. 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. Botany. 8. Viorna ovata (Pursh) Small. Erect Moun- tain Leather-flower. Fig. 1951. Clematis ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 736. 1814. V. ovata Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 439. IQOJ- Similar to the preceding species, stems stiff, I'-a" tall, pubescent when young, becoming nearly gla- brous when old. Leaves ovate, entire, lJ'-2' long, strongly reticulate-veined and nearly glabrous wh
. 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. Botany. 8. Viorna ovata (Pursh) Small. Erect Moun- tain Leather-flower. Fig. 1951. Clematis ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 736. 1814. V. ovata Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 439. IQOJ- Similar to the preceding species, stems stiff, I'-a" tall, pubescent when young, becoming nearly gla- brous when old. Leaves ovate, entire, lJ'-2' long, strongly reticulate-veined and nearly glabrous when mature; flowers solitary at the ends of the stem or branches, purple, nodding, nearly l' long; achenes distinctly oblique; persistent styles plumose through- out, the plumes white, turning brown, I'-iJ' long. Rocky soil, mountains of Virginia and West Vir to South Carolina. May-June. 9. Viorna Fremontii (S. Wats.) Heller. Fre- mont's Leather-flower. Fig. 1952. Clematis Fremontii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 10: 339 1875. Clematis ochroleuca var. Fremontii J. F. James, Journ. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 120. 1883. V. Fremontii Heller, Muhlenbergia 6: 96. 1910. Stout, erect, 6-15' high, the stem villous-pubes- cent, especially at the nodes, woody at the base, sim- ple or branched. Leaves simple, sessile, coriaceous, conspicuously reticulated, glabrous except on the veins beneath, broadly ovate, obtuse or acutish, entire or sparingly toothed; flowers terminal, nodding; calyx purple, l' long; sepals thick, tomentose on the margins, their tips recurved; head of fruit i' in diameter or more, erect; persistent styles about *' long, silky below, naked above. Prairies and limestone hi! Missouri. April-May. Nebraska, and. \\\^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown,
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