CROWFOOT FAMILY. Ranunculaceae. 



appear under the glass like many tiny twisted tails. 



The plants presenting this hoary appearance gave rise to 



the popular name, Old Man's Beard. The vine supports 



itself by a twist in the leaf-stem, the latter revolving a 



number of times in the course of growth. Stem about 



12 feet long. Waysides and river-banks. Me., south to 



Ga., and west to Kan., Neb., and S. Dak. 



A southern species with solitary, thick, 



Clematis leathery, bell-shaped, dull purple flowers 



Viorna without petals, the purple sepals about 1 



Dull purple inch long. The three or more leaflets with 



May-July unbroken edges or lobed. In early autumn 



the hoary plume is brownish. Southern Pa., south to 



Ga. and Tenn., and west to Ohio. 



, . A rather rare species found in rocky 

 Purple Virgin s ^i j-u i n -ji 



Bower places among the northern hills, with 



Clematis leaves similar to those of C Virginiana, 



verticillaris and showy light purple flowers, downy in- 

 Light purple g^^g ^^-j^j outside, sometimes over 3 inches 

 *^ " broad ; the four purple, finely veined se- 



pals expanding only to a cup-shape. The plumes brown- 

 gray. Me. and Vt., south to Va., and west to Minn. 



A slender tall species the leaves and 

 Anemone stem of which are silky haired, leav^es dark 



Anemone green and veiny, ornamentally cut (or lobed) 



cylindrica into 3-5 parts. The solitary flowers without 



Greenish white petals, but with 5-6 greenish white sepals, 



June-August , . n - rr,i £ -j. 



are set on a tall stem. The fruit a nar- 

 row, cylindrical, burrlike head 1 inch or more in length. 

 2-6 flowers are borne on each plant. 18-24 inches high. 

 Common in dry woods and liy wooded roadsides, from 

 the lower Androscoggin Valley, Me., Vt., N. Y., and 

 northern N. J., w^est to Kan., Neb., and S. Dak. The 

 name, Greek, meaning a flower shaken by the wind. 



This is the common tall anemone of 

 ^j. jg,, wooded roadsides and banks. The leaves 



Anemone and stem are more or less hairy and deep 



Aneynone olive green, the leaves conspicuously 



Virgin iana veined. The flowers generally have five in- 

 Greenish white . , , ., • 1 1 -j^ 

 Julv-August conspicuous sepals white or greenish white 



inside and greener outside ; the flower- 

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