HANDBOOK 



OF THE 



TORQUAY FLORA. 



CLASS I. DICOTYLEDONOUS OR EXOGENOUS 

 PLANTS. 



SUB-CLASS I. THALAMIFLOKJE (ORD. I.-XXIII.) 



OED. I. RANUNCULACE^E. 



CLEMATIS. TRAVELLER'S JOY. 



C. Vitalba (common T.} A climbing plant with a woody 

 stem, abundant in woods and hedges. Leaves pinnate, leafstalks 

 twining ; segments usually 5, ovate and stalked. The young 

 branches twist and twine over hedges and trees, sometimes com- 

 pletely covering them up. Flowers greenish-white, succeeded by 

 an abundant silky and feathery seed, perfectly white, at a distance 

 having the appearance of snow. Very plentiful on hedges and in 

 woods about Torquay and Marychurch. ^E. B. t. 612.) Sh. TI. 



THALICTRUM. MEADOW-RUE. 



T. minus (lesser M.) Stony pastures, and in dry situations 

 in limestone countries. A pretty, graceful-looking plant, with a 

 zigzag stem, about 1 foot high. 'Leafstalks three or four times 

 divided, with numerous small roundish or broadly wedge-shaped 

 leaves. Flowers a pale greenish-yellow, the calyx tinged with 

 pink. Babbicombe Down, on some projecting rocks near a steep 

 descent, just beyond the first gate. (E. B. t. 11.) P. vi. TJI. 



