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lence ; and Flammula, becaufe if one leaf be cropped 

 in a hot day in die fummer feafon, and bruiled, and 

 prcic:ntly put to the noftrils, it will caufc a fmell and 

 pain like a flame,] Virgin's Bower. 



The Characters are, ' - , 

 The flowers have no empakment j they have each four 

 loofe cblcng petals^ ivith a great number of Jlamina^ 

 which are Jhcrler than the petaky and the fummits ad- 

 here to their fide. They have many germen^ which are 

 roundijh and compreffed \ the awl-Jhaped Jtyle^ which is 

 longer than the ftamina^ is crowned by a ftngle ftigma. 

 The gcrmina afterward become fo many roundiflo com- 

 preffed feeds ^ with the ftyle fitting on their top^ and are 

 colleEled into a head^ ' the fiyles of the feveral fpecies being 

 cf various forms, 



rhh genus of plants is ranged in the feventh feftion 

 of Linnasus's thirteenth clals, intitled Polyandria Po- 



■ lygynia, the flowers of this fedlion having many fta- 

 mina and feveral fl'yles. 

 The Species are, 



I. Clematis {Re5fa) foliis pinnatis, foliolis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, integerrimis, caule eredto. Hort. Cliff. 22 5! 

 Clematis with winged leaves ^ whofe lobes are oval^ fpear- 

 fhaped^ entire^ and an upright JlalL Clematitis 

 five fiammula furredla alba. J. B.'2, 127. Upright 





white Climber. 



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2. Clematis {Integrifolia) foliis fimpliclbus, ovato-lan- 

 ' ceolatis. Hort. CliflT. 225. Clematis with Jingle leaves, 

 f which are oval and fpear-fhapeL Clematitis casrulea 

 crefta. C. B. P. 300. Upright blue Climber. 

 Clematis {Hifpanica) foliis pinnatis, foliolis lanceo- 

 latis, acutis, integerrimis, caule erefto. Clematis with 

 winged leaves, whofe lobes are fpear-Jhaped, pointed, and 

 entir^j and an upright JialL Clematitis Hifpanicafur- 

 re^la altera & numilior flore albicante. H. R. Par. 



4. Clematis {Vitalba) foliis pinnatis, foliolis cordatis, 

 '■ fcandentibus. Hort. Cliff. 225. Clematis with winged 

 r leaves, whofe lobes are heart-Jhaped and climbing. Cle- 

 ' • inatids latifolia Integra. J. B. 2. p. 125. Climber with 



• broad entire leaves, commonly called Viorna, or Traveller's 



5. Clematis {Canadenfts) foliis ternatis, foliolis corda- 

 tis, acutis, dentatis, fcandentibus. Clematis with tri- 



• foliate, heart-Jhapsd, pointed leaves, which are indented, 

 and climbing, Clematitis Canadenfis latifolia & tri- 



■ phylla. Sar. Broad-leaved Canada Climber. 



6. Clematis {Fiammula) foHis inferioribus, pinnatis, 



■ laciniatis, fummis fimpliclbus, integerrimis, lanceo- 

 latis. Hort. Cliff. 225. Clematis whofe lower leaves are 



> winged and jagged, and the upper ones Jingle, fpearfhaped, 

 mid entire. Clematitis five fiammula repens. C. B. P. 

 300. Creeping Climber. 



7. Clematis {Cirrhofa) cirrhis fcandens foliis fimplicl- 

 bus. Hort. Cliff. 226. Clematis with climbing tendrils, 

 and fimple leaves. Clematitis peregrina, foliis pyri 

 incifis. C. B. P. 300. Foreign Climber with cut Pear- 

 Jloaped leaves. - • 



8. Clematis (Fiticella) foliis compofitis dccompofitif- 

 que, foliolis ovatis, integerrimis. Hort. Cliff. 225. 

 Clematis tvitb compound and decompounded leaves^ whofe 

 fmall leaves are oval and entire. Clematitis casrulea 

 vel purpurea repens. C. B.P. 300. Single blue Virgin' s 

 Bower. 



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Clematis {Alpina) foliis compofitis ternatis ternatif- 

 Guc, foliolis acutis ferratis. Clematis with compound 

 ' leaves, whofe lobes are floarply fawed. Clematitis Al- 

 pina geranii folio. C. B. P. 300. jUpine Climber with 

 a Crane's-bill leaf. 



10. Clematis {Viorna^ foliis compofitis decompofitif- 

 *. que, foliolis quibufdam trifidis. Flor. Virg. 62. Cle- 

 matis with compound and decompounded leaves, fome of 



■ whofe lobes are trifid. Clematis purpurea repens, pe- 

 t^lis florum coriaceis. RaiiHift. 1928. Creeping pur- 

 ple Climber, with coriaceous petals Ao the flower. 



w. Clematis (Om;//^//j) foliis compofitis, foliolis in- 

 cifis angulatis lobatis- cuneiformibus, petalis interne 

 villofis. Lin. Sp. 765, Clematis with compound leaves, 



■ whofe fmall leaves are ' cut into angular wedge-floaped 

 lobes, and the inftde of the petals are hairy. Clematitis 

 Orientalis folio apii, flore ex viridi flavcfcentej pofte- 



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riLis reflexo. Tourn. Cor. 20. Eaficrn Climber with^ 

 Smalluge leaf and a reflexed, greenijh^ yellow flouser, 



12. Clematis [Sibirica) foliis eonipolitis & decompofl- 

 tis, foliolis ternatis, ferratij. Gmel. Climber .wii,h 

 compound and dscoynpounded leaves, whofe fmall leaves are 

 fawed and tj'ifoliase. 



13. Clematis (D/tf/V^) foliis ternatis, integerrimis, flo- 

 ribus diocis. Three-leaved Climber, with entire leaves, 

 having three lobes, and male and female fl.owers on the 

 fame plant. Clematis foliis ternis. Sloan. Cat. 84. 

 Three-leaved Climber. , 



14. Clematis {Americana^ foliis ternatis, foliolis cordato- 

 acuminatis, integerrimis, floribus corymbofis. Three- 

 leaved Climber zvith heart-fbaped pointed lobes, which are 

 entire, and flowers collected in round bunches. Clematitis 

 Americana triphylla, foliis non dentatis. Houft. MSS. 



15. Clematis {Crifpa) foliis fimplicibus, ternatifque, 

 foliolis integris trilobifve. Lin. Sp. Plant. 543. ■Climber 

 with Jingle and trifoliate leaves, whofe fmall leaves are 

 either entire, or have three lobes. Clematis flore crifpo. 

 Hort. Elth. 86. Climber with a curled flower. 



' The firll fort grows naturally in the Ibuth of France, 

 Italy, Aufl;ria, and feveral parts of Germany, but 

 hath been long cultivated in the Englifli gardens for 

 ornament. This hath a perennial root. The fl:a!ks 

 are upright, about three or four feet high, garniihed 

 with winged leaves fl:anding oppofite, which are com- 

 pofed of three or four pair of lobes, terminated by 

 an odd one-, they are oval, fpear-fhaped, and en- 

 tire : the flowers are produced in large loofe panicles 

 at the top of the (talks j thele\ are compofed of four 

 white petals, which Ipread open ; and the middle is 

 occupied by a great number of flamina, furrounding 

 five or fix germen, which afterward become fo many 

 compreflTed feeds, each having a long tail or beard 

 fitting on the top. It flowers in June, and the feeds 

 ripen in September. ^ ; 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Plungary and Tar- 

 tary, but hath been long an inhabitant in the Englifh 

 gardens. The root of this is perennial, fending up 

 many flender upright fl;alks, from three to four feet 

 high, garnifhed with oppofite fingle leaves at each 

 joint, having Ihort foot-ilalks ; the leaves are near 

 four inches long, and an inch and an half broad in 

 the middle, bf a bright green, fmooth, and entire, 

 ending in a point : the flowers come out from the 

 upper part of the ftalks. Handing upon very long 

 naked foot-fl:alks, each lupporting a fingle blue flow- 

 er, compofed of four narrow thick petals which fpread 

 open, and m.any hairy fliamina furrounding the gcr- 

 mina in the center. After the flowers are paft, tlie 

 germen become fo many compreffed feeds, each hav- 

 ing a tail or beard. It flowers and feeds at the fame 

 time with the former fort. 



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The third fort is very like the firft, from which it 

 differs in having but two or three pair of lobes in each 

 leaf, which are narrower and fland farther afunder : 

 the ftalks are fliorter, and the flowers larger. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in tlie hedges, in 

 moft parts of England. TJiis hath a tough climbing 

 ftalk, fending outclafpers, by which it fattens to the 

 ' neighbouring buflies and trees, and fometimes riles 

 more than twenty feet high, fending out many fide 

 branches, fo as often to cover all the trees and buflies 

 of the hedge. This puts out many bunches of white 

 flowxrs in June, which are fuccecdcd by feveral flat 

 feeds joined in a head, each having a long twilled 

 tail fitting on the top, which is covered with long 

 white hairs ; and in autumn, when the feeds are near 

 ripe, they appear like beards, from whence the coun- 

 try people call it Old Man's Beard. The branches of 

 this being very tough and flexible, are ufed for tying 

 'up faggots ; from whence, in fome countries, it i^ 

 called Bindwith. 



There are two varieties of tliis, one with indented 

 leaves, whicli is the mofl common, and the otlicr hath 

 entire leaves •, but as thefe are fuppofcd to arile acci- 

 dentally from feeds, they are not diftinguiflied by 

 later botanills. 



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