PLATE LXXL 
CLEMATI 
So VIORN A 
Blue thick-petal’d Virgin's Bower. 
CLASS XIII. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. 
GENERIC 
Pertantuium. Calyx nullus, 
Corotta. Petala quatuor, oblonga, laxa. 
Stamina. Filamenta plurima, fubulata, corolla 
breviora. Anthere lateri filamentorum ad- 
. Nate, 
“ Pistittum. Germina plurima, fubrotunda, com- 
preffa, definentia in ftylos fubulatos, ftami- 
nibus longiores. Stigmata fimplicia. 
Pericarrium nullum. Receptaculum capita- 
tum, parvum. 
Semina plurima, fubrotunda, compreffa, ftylo 
(figura varia) inftru@a. 
SPECIFIC 
Clematis foliis compofitis decompofitifque; foli- 
olis quibufdam trifidis; floribus Violaceis, 
coriaceis. 
ORDER _ VII. 
Many Pointals. 
CHARACTER. 
Emratement. Cup none. 
Bossom. Petals four, oblong, flexible, 
Cuives. Threads many, awl-fhaped, fhorter 
than the bloffom. Tips fixed to the fides 
of the threads. 
Pointat, Seed-buds many, nearly round, flat- 
tened, ending in awl-fhaped fhafts, longer 
than the chives. Summits fimple. 
SEED-VESSEL none. Receptacle forming a round 
head, and fmall. 
SEEDs many, roundith, flattened, retaining the. 
thaft, which is varioufly fhaped. 
CHARACTER. 
Virgin’s Bower, with compound and doubly com- 
pound leaves; fome of the little leaves fplit 
into three; flowers blue, and tough. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Chives, 
* 2. The Pointals. 
3. A Chive, (magnified), 
4. A Pointal, (magnified). 
5. AA Seed nearly ripe, (natural fize). 
and Pointals; the petals being removed. 
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“Dovsts have been entertained, among fome botanifts, 
Linneus, as given by him, with various fynonims, in his Sp. Plan. 
adopted by him, 
to fiower till deftroyed 
introduétion, though long known by defcription, 
where it is in high perfection, being planted 
increafed, by parting the roots in {pring; 
we have no hefitation in our decifion. 
it is not fo hardy as fome others from the northern parts of Europe or 
whether this plant is the Clematis viorna of 
By collating the different {pecific 
to bloffom in July, and continue 
our gardens, being but of a late 
Our figure was taken at the Hammerfmith nurfery, 
in a mixture of loam and peat earth: it is moft readily 
as the feeds feldom come to maturity in this climate. 
