CLEMATIS pedicellata. 
Long-stalked Majorca Virgin’s Bower. 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEA. (Crowroors, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 425.) 
CLEMATIS.—L. 
Section CHEIROPSIS. Stems climbing. Flowers solitary, with an in- 
volucre formed by the union of a pair of bracts below the flower. Petals 
none. Fruits with long feathery tails. 
C. pedicellata ; folis fasciculatis ovatis cordatis integris serratis trilobis 
ternatisque obtusis mucronulatis, involucro parvo a flore distante, sepalis 
rotundatis. 
C. cirrhosa pedicellata, DeCand. prod. 1. 9. 
The Majorca Virgin's-bowers consist, according to some 
writers, of several distinct species, which others, however, 
regard as mere varieties of each other. In the view of the 
former the species are four, namely :— 
1. C. cirrhosa ; with broad ovate cordate entire or serrated 
leaves, having sharp-pointed or bristle-pointed segments ; 
and with a large involucre immediately under the flower. 
2. C. semitriloba or polymorpha ; with broad ovate cordate 
serrated leaves, which are never entire, but generally 
three-lobed ; and a large involucre immediately under 
the flower. 
3. C. pedicellata ; with broad ovate cordate serrated leaves, 
which are very obtuse, and often entire; and a small 
involucre at a considerable distance from the flower. 
4. C. calycina or balearica; with deeply cut narrow leaves, 
and an urceolate involuere immediately beneath the 
flower. 
On the other hand, Cambessédes, who studied them in 
the Balearic islands, came to the conclusion that they are all 
mere varieties of one common type. “ In general," he says, 
