4 Crowfoot ( Ranunculacece ) . [No. i 



parts as they touch. After a time they become stiff and 

 thick. 



"These plants have no use in Phisicke as yet found 

 out, but are esteemed onely for pleasure, by reason of the 

 goodly shadowe which they make with their thick bushing 

 & clyming, as also for the beauty of the flowers, & the 

 pleasant sent or savour of the same." — Gerard's Herball, 

 London, 1597. 



Fig. 1. — (1) Virgin's-Bower. Clematis. C. Virginiana, L. 



Flowers, half to three quarters inch across, whitish, in 

 loose-stemmed clusters from the axils of the leaves. 

 Petals, lacking. Sepals, about one half inch long, 

 thin, spreading, blunt, reverse egg-shape. Stamens, 

 twenty-eight to thirty-six. Anthers, short and blunt. 

 Staminate and pistillate forms on different plants. 

 July, August. 



Leaves, compound ; opposite ; stems two to three inches 

 lone, or more. 



Leaflets, three, edges toothed and sometimes lobed, 

 smooth, two to three inches in length, egg-shape. 

 Apex, pointed. Base, usually somewhat heart-shape. 



Fruit, furnished with long plumes in showy, downy tufts. 



Found, common from Canada to Georgia and the Missis- 

 sippi River, climbing vigorously over bushes and 

 along walls and fences. 



A woody, hardy vine, with stems from eight to fifteen 

 feet in length. The plant is very ornamental, especially 



