WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
GROUP I 
Leaves opposite. Plant climbing or trailing. 
Traveller's Joy (Clematis virginiana). Crowfoot family. 
July to September. 
A decorative vine climbing over bushes. The flowers (one 
inch broad), with four long sepals which resemble petals, and 
numerous stamens and pistils, are grouped in the axils, on stalks, 
pistillate and staminate on different plants. The leaves have 
three coarsely toothed leaflets and are on long, often twisted 
stalks. River banks, etc. Sometimes called Old Man's Beard, 
because of the long, hair-bearing styles persisting as tails to the 
fruit. Dioscorides' name for a climbing plant. 
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens) . Madder family. May, 
June. 
A short vine running on the ground, bearing at the ends of 
the branches little flowers in pairs; calyx four-toothed; corolla 
funnel-formed, widening at the end into four lobes, bearded 
inside. Each flower is about one-half inch long, and has a pro- 
jecting pistil (with four stigmas) and (four) short stamens, or 
vice versa. The leaves have stalks and are egg-shaped, pointed, 
shining, evergreen. Dry woods. Named for John Mitchell, of 
Virginia. 
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PARTRIDGE BERRY 
(Miichella re.pens) 
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