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hairy. Leaflets broadly oval, the 2 lower ones inequilateral, 

 1-3 in. long. Flowers about 3/2 in. long, purplish or white. 

 Pods about i in. long, hairy. Summer. New Brunswick to 

 Florida, west to Manitoba, Neb., etc. A closely related species, 

 Faicata Pitcheri, differs in being more brown-hairy through- 

 out and is found from New England to Virginia, west to 

 So. Dakota, Tenn., etc. 



235. Flowers not pea-like; of various shapes. (Nos. 236- 

 241.) 



Petals or sepals not united to form a slender tube 



Virgin's Bower and Clematis no. 237 



Petals united to form a slender tube . Climbing Fumitory no. 236 



236. Climbing Fumitory. Adlumia fungosa. {Fumariaceae.) 

 A weak, herbaceous vine of rich v/oodlands. Leaves twice 

 compound, very thin and bluish beneath, drooping almost 

 immediately when picked. Flowers numerous in drooping 

 clusters, greenish-purple, the four petals joined to form a 

 narrow tubular spur-like flower. Fruit a dry pod about i in. 

 long. Summer. New Bruinswick to No. Car., west to On- 

 tario, Mich., and Tenn. Fig. 236. (See also No. 557.) 



237. VIRGIN'S BOWER. LEATHER FLOWER. 

 CLEMATIS. RANUNCULACEAE. 



Herbaceous or often partly woody vines with 3 leaflets, 

 white or purplish flowers and plumose or tassel-like fruits. 

 Sometimes simple leaves are found with compound ones. 

 Sepals often petal-like, when petals are lacking as in the 

 leather flower (No. 239), and the curl-flowered clematis 

 (No. 240). See No. 430 for herbaceous relative. 



Flowers white, in clusters Virgin's Bower no. 238 



Flowers purple or bluish, solitary 



Tip of the apparently tubular flower recurved (see Fig. 239) 



Petal-like sepals very thick Leather Flower no. 239 



Petal-like sepals thin Curl-flowered Clematis no. 240 



Tips of the widely spreading petals not recurved 



Mountain Clematis no. 241 



