152 TRAVELLER'S JOY 



or almost lobed. Exstipulate. Glabrous, or slightly 

 pubescent beneath. The persistent old coiled leaf-stalks 

 are very characteristic. Leaves out early and remaining 



Fig. 29. Traveller's Joy, Clematis vitalba, p. 151 (Sch). 



late : dark brown or nearly black on withering. The 

 uppermost leaves may be merely pinnately lobed, or 

 trifoliolate. Young shoots silky-pubescent. Venation 



