I. iiANUNCULA^CEiE : CLE'mATIS. 



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

 still cottony in appearance when the seed is ripe. 



1 3. C. chine'nsis Retz. The Chinese Clematis. 



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

 Synonyme. C. sinensis Lour. cock. 1. p. 422. 

 Engraving. Oar fig. 3. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. 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 isjland called 

 Danes. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1820. 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 appeai'- 

 ance, it seems to re- 

 semble C. orientalis, 

 except that the leaves 

 are of a dark pur- 

 plish green, instead of 

 being glaucous. 



-i 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. ; Titis sylvestris Dio$. ; C. latifblia seu .^tragsne Ray ; C. Altera 



Matth. ; C. tertia Com. ; Viorna Ger. and Lob. ; V\th nigra Ftich. ; Vitftlba Dod. ; tiie Old 



Man's Beard, Bindwitli, the common Virgin's Bower, the wild Climber, the gre.it wild Climber ; 



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



meine Waldrebe, Ger. 

 Derivatiim. 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 



I'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 Viorue des 



Pauvres alludes to the same practice, 



Viorne being eridently derived from 



Vidrna. 

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



Eng. Bot., 612. ; and our J5gs.'4. & 5. 



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



B 3 



3* Clematis chinensis. 



4. Clematis Vitalba. 



