CROWFOOT FAMILY. 35 



1. CLEMATIS, VIRGIN'S-BOWER. (Ancient Greek name.) U Ovna. 

 mental climbers, the stalks of their leaves or leaflets clasping the support, 

 and with somewhat woody stems, or a few are erect herbs. 

 § 1. Flowers (in spring) very large and widely open (3' -6' across), with usually 

 many small petals or petal-like altered stamens : leaflets in threes. 



C. florida, Great-fl. C. Cult, from Japan, not hardy N. ; the flower 

 3' - 4' across, its 6 or more sepals broad-ovate and overlapping each other, white, 

 purplish, or with a purple centre of transformed stamens (var. SiEBbLDii); 

 leaves often twice compound. 



C. p&tens, (also called C. ccERtLEA, GRANDiFLiKA, and various names 

 for varieties.) Cult, from Japan, hardy. Flower 5' -7' across, with 6-9 or 

 more oblong or lance-shaped sepals, blue, purple, &c. ; leaflets simply in threes. 



C. verticill&xis (or AtrAgene Americana), with flowers about 3' across, 

 of 4 bluish-purple sepals, is rather scarce in rocky woods or ravines N. and in 

 mountiiinous parts. 



§ 2. Flowers {in summer) pretty -large, of only 4 sepals, and no petals whatever, 

 not white, solitary on the naked peduncle as in § 1. 

 * Leaves {except the uppermust) pinnate or of 3 or more leaflets : climbers. 



C. Vitic^Ua, Vine-Bower C. Cult, from Eu. ; a hardy climber, with 

 flower 2' - 3' across ; the widely spreading sepals obpvate, thin, either purple or 

 blue ; akenes with short naked points. 



C. gravfeolens. Heavy-scented C. Cult, from Thibet, recently intro- 

 duced, very hardy ; with open yellow flowers 1^' across, long and feathery tails 

 to the akenes, and sharp-pointed leaflets. 



C. Vi6rna, Leather-flowered C. Wild from Penn. and Ohio S., in 

 moist SOU; flower of very thick leathery sepals, pui-ple or purplish, 1' long or 

 more, erect, and with the narrow tips only spreading or recurved ; akenes with 

 very feathery tails. 



# # Leaves simple, entire, sessile: low erect herbs: tails feathery. 



C. integrifblia, Entire-leaved C. Cult, from Eu., sparingly. Stem 

 simple ; leaves oval or oblong ; flower blue, 1' long. 



C. oohroletica, Pale C. Wild from Staten Island S., but scarce, has 

 ovate silky leaves and a dull silky flower. 



§ 3. Flowers {in summer) small, white, panicled, succeeded by feathery-tailed akenes. 



C. r6cta Upright Vihgin's-Bower. Cult, from Eu. Nearly erect herb, 

 30_40 high,' with large panicles of white flowers, in early summer ; leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets ovate or slightly heart-shaped, pointed, entire. 



C. Pl^mmula, Sweet-bcIented V. Cult, from Eu. Climbmg freely, 

 with copious sweet-scented flowers at midsummer; leaflets 3-5 or more, of 

 various shapes, often lobed or cut. . , ,. . 



C. Virginikna, Common Wild V. Climbmg high, with dioecious flow- 

 ers late in summer ; leaflets 3, cut-toothed or lobed. 



2 HEPATIC A, LIVER-LEAP, HEPATIC A. (Shape of the 3-lobed 

 'leaves likened to that of the liver.) Among the earliest spring flowers. U The 



involucre is so close to the flower and of such size and shape that it is most 



likely to be mistaken for a calyx, and the colored sepals for petals. 



H triloba, Round-loeed H. Leaves with 3 broad and rounded lobes, 

 appearing later than the flowers, and lasting over the wintei-; stalks hairy ; 

 flowers blue, purple, or almost white. Woods, common E. Full doable- 

 flowered varieties, blue and purple, are cult, from Eu. „„:„.„H 



H acutiloba, Shakp-lobed H. Wild from Vermont W. ; has pointed 

 lobes to the leaves, sometimes 5 of them, and paler flowers. 



3 AWEMOWE, ANTONY, WIND-PLOWER. (FancifuUy so named 

 'by the Greeks, because growing in windy places, or blossoming at the windy 



season, it is doubtful which.) U Erect herbs, with all the stem-leaves above 

 and opposite or whorled, forming the involucre or mvolucels. Peduncles 

 1-flowered. 



