CEOWFOOT FAMILT. 35 



1. CL^SMATIS, 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 widdjl open (3' -6' across), with usually 

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



C. fl6rida, Great-fl. C. Cult, from Japan; not hardy N. ; the flower 

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

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

 leaves often twice compound. 



C. pktens, (also called C. C(ERtii.EA, grandifl6ra, 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^is (or AtkAgene Americana), with flowers about 3' across, 

 of 4 bluish-purple sepals, is rather scarce in rocty 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 uppermust) pinnate or of 3 or more leaflets : climbers. 

 C. Viticella, 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. grav^olens. 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. Viorna, 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. Entire-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, panicled, succeeded by feathery-tailed akenes. 

 C. r6eta, Upright Virgin'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&mniula, Sweet-scented V. Cult, from Eu. Climbing freely, 

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

 various shapes, often lobed or cut. 



C Virginitaa, Common Wild V. Climbing high, with dioecious flow- 

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



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

 leaves likened to that of the liver.) Among the earliest spring flowers. % 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 winter; stalks hairy; 

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

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



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

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



3. ANEMONE, AN:fcMONY, WIND-FLOWER. (Fancifully 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 involucels. Peduncles 

 1 -flowered. 



