CROWFOOT FAMILT. 35 



1. CLi^MATIS, VIRGIN'S-BOWER. (Ancient Greek name.) U Orna- 

 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 ividdi/ open (3' -6' across), with usually 



many small petals or petal-Hid^ altered stamens ; leaflets in threes. 

 C. fldrida, 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 (vav. Sieboi-dii ) ; 

 leaves often twice compound. 



C. patens, (also called C. ccer^jlea, grandifi.6iia, 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. 

 O. vertieill&ris (or AtrAgbne Americana), with flowers about 3' across, 

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

 mountainous 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 uppermost) pinnate or of 3 or more leaflets : climbers. 

 C. Vitieella, Vine-Bowek C. Cult, from Eu. ; a hardy climber, with 

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

 blue ; akenes with short naked points. 



C. grav^olens. Heavy-scented C. Cult, from Thibet, recently intro- 

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

 to the akenes, and sharp-pointed leaflets. 



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

 moist soil; flower of very thick leathery sepals, purple 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. integrifdlia, Bntike-leaved C. Cult, from Eu., sparingly. Stem 

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



C. ochroleiica. Pale C. Wild from Staten Island S., buT scarce, has 

 ovate silky leaves and a dull silky flower. 



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

 C. r6cta. Upright Virgin's-Bovter. Cult, from Eu. Nearly erect herb, 

 3o_40 high, with large panicles of white flowers, in early summer ; leaves pin- 

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



C. Fl&,mmula, Sweet-scented 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. „,. , . ,. , . , ,. . a 



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

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



2 HEPATIC A, LIVER-LEAF, HEPATIC A. (Shape of the S-lobed 

 'leaves likened to thatof 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 Bodnd-lobed H. Leaves with 3 broad and rounded lobes, 

 appearing later than the flowers, and lasting over the winter ;. stalks hairy ; 

 flowers blue, purple, or almost white. Woods, common B. Full double- 

 flowered varieties, blue and purple, are cult, from Eu. 



H. acutilotaa, Sharp-lobed H. Wild from Vermont W. ; has pointed 

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



3 ANEMONE, AN:feMONY, WIND-FLOWER. (Fancifully so named 

 "by the Greeks, because growing in vs»»dy 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. 



