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woodbine, English ivy and honeysuckle. In the warmth of our 

 southern states additional vines include bougainvillea and 

 trumpet creeper. Clematis (fig. 295A) includes numerous native 

 species of eastern United States with clusters of small white 

 flowers and, in late summer, silky masses of fruits. Cultivated 

 species are Japanese or Chinese in ancestry and have larger 



Fig. 295A. — Clematis produces masses of silky-haired fruits. 



flowers with purplish sepals. Clematis is a member of the Butter- 

 cup Family. Wistaria, a vigorously growing vine of the Pea 

 Family with compound leaves, bears drooping clusters of white, 

 light blue or purple flowers (fig. 296). Native species are found 

 from Kentucky to Texas; but the cultivated varieties are derived 

 from Chinese and Japanese species. The Grape Family includes 

 numerous genera of woody vines many of which are native to the 



