POLYANDRIA—POLYGYNIA. Clematis. 39 



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 oj^posite, for the most part re- 

 peatedly compound, with iwin'mg footstalks. Fl. 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 this genus 

 and Anemone. I acknowledge myself obliged to the ex- 

 cellent M. DeCandoUe for pointing out the difference of 

 their aestivation ; see Grammai^ 22. 



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



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

 stalks twining, permanent. Panicles forked, not longer 

 than the leaves. 



C. Vitalba. Lhm. Sp.PL766. Willd. v. 2. 1292. Fl. Br. 583. 



Engl. Bot.v.9.t.6\2. Curt.Lond.fasc. 4. t.37 . Hook.ScotA7\. 



DeCand. Syst. v. 1. 139. Jacq. Austr. t. 308. Bull. Fr. t. 89. 



Ehrh.Pl. Of. 346. 

 C. n. 1142. Hall. Hist. V. 2.^9. 

 C. latifolia, sen Atrugene quibusdam. Rail Syn. 258, Bauh. Hist. 



r. 2. 125./,/. 

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

 C. tertia. Camer.Epit.697 .f. 

 Viorna. Ger. Em. 886. / Lob. Ic. 626./. 

 Vitis nigra. Furhs. Hist. 97. f. Ic.bS.f. 

 Vitalba. Dod. Pempt. 404./ 



In hedges, especially on a calcareous Jjoil. 



Shrub. July. 



Stems woody, angular, climbing to a great extent, or pendulous 

 from broken preci])i(:es or old walls, branched, entangled, sup- 

 ported on other shrubs by their permanent, hardened, twining 

 footstalks. i.erttTi- deciduous ; their leti/lcts r>, sUAkvd, heart- 

 shaped, pointed, finely hairy, either quite entire, unequally cut, 

 or coarsely serrated. Panidis axillary and terminal, forked, 

 many-flowered, downy. Fl. white, with a sweet almond-like 

 scent. Pet. 4, most downy at the out.side. Seeds with long, 

 wavy, feather)' and silky tails, forming beautiful tufts, conspicu- 

 ous in wet weather. They retain their vegetative principle for 

 many years, if kept dry. 



