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THE CROWFOOT FAMILY. 



exclusively to the south. Its dull purplish sepals are lanceolate and quite 

 woolly on their inner margins. The pinnate leaves bear oval, or ovate 

 leaflets, entire and thick, although among them those are seen which are 

 lobed. The very blonde tails of the achenes are of great length and ex- 

 tremely pretty. 



ERECT CLEMATIS. SILKY CLEMATIS. 



Clematis ockroieuca. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Croivfoot. Yellowish green. Scentless. Georgia to Stateti Island. l^J'iy, June. 



Flowers : terminal ; solitary ; nodding. C(7/vx : cylindric, the sepals with re- 

 curved tips and very silky on the outside ; thick. Achenes: growing in erect heads, 

 purplish, with long, brownish yellow tails. Leaves: large ; simple ; oval, or ovate, 

 sessile or with very short densely pubescent petioles ; entire ; bright green and 

 glabrous above ; very silky underneath. Stem : erect ; one to two feet high; red- 

 dish and covered with a silky fuzz. 



This attractive plant which through its range is rather rare and local has 

 been chosen for description as representing the group of clematises which 

 grow in an upright, or ascending way ; a habit which might often puzzle one 

 not well acquainted with the diverse forms of the genus. When it rears, in 

 fruiting time, its heads of achenes it is noticeable that their feathery tails are 

 darker than those with which we are more familiar. 



C. Addisb?iii, Addison Brown's clematis, a leafy, perennial herb bears ter- 

 minal and axillary, nodding flowers with a purplish calyx. Its stem is erect 

 or ascending, from one to three feet high, reddish brown and covered with a 

 bloom. The lower leaves vary from ovate to lanceolate and clasp the 

 stem with rounded bases. On their edges they are somewhat wavy. The 

 upper leaves which are pinnately-divided terminate in a tendril. From 

 Georgia to Virginia, in rich soil, especially along river banks, the plant pre- 

 fers to grow. 



C. ^z/<^V^, mountain clematis, which occurs but Jocally through the Blue 

 Ridge mountains and on Kate's Mountain, near the White Sulphur Springs, 

 in West Virginia, bears small purple flowers which nod, are solitary, and 

 coated with a thick silvery fuzz on their outer sides. The stems also 

 when young, are very silky. It grows uprightly, and while sometimes 

 branched is stiff and somewhat awkward in appearance. Apparently but 

 little is known concerning the range of this rare plant. 



VIRGINIA VIRGIN'S BOWER. TRAVELLER'S JOY. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Crozv/oot. White. Slightly fragrant. Georgia northward and J ul}\ August. 



westward. 



Flowers : numerous; imperfect; growing loosely in leafy panicles. Calyx: with 



