THE 
WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE, 
““MULTORUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATUR ONUS.”’—Ovid. 
Che Flora of Wiltshire, 
Flowering Plants and Kerns indigenous to the County; 
By Tuomas Brouces Frownr, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &., &e. 
No. IIT. 
i. VASCULAR OR PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 
CLASS 1. DICOTYLEDONES OR EXOGEN Z&. 
ORDER. RANUNCULACEA, (JUSS.) 
Crematis. (Linn.) Virern’s Bower. 
Linn. Cl. xii. Ord. iii. 
Name. From Clema {Gr.) a vine branch, which its long shoots 
resemble. 
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C. Vitalba. (Linn.) Comp. vitis and alba (Lat.) white vine. 
English Botany, t. 612. Reichenbach’s Icones Flore Germanice, iv.64. 
Locality. Wedges on a chalky or gravelly soil, frequent through- 
out the county. In many places our hedges are completely fes- 
tooned by the oppressive luxuriance of this very ornamental climber. 
Sh. Fl. July, September. Jr. October, November. Area, 1, 2, 3, 
4, 5, 
South Division. 
South-east District, Salisbury. 
South Middle District, Devizes. 
. South-west District, Warminster. 
North Division. 
4. North-west District, Chippenham. 
5. North-eust District, Swindon. 
Gerarde says it is called ‘Travellers’ Joy,’ because of its decking 
Sand 
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adorning the ways and hedges where people travel. In Wilt- 
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