A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 

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238. Virgin's Bower. Clematis virginicma. Slightly woody, 

 and climbing over bushes, fences, etc. Leaflets 3, toothed, or 

 more often lobed, all stalked. Flowers in showy white clusters, 

 followed by silky, equally showy fruit clusters. August. 

 Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba and Tenn. Fig. 

 238. 



239. Leather Flower. Viorna Viorna. {Clematis Viorna.) 

 Sometimes 10 ft. long, and climbing over bushes. Flower 

 solitary, purple, without petals, but its petal-like sepals much 

 thickened. Fruit plumed and brownish. June. Penn. to West 

 Virginia, Georgia and Indiana. Fig. 239. 



240. CuRL-FLowERED Clematis. Vioma crispa. {Clematis 

 crispa-. ) Somewhat similar to the preceding, but the petal-like 

 sepals thin. Flowers bluish-purple. Fruits silky, but not 

 plumed. June. Penn. to Missouri, Florida and Texas. 



241. Mountain Clematis. Atragene americana. {Clematis 

 verticillaris.) Trailing or partly climbing, often woody. Leaf- 

 lets 3, toothed, or even slightly lobed, or smooth margined. 

 Flowers 2-4 in. broad, the widely spreading purple i:)etals 

 acute at the tip. Fruits showy and plumed. June. Northern 

 Canada to Virginia and westward, mostly in the mountains. 

 Called also purple virgin's bower. Fig. 241. 



