Section 1 1 1 

 BLUE TO Pl'RrLI: !• I.()\\i:i<S 



Fhnocrs tJiat arc bhw /o purple, or occasioiuilly so, hut no/ 

 described in this Section 



pAr.E 



Wild Heliotrope . . . . / W<;-/V?;/r7 .fv/-(?/'/V<7 (White to Green Section) ... 67 

 White Heliotrope . . . /'(?/<;-/V7;/(f .c/ViZ/e^j/y (White to fJreen Section) ... 67 



WILD CLEMATIS 



Clematis Colunihiana. Crowfoot Family 



A trailing and partly climbins; vine. Leaves: trii'oliolate ; leariets thin, 

 ovate, acute, more or less cordate, slightly toothed or entire : petioles 

 slender. Flowers- solitary; sepals thin and translucent, strongly veined, 

 silky along the margins and the veins : petals spatulate : styles per- 

 sistent, plumose throughout. 



The large lox'elv flowers of the Wild Clenialis are attract- 

 ive by reason of their four or the bii;" i)uri)le-blue sei)als, for 

 their petals are very small and ineonspicuous. surrounding the 

 numerous yellow stamens. When in fruit this i)lanl is also in- 

 teresting, as the fine feathery styles foini siUery heads, the 

 long plumes of which are delicateh entwined. 



Its slender leaf-stalks are the means by which the Clematis 

 climbs and clings to bushes, trees, and rocks, festooning with 

 graceful garlands evervthing that comes in its way and delight- 

 ing the traveller's eye with its wide-sj^read. semi-lransi)arent, 

 prominently veined flowers. The lea\es are formed ot three 

 small, deeply veined leaflets, which grow on slim, rather 

 woody stems. 



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