XXI. 
CLEMATIS ERECTA. 
Upright Virgin's Bower. 
SyvonyMs.—Flammula Jovis. Flammula recta, Bauh. T., p. 300. Clematis 
sive, Flammula surrecta alba, F. Bauh. Hist., vol. ii. p. 127; Tourn. Inst., 294. 
Flammula Jovis surrecta, Gerarde, p. 333; Park. Theat., p. 382; Raii Hist., p. 
621. Clematis caule erecta, foliis pinnatis ovato lanceolatis, Flor. Aust., tab. 291; 
Sterck, Libella. de Flam. Jov. Clematis recta, Linn., Sp., pl. ii. 
Forrien Names.—Fr.: Clematite deorte. Germ.: Bren waldrebe. Jtal. : 
Clematite. Span.: Clematide. Duwt.: Clematis. Pol.: Powoy. Dan. and 
Swed. : Clematis. 
Nat. Order, Ranuncunace®, Juss. ; PoLyaANDRIA, POLYGYNIA, 
Linn. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyz (corolla) inferior, of four, rarely five, six, or eight, re- 
gular oblong sepals ; in the bud, either valvular or folded in at the edges. 
Corolla none. Filaments numerous, swelling upwards. Anthers ter- 
minal, of two oblong lobes, bursting laterally. Germens superior, sessile, 
egg-shaped, collected into a round head. Styles terminal, longer than 
the stamens. Stigmas simple. Pericarps (seeds of Linn.) indehiscent, 
numerous, egg-shaped, compressed, one-seeded, placed on a capitate re- 
ceptacle, and terminated by a long, mostly feathering tail. 
Spec. Cuar.—Leaves pinnated. Leaflets ovato-lanceolate, quite entire. 
Stem erect. Flowers tetrapetalous and pentapetalous. 
History.—This plant, although employed as a remedy by the 
early physicians in some affections of the liver and diseases of 
Fig. 1. The pericarps, with their feathering tails. 
* Clematis, from xAnua, riticula sarmentum, because it climbs trees ~ means of 
its pliant twigs. 
