CEOWrOOT FAMILY. 53 



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

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

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

 §1. Floivers {in sprinfj) very larrje and widdtj open (.3'-6' across), wiili 'usually 

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



C. fldrida:, Gkeat-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. SiEubLDii); 

 leaves often twice compound. 



C. pktens, (also called C. 0(ee(tlea, GEAfrDiFL6iiA, 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 vertieill&ris (or AtkAgene Ameeicana), 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 summei') pretty large, of only 4 sepals, and no petals whatever, 

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

 * Leave* {except the uppermost) pinnate or of 3 or more leaflets :~clinihers, 



C. Vitic^Ua, Vine-Bower 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. gravfeolens. Heavy-scented C. Cult, fronj Thibet,- recently intro- 

 duced, very hardy ; witli open yellow flowers t^' across, long and feathery tails 

 to the akenes, and sharp-pointed leaflets. 



C. Vidrna, Leathee-floweeed C. Wild from Penn. and Ohio S., in 

 moist soil ; flower of very ihicl< 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 fegihery. 



C. integrifdlia. Entire-leaved C. Cult, from fiu., sparingly. Stem 

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



C. oohroletica. Pale C. Wild froih 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, XJpEiGjiT Vieg'in'b-Bowee. Cult, from Eu. Nearly erect herb, 

 .3°-4° hi^'h, with large panicles of white flowers, in early summer; leaves pin- 

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



C. Plammula, Sweet-scented V. Cult, from Eu. Climbins; freely, 

 with copious sweetscented flowers at midsummer ;-leaflets 3-5 or luore, of 

 various shapes, often lobed or cut. 



C. Virgini&.na, Common Wild V. Climbing high, with dioecious flow- 

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



2. HEPATICA, LIVER-LEAF, HEPATICA. (Shape of the 3-lobed 

 leaves likened to tlta* of the liver.) Among the earliest spring flo*ers. U Ttt* 

 involucre is so close to the flower and of sucli size and shape that it is mOBt 

 likely to be mistakan for a calyx, and the colored sepals for petrts. 



H. triloba, Rodkd-lotbed 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 E. Full double- 

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



H. acutiloba, Shaep-lobed H. Wild fiom Vermont W. ; has pointed 

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



3. ANEMONE, AN^MONY, WIND-FLOWER. (Fancifully so named 

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

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

 ami opposite or whorled, forming the involucre or involucels. Pednnclofl 

 1-flowered. 



