Anemone RANUNCULACEAE Aquilegia 



Anemone L. 

 A. virginiana L. Tall Anemone. 



Frequent in rocky woods and on dry banks of the Piedmont; 

 rare southward to Accomac County: woods 3^ mi. w. of Greenback- 

 ville, R. R. Tatnall, 4338, 9 Aug. 1939 (T). June to early August. 



A. quinquefolia L. {A. nemorosa of manuals, not L.) Wood 

 Anemone. 



Common in rich woods of the Piedmont ; less frequent in Coastal 

 Plain woods, southward to Worcester County. April, May. 



Clematis L. Virgin's Bower. 

 V. virginiana L. White Clematis. 



Frequent in thickets and on roadsides, Piedmont, and south- 

 ward on the Coastal Plain to Talbot County (Earle). Late July, 

 August. 



C. Viorna L. Leather Flower. 



Infrequent on rocky hillsides of the Piedmont. May to July. 



C. paniculata Thunb. 



An infrequent or rare escape from cultivation: ^ mi. s. w. of 

 Easton (Ta), Earle, 3981, 1 Oct. 1944 (P); Mt. Pleasant (NC), 

 Moldenke, in Torreya 45, 106-109, Dec. 1945. Introd. from Japan. 



C. verticillaris L. Purple Clematis. 



Rare, in rocky woods of the Piedmont: Wooddale (NC), Com- 

 mons, 17 May 1862, and later dates (A); along Octoraro Creek 

 (Ce), J. J. Carter, 2 May 1864 (A); same. Long & St. John, 1 May 

 1916 (A, P). May, June. 



Caltha L. 

 C. palustris L. Marsh Marigold. 



Frequent in swampy and muddy places. Piedmont, and south- 

 ward on the Coastal Plain to northern Kent (Del.) County. Mid- 

 April to mid-May. 



Aquilegia L. Columbine. 

 A. canadensis L. 



Frequent on rocky hillsides of the Piedmont; locally abundant 

 on the Coastal Plain: woods. Middle Neck (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 



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