HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



rowed above, with a short, somewhat 3-lobed border. Corolla, 

 none. Stamens, 6, each pair of anthers joining under one of the 

 3 short, thick, stigmatic lobes of the pistil. Flowers, drooping, 

 on axillary peduncles, a bract clasping the base of the peduncles. 

 Leaves, broad, 6 to 15 inches, roundish or kidney - shape, on 

 petioles 1 to 4 inches long, downy beneath when young, smooth 

 when older. May. 



Cultivated and a favorite twining veranda vine in the 

 Northern States, indigenous in rich woods from Pennsyl- 

 vania southward. 



Woolly Pipe Vine 



A. tomentdsa. — Leaves, very veiny and woolly, on stout, downy 

 petioles. Flowers, similar to the last, but larger, with a yellowish 

 tube and purplish limb, 3-lobed, axillary, on downy peduncles. 

 May and June. 



A Southern species, found in rich woods from Missouri and 

 southern Illinois to Florida and Alabama. 



Whorled Clematis. Purple Virgin's Bower 



Clematis <verticillaris. — Family, Crowfoot. Color, blue purple. 

 Petals, small or none. Sepals, large, thin, with prominent veins, 

 widely spreading, giving the purplish color to the flower. Outer 

 filaments often flat, like small petals. Peduncles, long, springing 

 from the axils of opposite leaves, or terminating the branches, 

 bearing a single flower. Fruit, of many long, plumose styles. 

 Leaves, trifoliate on long and slender petioles, the leaflets entire 

 or slightly toothed, somewhat heart - shape, sometimes lobed. 

 May and June. 



A woody-stemmed climber or trailing vine found in rocky 

 woods, especially in limestone districts, from Virginia north- 

 ward. If one comes across this climber in the woods of 

 Connecticut, as I have done, he has found a real treasure, a 

 rare and beautiful flower. 



Leather Flower 



C. Viorna. — No petals, but purple sepals, 1 inch long, thick, 

 leathery, making a bell-shape flower with recurved tips. Leaves, 

 pinnate, consisting of 3 to 7 leaflets. The upper leaves may be 

 entire. Styles, brownish, very plumose, 1 inch long. May to 

 July. 



A climbing plant reaching 10 feet in length, found in rich 

 soil from Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania to Georgia. 

 Found 4,090 feet high in Virginia. 



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