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may be found in flower as late as August; but it makes its 
appearance early. It is about two feet high, slightly hairy, 
and the juice, or sap, yellow. Leaves much divided, the 
parts broadly ovate, and lobed. Flowers yellow, rather 
small, and growing in long stalked umbels. Pods long. 
It is found especially near towns and villages on waste 
ground. 
PoOLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 
THALAMIFLORZ, RANUNCULACE. 
CLEMATIS. (Travetier’s Joy.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of four or six leaves. No petals. 
Seed-vessels terminated by a long feathery awn. 
CLEMATIS. VITALBA. Common Travellers Joy. The Cle- 
matis is rare in the north, but abundant in the south, covering 
the hedges with its pretty greenish white blossom, and in 
the autumnal months with its curious feathery seeds. The 
stems are very long, and soon cover a hedge; indeed in 
many places it climbs to the tops of small trees. In the 
south of the Isle of Wight it grows in profusion, hanging 
its pretty blossoms over rocks and trees most beautifully. 
The flower is, perhaps, scarcely in perfection till June or 
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