444 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



cles, each between a pair of leaves on opposite sides of the 

 stem. 



If one comes across this climber in the woods of western Con- 

 necticut, he has found a real treasure, a rare and beautiful flower. 

 Range, southward to Virginia. 



3. Leather-flower 



C. Vibrna has pinnate leaves and climbing stems. No true 

 petals, but large purple sepals, petal-lilse, i. inch long, thick, 

 giving the popular name. Leaflets 3 to 7. 



In Pennsylvania and southward this plant may be found blos- 

 soming all summer, in rich soil. 



C. crlspa, also a Southern species, bears still larger flowers, 

 whose richly colored bluish-purple sepals, with thin, wavy mar- 

 gins, open widely, curving backward. Leaves thin, divided 

 into many leaflets. Time, May to August. 



5. Moonseed 



Menispermum Canadense. — Family, Moonseed. Color, 

 white. Zi?ap«, alternate, shield -shaped, the stalks attached 

 underneath, near one edge. Time, June and July. 



Sepals, 4 to 8. Petals, 6 to 8. Stamens a.nd pistils borne in 

 different flowers on the same plants. The 2 to 4 pistils on a 

 short receptacle make, in fruit, fleshy, round, black drupes, 

 covered with bloom. The wrinkled, flattish stone inside is 

 crescent- or ring-shaped. The panicled flowers are not very 

 noticeable, but thebunch of grapy-looking fruit in September 

 adds beauty to the tangled growth beside our streams. 



6. Climbing Fumitory 

 Adlumia cirrhosa. — Family, Fumitory. Color, white, pink. 



