CLEMATIS CARU'LEA. 
VIOLET-COLOURED CLEMATIS. 
EXOGENR, OR _ DICOTYLEDONE&. 
Natural division 
to which ES i ‘ 
this Plant belongs. 
a Artificial divisions POLYANDRIA. 
to which 
becaRooiEe this Plant belongs. 
POLYGYNIA, 
s. 
No. 126, 
OF LINNEU: 
GENUS. Ciematis. Linnzus. Invorvcrum nullum aut calyciforme sub 
ET a aut sepalis viora, SIDES pire: stipite proprio 
destitute, in caudam sx zpius barbato- plum osam produc Hers fruticesve 
us scandentes, foliis oppositis sepius ree dict axillaribus vel 
eeseaiatias, unifloris pluriflorisve. DEcANDoLLE: Systema, v. 1, p. 131. 
PECIE CLEMATIS CZRULEA, SreBoLD. CavLeE scandente, foliis ter- 
natim pinnatimve sects, segmentis pestis ovato- lanes, acu utis basi 
par tug 
cto anguste Torey isibei sett iis igh coularegts 
tants: 
fe OF THE GENUS, CLEMATIS. INVOLUCRE none, or 
calyx-like under the flower. Sepaxs four or eight, coloured, valvate, 
or folded inwards longitudinally in the bud. PrvTaxs none, or much 
shorter than the sepals. Fruit consisting of several caryopsides, 
without any partial stalks, and ending in a tail which is = 
feathered or bearded. 
DEscRIPTION OF THE Species, CLEMATIS CHRULEA. STEM 
slender, climbing, slightly hairy. Leaves opposite, with long foot- 
stalks, ternately or pinnately divided, with three to five opposite seg- 
ments, each segment borne on a long partial footstalk, ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, pointed; entire but wavy on the margin, contracted or 
wedge-shaped at the base, of a bright green, very shining underneath, 
" with short hairs scattered on the under surface and arranged along the 
yeins on the upper side; the foot-stalks are also more or less hairy. 
PepuncLes long, one-flowered, without any bracts or inyolucre, 
spreading, green, with a few hairs, especially under the flower. 
FLoweR, in the variety here figured, near seven inches in diameter. 
SEPALS spreading, usually eight in 5 ares narrow manne somewhat 
keel-shaped, waved onthe margin der point, 
narrowed at the base, of a ditieats lilac eéloitr and perfectly smooth 
above, hairy and greenish on the under side along the centre, where 
are three somewhat prominent veins; where the number of sepals is 
