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§ Sepals 4. Petals several, minute. Atragene. DC. 



1. C. VERTiciLLARis. DC. (Atiagcne Americana, Sims.) Whorl-lcaved 

 Virsin^s Boiccr. 



Climbins^; lis. in 4s., verticillate, ternate; IJh. cordate, nearly entire; 

 fed. l-flowered ; srpah very large, acute. — A handsome climber in highland 

 woods, Vt., {Dr. Plielp:^'^ to N. Car. W. to the Rocky Mts. Stem ascending trees 

 15f by means of its twisting petioles. At each node is a whorl of four 3-foliate 

 leaves, and 2 large jnirple flowers. Leaflets acute, 1 — 2' by \ — 1'. Sepals 

 thick, 15" by b". Filaments about 24, outer ones (petals 1) dilated, spatulate, 

 tipped M'ith imperfect anthers. May, Jn. 



§§ Petals 0. Clematis proper. 



2. C. ViRGiNiANA. Virgin''^ Bovver. 



St. climbing; /r.s-. ternate ; IJh., ovate, cordate, acuminate, lobed and cut- 

 dentate ; Jls. often^J^, paniculate. — A common, hardy climber in hedges and 

 thickets. Can. to Ga. and the Miss. Stem 8 — 15 f. in length, supporting itself 

 on lences and brushwood by means of the long petioles. Leaflets 2 — 3' by 

 Ij. — 2', with mucronate teeth. Sepals 4, white, oval-oblong, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens 28 — 36. Panicles large, axillary, dichotomous. Fruit furnished with 

 long, plumose tails (caudas), appearing in large, downy tufts. Aug. f 



3. C. ViORNA. Leather Flonrr. 



St. climbing; Ivs. pinnately divided ; Ifts. ovate-lanceolate, acute at each 

 end, entire or 3-lobed ; Jls. solitary, campanulate ; sep. thick and leathery, acumi- 

 nate. — In woods, Penn. to 111. {Jennij) and Ga. Stem 10 — 15f in length, cyl- 

 indrical, striate. Leaves opposite, decompound, consisting of 9 — 12 leaflets, 

 Flowers axillary, purple, large, nodding. Peduncle 3 — 6' long, with a pair of 

 small, simple, entire leaves near the middle. Fruit with long, plmnose tails, 

 Jn. Jl. t 



4. C. OCHROLEUCA. Ait. (C. sericea. Michx.) Erect Cleviatis. 



St. herbaceous, erect, simple, silky-pubescent; lis. undivided, ovate, entire, 

 silky beneath ; /s. pedunculate, terminal, solitary, inclined to one side ; cat. 

 silky outside. — Mts. and river banks, N. Y. to Ga. An erect species, 12 — 18' 

 high. Leaves subsessile, 2 — 4' long, two-thirds as wide, with prominent veins, 

 upper surface becoming glabrous. Flowers yellowish white (ochroleucous), 

 campanulate in form. May, Jn. 



5. C. CRisPA. Crisp-Jlowered Cleviatis. 



St. climbing ; lis. pinnate and ternate ; Ifts. ovate-lanceolate, very acute, 

 3-lobed or entire; Jls. solitary; sep. acuminate, revolute, thick, with undulate 

 and crisped margins. — Va. to Flor. Stem striate, 6 — 8f long. Flowers a 

 third smaller than in C. Viorna, pale-purple, campanulate. Sepals spreading 

 or revolute at the end. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaves. Achenia 

 with naked (not plumose) candoe. Jl.f 



6. C. Flammula. SiL-^eet Virgiii's Bower. — Lvs. pinnate ; Ifts. smooth, entire, 

 orbicular-oval, oblong or linear, acute. — From France. A fine climber for 

 arbors, &c., very ornamental and sweet-scented. Flowers white. Jl. — Oct.f 



7. C. FLORIDA. Large-Jlowered Virgin's Bower. Lvs. 2-foliate and decom- 

 pound ; segments ovate, acute, entire"; sep. acuminate, glabrous ; involucre 0. — 

 From Japan. Vine 12f long, with large, white and yellow flowers. Jn. 

 -Sept.f 



8. C. ViTiCELLA. Lis. 3-foliate and decompound, lobes or segments entire; 



sep. obovate. — From Spain. This, as well as the preceding species, is often 



double-flowered. Vine 20f long. Flowers purple, f 



Observation.— W\ the species are ornamental, and of easy culture. They require only a common soil, 

 aiid are propagated by layers, cuttings, or from the seed. 



2. ANEMONE. 



Gr. avefioi, wind ; most of the species grow in elevated or windy places. 



Involucre remote from the flower, of 3 divided leaves ; calyx regu- 

 lar, of 5 — 15 colored sepals; corolla 0; stamens 00, much shorter 

 than the sepals ; ovaries 00, free, collected into a roundish or oval 



