( 1816 ) 



Clematis cordata. Heart-leaved 

 Virgin's-Bower. 



Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cal. 0. Petala 4, rarius 5. Sem. caudata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Clematis cordata ; foliolis cordatis integerrimis, petalis co- 

 riaceis conniventibus apice revolutis crispatis, aristis 

 seminum plumosis. 



Clematis cordata ; scandens ; foliis pinnatis quadrijugis, 

 foliolis ovatis utrinque obtusis omnibus integris petiolatis- 

 que membranaceis utrinque reticulato-venosis, floribus 

 solitariis, petalis subcoriaceis, aristis seminum plumosis. 

 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. p. 385 ? excluso synonymo Abbot. 



Clematis cordata. Walt. Fl. Carol. 156 ? Michaux Fl. 

 Bor. Am. 1. p. SIS? 



The Clematis cordata has often been mistaken for 

 crispa, which,, as represented by Dillenius's figure, is a 

 very different plant, with lanceolate and three-lobed leaflets ; 

 and, which is a character of more consequence, having the 

 beard of the seed naked. Whether our plant may not be the 

 same with the reticulata of Pursh, we are uncertain ; but 

 it cannot be the rosea of Sir James E. Smith in Abbot's 

 Insects, quoted as a synonym of reticulata ; because that 

 has naked aristas. The leaflets of our plant are always quite 

 entire, cordate, and acute. The flowers are not nearly so 

 thick as those of Clematis Viorna. Prom the reticulata of 

 Walter, it seems to differ in having no tendril at the ter- 

 mination of the leaf. 



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