6 Crowfoot ( ' Ranunculacece ) . [No. r 



so in the fall by reason of its tufted fruit. It climbs by 

 help of its twining and interlocking leaf- and leaflet-stems. 

 It is one of the commonest vines for home cultivation, and 

 one of the best. 



Fig. 2. — (2) Leather-Flower. C. Vidma, L. 



Flowers, large, solitary, dark purple, on long stems. 

 Petals, lacking. Sepals, one inch long, very thick 

 and leathery, cohering throughout or with the tips 

 separated and turned back, long egg-shape, pointed. 

 Stamens, many. Anthers, line-like. May to August. 



Leaves, oftenest compound, the upper ones sometimes 

 simple and nearly stemless. 



Leaflets, three to seven ; two- to three-lobed or entire ; 

 smooth or nearly so ; egg-shape or oblong. Base, 

 sometimes slightly heart-shape. 



Fruit, with plume-like tails one and one half inches in 

 length. 



Found, in rich soil, oftenest in woods, from Pennsylvania 

 and Ohio to Georgia. 



A climbing, herbaceous vine, with the stem slightly 

 ridged and grooved, from ten to fifteen feet in length. 



Fig. 3.— (3) Whorled Clematis. C. Verticillaris, D. C; Atrdgene 



Americd.nus, Sims. 



Flowers, two to three inches across, solitary, one from 

 each pair of leaves, bluish-purple. Petals, lacking. 

 Sepals, one and one quarter inches in length, thin, 



