An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . olitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car-pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistentstyles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed into a flower.] A genus of showy-flowered plants, natives ofthe north temperate regions of Europe and Asia,consisting of the following and about five otherspecies. Typ
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . olitary, terminal. Petals 5-16, conspicuous. Car-pels 00, i-ovuled. Achenes capitate or spicate, rugose-reticulated, tipped with the persistentstyles. [Mythological name for a favorite of Venus, changed into a flower.] A genus of showy-flowered plants, natives ofthe north temperate regions of Europe and Asia,consisting of the following and about five otherspecies. Type species; Adonis annua L. I. Adonis annua L. Pheasants orBirds Eye. Fig. 1941. Adonis annua L. Sp. PI. 547. 1753. Adonis aulumnalis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 771. 1763. Annual, erect, i°-2° high, branched, gla-brous. Leaves finally dissected, the lowerpetioled, the upper sessile, the segments acute;sepals smooth, deciduous; flowers g-i8broad, nearly globular, orange or, red, thepetals obovate, and darker colored at the base;achenes spicate. Commonly cultivated for ornament; sponta-neous in gardens and occasionally escaped intowaste places, especially southward. Fugitivefrom Europe. Summer. Adonis-flower. Red-morocco. 26. CLEMATIS L. Sp. PI. 543- U53- Climbing vines, more or less woody. Leaves opposite, slcnder-petiolcd, pinnately com-pound. Flowers cymose-paniculate, our species dioecious, or nearly so. Sepals 4 or 5,valvate in the bud, spreading, petaloid. Petals none. Stamens numerous, spreading; fila-ments mostly glabrous; anthers short, blunt. Pistils numerous. Achenes i-seeded. Stylelong, persistent, plumose, [Greek name for some climbing plant,] About 25 species of very wide geographic distribution. Besides the following, several othersoccur in the southern and western parts of North America. Type species: Clematis zitalba 3-foIioIate ; eastern. • Leaves pinnately 5-7-foliolate ; western. 2. , RANUXCULACEAE. Vol. II. I. Clem
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