BUTTERCUP, ANEMONE AND CLEMATIS FAMILY 



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Flu. 47. Clematis indivisa Pistillate flowers (nat. size). 



Fancy could almost declare 

 That great Ophiucus, down-hurled 

 From his throne in the skiey star- world, 

 Had been caught with his glittering gems, 

 'Mid those giant entangling stems. 



DOMETT. 



