88 BUTTERCUPS AND CLEMATIS. 
small leaved Virginbower), where it adorns often the cliffs and 
bushy declivities, when early in spring it produces copiously its 
creamcolored flowers, and when later in the season it is beset with 
its feathery fruitlets. This species occurs however also inland, 
especially along river-banks and in desert-country. Our second 
species, namely Clematis aristata, is restricted to moist forest- 
regions, where it forms splendid festoons, and is one of the most 
beautiful objects to behold, when loaded with its large white 
flowers amidst the dark-green shining foliage. Botanically these 
two plants are distinguishable irrespective of some other notes by 
Fig. XLI. 
SQ 4 \ 
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Fie. XLI.—(Hibbertia humifusa).—a, a sepal; 5, a petal; c, a stamen; 
d, pistils; e, longitudinal section of an ovary, all much enlarged. 
