finely retieulate in age, 
e. or du inate: flower- stalk with a or nae -petiole d ius sepal-bo 
16-22 mm. long: achene-body n 4.5-5.5 mm. wide.—Thickets, Appalachian 
pro nce Ga. and Tenn.—Spr.— 
