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CLEMATIS^ chlor^tha. 

 Green-flowered Clematis. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Ranunculace^. 

 CLEMATIS. — Suprd, vol. 2. foL 97. 



§ IV. Dec. Pedunculis solitariis, unijloris, foliis pinnatis, rariils 

 ternatis. 

 C. chlorantha ; pedunculis unifloris, sepalis oblongiscampanulatistomentosis, 



foliis pinnatis ; foliolis ovatis acuminatis serratis membranaceis sub- 



pilosis, caule scantlente piloso. 



Caulis tenuis, altc scandens, striatus, junior pitosus. Folia pallid^ 

 viridia, membranacea, subpilosa, pinnata, petiolis tortuosis, foliolis ovatis 

 V. ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, incequaliter serratis, serraturis divergentibus, 

 apiculatis. Flores solitarii, pedunculis gracilibus, foliis brevioribus, to- 

 mentosis, versus basin bi-bracteolatis, campanulati, pallide luteo-virides. 

 Sepala oblonga, tomentosa. Stamina pilosa. 



A native of Sierra Leone, whence seeds were sent 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 bractese towards the 

 base. Sepals oblong, downy. Stamens hairy. 



J . Lit 



* Kx^^cc is the young scrambling shoot of the vine : hence the Greeks 

 formed KXrif^ccrk, as the name of the Periwinkle ; which moderns have mis- 

 applied to the genus now bearing the name of Clematis. Chlorantha is from 

 p^Aft/go?, pale green, and ^v.%;, a flower. 



