POLYANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Clematis. 39 



son ; two men whose accuracy and judgment are as unimpeach- 

 able as their lionesty. 



276. CLEMATIS. Traveller's Joy. 



Linn. Gen. 2S0. Juss.232. Fl. Br. 583. Lam. t. 497. Gcertn.t.7A. 



DeCand. Sjjst. v. I. 131. 

 Clematitis. Tourn.t.\50. 



Nat. Ord. see «. 270—273, and 275—282. 



Cal. none. Pet. from 4 to 8, inferior, regular, oblong, in 

 the bud either valvular, or folded in at the edji:es. Filam. 

 numerous, swelling u):)ward. AntJi. terminal, of 2 oblong 

 lobes, bursting laterally. Germ, superioi", sessile, ovate, 

 collected into a round head. Sljjle.s terminal, much longer 

 than the germens. Stigmas simple. Seeds numerous, 

 ovate, compressed, placed on a capitate receptacle, and 

 tipped with the permanent styles, becoming, generally 

 feathery, tails. 



Roots fibrous. Stems shrubby and climbing; rarely herba- 

 ceous or erect. Leaves opjiosite, for the most part re- 

 peatedly compound, with twining Jbot stalks. Tl. panicled, 

 terminal or axillary, rarely solitary, sometimes brac- 

 teated ; cream-coloured, white, yellowish, or purple; in 

 some species fragrant. 



Notwithstanding the utmost dissimilarity of habit, the most 

 attentive botanists have found great difficulty in esta- 

 blishing a clear generic distinction between tliis genus 

 and Anemone. I acknowledge myself obliged to the ex- 

 cellent M. DeCandoUe for pointing out the difference of 

 their aestivation; see Grammar ll. 



1, C. Vitalba. Common Traveller's Joy. 



Leaves jiinnate ; leaflets heart-shaped, partly cut. Foot- 

 stalks twining, permanent. Panicles forked, not longer 

 than the leaves. 



C. Vitalba. Linn. Sp. PL 76G. mild. v. 2. 1 292. Fl. Br. 583. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. t. C) 1 2. Curl. Lond.fasc. 4. t. 37. Hook. Scot. 1 7 1 . 



DeCand. Sijst. v. 1 . 139. Jacq. Ausir. t. 308. Bull. Ft. ^.89. 



Ehrh.Pl.OJf.ZAG. 

 C. n. 1142. Hall. Hist. V.2. 50. 

 C. latifolla, seu Atragene quibusdam. Raii Syn. 258. Bauh. Hist. 



V. 2. 125./, f. 

 C. altera. Malth. Valgr. v. 2. 306./. 

 C. tertia. Camer. Epit. 697./. 

 Viorna. Ger. Em. 886./. Lob. h:626./. 



