Description of Native Vines 



;i74. Climbing; Fumatory. Mountain Fringe. (Adlumia 

 (ungosa.) 



iLeaf : twice pinnate, alternate ; ultimate leaflets mostly in 

 ^ees, delicate, usually 2-3-lobed. Flower : white or purplish 

 ^tals 4, joined in fairs, sepals 2, stamens 6), pendent, in large 

 pnicles ; June-October. Often cultivated, delicate, climbing by 

 j^f-stems, herbaceous. New York, west and south. (Fl. VII.) 



75. Dwarf Raspberry. (Rubus triflorus.) 



'Leaf : pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 3-5, 1-2' long, serrate, 

 Mng- or broad-ovate, base and apex pointed, thin, smooth. 

 •Flower : white, small (petals 5-7, erect, stamens many), 1-3- 

 'dbsteied ; June ; fruit small, sour, dark red. New Jersey, west 

 sad north ; often trailing, not prickly, mostly herbaceous. 



76. Silver-weed. Potentilla. (P. anserina.) 



.Leaf : pinnate, clustered ; leaflets, 9-19 {with additional ml. 

 aiite pairs), coarsely serrate or lobed, oblong, green above, silvery- 

 viUte and silky-hairy beiieaih, stipules with cut edge. Flower : 

 yellow (petals 5, stamens many), single, on long stems directly 

 (torn the ground ; June-September. New England to Pennsyl- 

 Vania and west ; with creeping runners. 



77. Clematis. Virgin's-bower. (C. virginiana.) 



Leaf : pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 3, 2'-3' long, coarsely ser- 

 late, often somewhat lobed, ovate, apex long-pointed, base a little 

 cordate. Flower : white, small (no petals, sepals 4, spreading, 

 stamens many), clustered, abundant ; July, August ; fruit with 

 featheiy appendages ; climbs by twisted leaf-stems. (PI. VII.) 



' 78. Whorled Clematis. (C. verticillaris.) 



Leaf : pinnate, opposite (often in pairs) ; leaflets, 3, i'-2' long, 

 entire or slightly serrate or lobed, ovate, base often cordate, apex 

 pointed. Flower : purplish, 2'-3' broad (no corolla, sepals 4, 

 cplored, spreading, many stamens), single ; May. In rocky and 

 'mountainous ground, east ; rare ; climbing by twisted leaf-stems. 



