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8. V. flaccida Small. s finely pubescent: leaflets thin, pe -ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, 2-10 long, siiis silky beneath, mostly e odis 
stalk with stout- stalked [tee below the middle: sepa l-body 1 78.20 m . lo ong: 
achene- ai ovate, 5.5-6.5 mm. wide.—Thickets, Interior Low Plateau, Tenn. 
and Ky.—Spr. 
9. V. En orna (L.) Small Stem M raro: beg the nodes: leaflets ovate to 
lanceolate or suborbicular in outline, 2.5-9 em. long, entire or lobed, green and 
sometimes sparingly D b eneath: eene stalk with short-stalked hs acts 
near the middle: sepal-body 19-22 mm. long: achene-body ovate to elliptic, 4.5— 
ide. [C. Viorna TI ui ds and thickets, as 
provinces s N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ala. Ohio, and Pa.—Spr. ~sum.—The 
achene-plumes are usually tawny, but sometimes white ones may be found. 
10. V. glaucophylla Small. Stem glabrous or near ly so: leaflets ovate to 
suborbicular, 3-10 em. long, entire or lobed, E but gla dri Nur 
eibi stalk with short-stalked pass about the middle: sepal-body 20—25 mm. 
ong: achene e-body suborbicular or rhombic-orbicular mm. wide. acted val- 
sd various provinces, Fla. to Ala. "Ey. a nd N. C.— Spr.-sum 
V. Addisonii i n Small. Stem E cud leaf-blades ovate to 
bee 5-10 em. lo entire or those of the lower ones lobed, glaucous 
beneath: flower- eae with sessile bracts: RUD -body 18-20 mm. long, or rarely 
longer: achene-body suborbicular, about 6 mm. rd —River bark Blue Ridge 
and adj. provinces, N. C. to Tenn. and Va.—Spr. 
12. V. ochroleuca (Ait.) Small. Plant 3-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate, 
sometimes narrowly so, 3-12 em. long, entire or the lower ones sometimes lo 
pedicels hirsute: sepal-body 19-22 mm. long: achene-body abou d mm. wide. 
[C. ochroleuca Ait. E Pty Eripe cs andy soil, various prov , Ga. to N. 
Y.—'The calyx is yel white.—V. ovata (Purs sh) Small, included. in Fl SE 
U. S.is believed to E ay with this species. 
13. V. Baldwinii (T. & G.) Small. Plant 2-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades elliptic 
to lanceolate or linear, sometimes pinnately parted, 1. em. sepals 
purple or paler, 2.5—4 em. long, Bie with a thin crisped en and a slender 
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win T. & G.] —(PrNE-HYAOINT E .)—Pinelands and marshes, ems la.—Spr.- 
fall or all year S.—An infusion taken cold is considered a valuable remedy by 
the Seminoles in cases of sunstroke. 
24, ATRAGENE L. Perennial vines. Leaf-blades several- foliolate. 
Flowers solitary on axillary branches. e mostly 4, thin, petal-like, large, 
veiny. Petals small, spatulate. Stam 
numerous, erect, the outer more or less e 
like; anthers oval. Carpels several. Achenes 
with long plumose styles.—About 5 species, 
natives of the north temperate zone. 
A. americana es Stem brown, irail- 
a sepals purplish-blue, 3-5 
em. long: petals 8—13 . long: achene-body 
de, with style-tips 3—4 cm. lo 
[Clematis verticillaris DC.] — (BELL-RUE. 
MOUNTAIN-CLEMATIS WER 
ROCK-CLEMATIS.)—Rocky woods, Blue Ridge 
and more northern provinces, N. C. to Man. and Que.—Spr. 
