From the description of the odd blooms, I'll guess some kind of Peperomia. Try a search for that, then w/in that, an Image search. That should bring up pictures you may then recognize.

Thank you!! Whazzup, that is exactly what I was searching for. What a interesting site. It certainly brought back memories of fairytales I loved as a child. And that was a long time ago. LOL

I want to thank both of you for your help. I don't know why I had "Comtesse" or "Countess" stuck in my mind (perhaps one too many old romance novels?). I have looked at countless Google images and I agree with you, Annette. It does look exactly like Marie Boisselot, right down to the stringy yellow center. I have photos of this vine saved in my computer from 2006 and 2007. All are labeled "big white clematis." I know better than that! I am going to call it Marie Boisselot until I dig out my oldest stored hard drive and go through that. I know I wrote it down somewhere! I grew the plant shown above while I lived on the military base here. When we moved off base I transplanted a lot of the flowers I had growing around the house. I had just moved two hostas from the base to our new/old house in this town 20 miles away. I drove back to get the two clematis, and some confused soul had gone into my yard, dug out the vines, and took them, leaving a deep gaping hole where they had been. They knew we had not yet cleared housing. We were still living there, packing, and getting ready for the movers. Once people have cleared their base housing and the neighbors know they've left, anything in the garden is then fair game - but not when they you you're still there. The curtains were still fluttering in the windows, and the second car was in the drive. Some folks' nerve! LOL

"To Build a Fire" by Jack London was a reading assignment in my English class (many years ago). The link below has one version of this story and is the one that I recall. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2017/01/28/manly-weekend-read-build-fire-jack-london/