Ls Ligusticitelia duty sWhite Glomatis. Low sprewns 
7 Stens-aiegnbeeMGeNe commonly 1-2 = 
abrous; leaves pinnately ‘COMET 
ms Long, the terminal combonly large; yate lor 
lanceolate in outline, merely toothed or 2-3<Lobed , acute of obtuse, “Town 
at the basco, auuumembemmbitin, glabrous above, pale appressedsilky when you 
pecontur glabrons#? flowers polygamous or monoecious in axillary cymose par 2} 
bracts linear-oblong 4-5 mm. long; pedicels 1.5=2 cm long, pubescent; sepalg 
white, silky.tomentulose, oblong or oblanceolate, 7-8 mn. long, soon reflexed 
perfect flowers with a single whorl of stamens, these usually sterile; er 
styles silky plumose; staminate flowers with numerous stamens, the anthers 
1 mm. long; achenes 2 m. long, the mature style 3-5 om, long, hair-like, 
plumose, the cluster commonly 5-6 cm. broad. (C. brevifolia Howell. ). 
ord ae ag! Bees 
8 below 5000 feet, 
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So Ceo columbiana(Nutt.)fSlue Clemitis. ——»stems woody, commonly several ~ 
meters long, sparingly Silky when young, glabrates leaves trifoliolate, 
leaflets 4-6 cm. long, obliquely ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, silky pubescent when young, glabrate, 
the lower surface glossy in age, toothed or subentire, the petiolules .5-2 
Cme long, petioles 5-8 cm. longs flowers solitary in the axils, on peduncles 
10-20 cm. long; sepals blue, 5-5 cm. long, ovate-lanceolate, lightly acumin- 
ate, rounded at the base, glabrous; stamens about 1 cm long, the filaments 
flattened, the-oulersonewhatlongen-and-—some-stesize;-the margind Cciliolate; 
Styles silky; achenes 2.5-3 m, long, the mature styles 4-7 cm. long, fili- 
form, drooping, tinged with lavender @n masse, plumose, the clusters about 
8 cme broad. —~———> (Atragene cOlumbiana Nutt. A. srosseserrata Rydb. )e 
ee 
Occasional throughout our region, more abundant in the south; climbing 
over windfall and shrubbery in rather dry woods, 5000-6500 feet; rarely in 
the open and infrequently as low as 2000 feet. 
