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



1. C. vERTiciLLARis. DC. (Atrageiic Americana, Sims.) Whorl-leaved 

 Virgin's Bower. 



Climbing; Ivs. in 4s., verticillate, ternate; Ifts. cordate, nearly entire; 

 ped. 1-flowered ; sepals very large, acute. — A handsome climber in highland 

 woods, Vt., {^Dr. Phelps) 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 purple flowers. Leaflets acute, 1 — 2' by i — 1'. Sepals 

 thick, 15" by 5". Filaments about 24, outer ones (petals'?) dilated, spatulate, 

 tipped with imperfect anthers. May, Jn. 



§§ Petals 0. Clematis proper. 



2. C. ViRGiNiANA. Virgin's Dowcr. 



St. climbing; Zcs. ternale ; Ifls., ovate, cordate, acuminate, lobed and cut- 

 dentate ; Jis. oftenQJ*, paniculate. — A common, hardy climber in iiedges and 

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

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

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

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

 long, plumose tails (caudce), appearing in large, downy tuft;s. Aug. -f 



3. C. VioRNA. Leather Flower. 



St. climbing ; Ivs. pinnately divided ; ^5. ovate-lanceolate, acute at each 

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

 nate. — In woods, Penn. to 111. (Jenny) 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, plumose tails, 

 Jn. Jl. t 



4. C. ocHROLEUCA. Ait. (C. sericea. Michx.) Erect Clematis. 



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

 silky beneath ; Jls. pedunculate, terminal, solitary, inclined to one side ; cal. 

 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), 

 camnanulate in form. May, Jn. 



5. C. CRisPA. Crisp-flowered CUmatis. 



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

 3-lobed or entire ; fls. 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) candas. Jl. f 



6. C. Flammula. Sweet Virgin's Bo\oer. — Lws. 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. •)• 



7. C. FLORIDA. Large-flaioered Virgin's Bower. L/vs. 2-foliate and decom- 



?ound ; segments ovate, acute, entire ; sep. acuminate, glabrous ; involiicre 0. — 

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

 —Sept. t 



8. C. ViTicELLA. L/vs. 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.— KW the species are ornamental, and of easy culture. They require only a common soil 

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



2. ANEMONE. 



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



Involticre 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 



