512 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
CLEMATIS L. Sp. Pl.1:543. 1753. 
Over 150 species described, perennials, mostly climbers, inhabiting temperate and 
tropical regions. Europe 8 species, United States and Canada 20, with 5 strictly 
defined varieties. 
Clematis virginiana L. Amoen. Acad. 4:275. 1759. VIRGIN BOWER. 
Ell. Sk.2:44. Gray, Man. ed.6,35. Chap. Fl.4. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 1, pt.1:4. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Nova Scotia and Ontario to Lake Winnepeg; 
New England west to Nebraska, south to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich banks. Wins- 
ton County. Calhoun County (£. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (F. S. Earle). 
Tuscaloosa and Monroe counties. Flowers white, fragrant, July, August; fruit in 
October. Climber. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
‘Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Clematis catesbyana Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 736. 1816. CaTESBY’s CLEMATIS. 
Ell. Sk.2:44. Chap. Fl.4. Gray, Syn. FL N.A.1, pt.1:4. 
Carolinian area. South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Upper division Coast Pine belt. Dry copses, borders of woods. Clarke 
taal Suggsville (Dr. Denny). Flowers white, August; fruit ripe in October. 
imber. 
Type locality: ‘‘In South Carolina, Catesby.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Clematis viorna L. Sp. Pl. 1:543. LEATHER FLOWER. 
Ell. Sk.2:46. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 36. Chap. Fl. 3. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:7. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A, 1, pt.1: 5. 
Carolinian area. Southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, central Ohio, and Mis- 
souri, south to Tennessee and upper Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Banks of streams. Franklin 
County, Russellville. Autauga County (Z. A. Smith). Flowers reddish purple (Indian 
purple). June; not frequent. Climber. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia, Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
Clematis reticulata Walt. Fl. Car. 156. 1788. NETTED-LEAVED CLEMATIS. 
Ell. Sk.2:47. Chap. Fl. 4. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:7. Gray, Syn. F1.N.A. 
1, pt.1:6. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina and Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Upper division Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy copses. Conecuh County, 
Evergreen (Baker § Earle). Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny). Flowers 
maroon purple. June; not frequent. Climber. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Clematis crispa L. Sp. Pl.1:543. 1753. WAVY-FLOWERED CLEMATIS. 
Clematis cylindrica Sims, Bot. Mag. 1160. 1816. 
Ell. Sk.2:49. Gray, Man.ed.6,36. Chap.I'l.3. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:7. 
Gray, Syu. F1.N. A. 1, pt.1: 7. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia along the coast to Florida 
and through the Gulf States to Texas to the one hundredth meridian; Arkansas and 
southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the coast. Low swampy thickets. Tuscaloosa 
County. Pike County, Troy. Dallas County, Uniontown. Autauga, Baldwin, and 
Mobile counties. Flowers lilac. May. Climber. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Clematis crispa walteri (Pursh) Gray, Bot. Mag. under t. 6594, 1881. 
Clematis waltert Pursh, F]. Am. Sept. 2: 384. 1814. 
C, lineariloba DC. Syst.1:155. 1818. 
Ell. Sk.2:45. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A.1, pt.1:7. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Lowshaded banks. Mobile. Flowers lilac. May; rare. 
Low climber. 
Type locality: ‘‘In Carolina, v.s.in Herb. Walter,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
