I. #ANUNCULA CE2V. I CLEMATIS. 



lovvish, and not so strongly scented ; and the carpels are dissimilar, though 

 still cottony in appearance when the seed is ripe. 



I 3. C. CHINE'NSIS Retz. The Chinese Clematis. 



Identification. Ketz. Obs., 2. p. 18. ; Dec. Syst., 1. p. 137.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 4. 

 Synonyme. C. sintnsis Lour. coch. 1. p. 422. 

 Engraving. O ur Jig. 3 . 



Spec. C/tar., fyc. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire. Pedun- 

 cles few-flowered, longer than the leaves. Ovaries usually four, with almost 

 naked tails. (Don's Mill.} A deciduous climber. China, in the island called 

 Danes. Height 10ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1 820. Flowers ?. Leaves pur- 

 plish green, retained till rendered black by frost. 



A plant in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's 

 Garden, grows vigor- 

 ously against a wall, 

 producing shoots as 

 long and strong as 

 those of C. Flammu- 

 la; and retaining its 

 leaves till they are 

 blackened by frost. 

 It has never flowered; 

 but, in its leaves and 

 its general appear- 

 ance, it seems to re- 

 semble C. orientalis, 

 except that the leaves 

 are of a dark pur- 

 plish green, instead of 

 being glaucous. 



1 4. C. VITA'LBA L. The White- Vine Clematis, or Traveller's Joy. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 766. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 3. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., 3. p. 39. ; Don's Mill, 1. p. 4. 

 Synonymes. Athragene Theoph. ; Fltis sylvestris Dios. ; C. latifblia seu ^trSgene Hay ; C. altera 



Matth. ; C. tertia Com. ; Vi6rna Ger. and Lob. ; Htis nlgra Fuch. ; Vitftlba Dod. ; the Old 



Man's Beard, Bindwith, the common Virgin's Bower, the wild Climber, the great wild Climber ; 



Clematite brulante, Clematite des Haies, 1'Herbe aux Gueux, la Viorne des Pauvres, Fr.; ge 



meine Waldrebe, Ger. 

 Derivation. Because of its " decking 



and adorning the ways and hedges 



where people travel," says Gerard, 



" I have named it the traveller's joy." 



The name of Old Man's Beard is 



very appropriate to the white and 



hairy appearance of the tails of the 



carpels; andBindwith, from the shoots 



being used instead of those of willows 



for tying up plants. White Vine is 



supposed to allude to the white ap- 

 pearance of the tails of the carpels 



in autumn. The French name of 



Clematite brulante has reference to 



the acrid properties of the plant ; and 



Clematite des Haies to its growing 



generally in hedges. The name of 



1' Herbe aux Gueux refers to the em- 

 ployment of it by the beggars in 



France, who use it to makes ulcers 



in their arms and legs, for the purpose 



of exciting compassion, curing them- 

 selves afterwards by the application of 



the leaves of the beet. La Viorne des 



Pauvres alludes to the same practice, 



Viorne being evidently derived from 



Vi6rna. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Austr., 4. t. 308. ; 



Eng. Bot., 612. ; and ourj%s.'4. & 5. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, cordate 



B 3 



3. Clematis chinensis. 



4. Clematis Vitalba. 



