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§ Sepals 4. Petals several, minute. ATRAaGENE. DC. 
1. C. verTicinLaris. DC. (Atragene Americana, Sims.) Whorl-leaved 
Virgin's Bower. 
Climbing; vs. in 4s., verticillate, ternate; Jfls. 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 4—1’. Sepals 
thick, 15” by 5’. Filaments about 24, outer ones (petals?) dilated, spatulate, 
tipped with imperfect anthers. May, Jn. 
§§ Petals 0. CLrmatis proper. 
2. C. Virainiana. Virgin’s Bower. 
St. climbing ; lvs. ternate; /fts., ovate, cordate, acuminate, lobed and cut- 
dentate ; fls. often 9’, paniculate—A common, hardy climber in hedges 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 
13—2’, with mucronate teeth. Sepals 4, white, oval-oblong, obtuse. Sta- 
mens 28—36. Panicles large, axillary, dichotomous. Fruit furnished with 
long, plumose tails (caudz), appearing in large, downy tufts. Aug. t 
3. C. Viorna. Leather Flower. 
St. climbing; lvs. pinnately divided ; Zfts. ovate-lanceolate, acute at each 
end, entire or 3-lobed; fs. solitary, campanulate; sep. thick and leathery, acumi- 
nate.—In woods, Penn. to Ill. eer 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 
ae simple, entire leaves near the middle. Fruit with long, plumose tails, 
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4. C.ocurotevca. Ait. (C. sericea. Michz.) Erect Clematis. 
St. herbaceous, erect, simple, silky-pubescent; /vs. undivided, ovate, entire, 
silky beneath; /ls. pedunculate, terminal, solitary, inclined to one side; cai. 
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-flowered Clematis. 
St. climbing ; /vs. pinnate and ternate ; /fts. ovate-lanceolate, very acute, 
3-lobed or entire; fis. 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) cande. Jl. + 
6. C. Fuammina. Sweet Virgin’s Bower.—Lvs. pinnate; lfts. 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. FLorips. Large-flowered Virgin’s Bower. Lvs. 2-foliate and decom- 
pound ; segments ovate, acute, entire; sep. acuminate; glabrous; involucre 0.— 
— es Vine 12f long, with large, white and yellow flowers. Jn. 
—Sept. 
8. C. Viricetta. Lvs. 3-foliate and decompound, lobes or segments entire ; 
sep. obovate.—From Spain. This, as well as the preceding species, is often 
double-flowered. Vine 20flong. Flowers purple. + 
Observation.—All the species are ornamental, and of easy culture. They require only a oto A soil 
and are propagated by layers, cuttings, or from the seed. oi y 
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Gr. avéuos, wind; most of the species grow in elevated or windy places. 
. Lnvolucre remote from the flower, of 3 divided leaves; calyx rea 
lar, of 5—15 colored sepals; corolla 0; stamens 00, much shorter 
than the sepals; ovaries 00, free, collected into a roundish or oval 
