Clematis. RANUNCULACE/E. 7 



^ 2. Atragene, DC. Involucre none : petals several, minute. 



3. Clematis \t:rticillaris, DC. Whorl-leaved Virgins Boicer. 



Peduncles one-flowered ; leaves verticillate in fours, ternate ; leaflets petiolulate, ovate, 

 acuminate, somewhat cordate, entire or sparingly toothed. — DC. prodr. 1. p. 10; Hook. 

 fl. Bor.-Am. \. p.2; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 10. Atragene Americana, Sims, hot. 

 mag. t. 887 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 384 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 219. 



Stem suffruticose, climbing over rocks and shrubs, nearly smooth. Leaflets about 2 inches 

 long, often entire, but sometimes with a few coarse serratures. Peduncles about the length 

 of the petioles. Flowers cernuous, very large, and of a fine purplish blue color, campanulate. 

 Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, sparingly pubescent externally, woolly on the margin. Petals 

 spatulate, passing into stamens. Carpels with long white plumose tails. 



Northern and western parts of the State, not uncommon ; rare in the valley of the Hudson. 

 Its most southern station is the Fishkill Mountains, near the summit of which it occurs 

 sparingly. Flowers the latter part of April and early in May. A beautiful climber. 



2. ANEMONE. Linn.; Endl. gen. 4773. wind-flower. 



[From the Greek^ anemos, wind ; because many of the species grow in elevated bleak situations.] 



Involucre of 3 leaves, remote from the flower ; the leaflets variously incised. Sepals 5 to 15, 

 petaloid. Petals none. Achenia mucronate (sometimes with a long plumose tail). — 

 Perennial herbs, with radical (usually divided) leaves. Scapes, when branched, bearing 

 leaf-like involucres at each division. Peduncles one-flowered. 



^ 1. Anemonanthea, DC. Carpels tcithout tails: pedicels solitary or in pairs {rarely more), all 

 leafless and one-flowered : leaves of the involucre sessile or petiolate. 



1. Anemone nemorosa, Linn. Wood Anemone. 



Leaves ternate ; leaflets undivided, or with the middle one 3-cleft and the lateral ones 2- 

 parted, incisely toothed, acute , those of the involucre smaller, pelioled ; sepals 4-6 (com- 

 monly 5), oval or elliptical. — Miclix. fl. 1. p. 319 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 387 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 63; 

 DC. prodr. 1. p.20; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 6 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 12 ; 

 Pritz. revis. Anem. in Linnaa, 1841, p. 650. A. lancifolia, Pursh, I. c. ; DC. I. c. 



var. quinquefolia: lateral leaves of the involucre 2-partcd to tlie base. — DC. I. c. ; Bart, 

 ft. N. Am. 2. t. 39. /. 2 ; Torr. comp. p. 223 ; Torr. ^ Gr. I. c. A. quinquefolia, Linn. 



Rhizoma horizontal, 2-3 inches long. Stem or scape 3-8 inches high, slender, usually 

 smooth. Radical leaves (often wanting) on long petioles. Leaflets of the involucre resembling 

 those of the radical leaves, an inch or more in length, ciliate-pubescent on the margin. Pe- 

 duncle slender, 1-2 inclics long, arising from the centre of the involucre. Flower about an 

 inch in diameter. Sepals rarely only 4 and occasionally as many as 7, resembling petals, 

 white or more or less tinged with purple, especially underneath. Carpels elliptical-ovoid, 

 with a small recurved point. 



Moist woods and thickets ; very common. Flowers in April and May. Fr, June. 



