TRAVELLER'S JOY 



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TRAVELLER'S JOY (Clematis Vitalba, L.) 



the pistil was mature insects would cease to visit the flowers before 

 the stigma became mature. Cross -pollination is performed by Bees 

 (Apidse, Sphegidae), Diptera (Syrphidse, Muscidae). 



The achenes (i -seeded) are dispersed by the wind. Long hairs 

 are developed at the end of the fruit like a long feathery awn to aid in 

 wind dispersal. 



Growing on a lime soil, derived from chalk or limestone, it is a 



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