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CLÉMATIS* chlorantha. | 
Green-flowered Clematis. 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACER. 
CLEMATIS. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 97.. 
& IV. Dec. Pedunculis solitarias, unifloris, folüs pinnatis, rariùs 
ternatis. 
C. chlorantha ; pedunculis unifloris, sepalis oblon 
foliis pinnatis; foliolis ovatis acuminatis se 
pilosis, caule scandente piloso. ; 
. Caulis fenuis, alte scandens, striatus, junior pilosus. Folia pallid? 
viridia, membranacea, subpilosa, pinnata, petiolis tortuosis, foliolis ovatis 
v. ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, inequaliter serratis, serraturis divergentibus, 
apiculatis. Flores solitarii, pedunculis gracilibus, folüs brevioribus, to- 
mentosis, versús basin bi-bracteolatis, campanulati, pallide luteo-virides. 
Sepala oblonga, tomentosa. Stamina pilosa. 
gis campanulatis tomentosis, 
rratis membranaceis sub- 
A native of Sierra Leone, whence seeds were pent to 
the Horticultural Society by Mr. George Don, in 1823. 
It is a tender, rather delicate, stove climber, not flowering 
very readily. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick 
Garden, in August 1827. 
Stem slender, climbing to a great length, striated, when 
young hairy. Leaves pale green, membranous, somewhat 
hairy, pinnated, with tortuous petioles ; leaflets ovate, or 
ovate-oblong, acuminate, unequally serrated; the serra- 
tures diverging and apiculate. Flowers solitary, campanu- 
late, pale yellowish green ; peduncles slender, shorter than 
the leaves, tomentose, with two little bracteze towards the 
base. Sepals oblong, downy. Stamens hairy. LL 
Oi La 
on : he vine: hence the Greeks 
Kajue is the young scrambling shoot egal or moderns have mis- 
formed xaneeris, as the name of the Periwinkle; which ; 
applied to the genus now bearing the name of Clematis. Chlorantha is from 
xAweds, pale green, and 4,9%, a flower. 
