I. RANUNCULA CEE: CLE/MATIS. 5 
lowish, and not so strongly scented; and the carpels are dissimilar, though 
still cottony in appearance when the seed is ripe. 
43. C. cuine’nsis Retz. The Chinese Clematis. 
Identification. Retz. Obs., 2. p.18.; Dec. Syst., 1. p. 137.3; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 4. 
Synonyms: C. sinénsis Lour. coch. 1. p. 429. R ceca 
ngraving. Our jig.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 Mil.) A deciduous climber. China, in the island called 
Danes. Height 10ft. to15 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 appear- 
ance, 1t seems to re- 
semble C. orientalis, 
except that the leaves 
are of a dark pur- 
plish green, instead of 3. Clématis chinénsis. 
being glaucous. 
4&4. C. Viva’‘tBa 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. Athragené Theoph. ; Vitis sylvéstris Dios.; C. latifolia seu Atragene Ray ; C. altera 
Maith.; C. tértia Com.; Vidrna Ger. and Lob.; Vitis nigra Fuch.; Vitélba Dod.; the Old 
Man’s Beard, Bindwith, the common Virgin’s Bower, the wild Climber, the great wild Climber ; 
Clématite brulante, Clématite 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, 
“T have named it thetraveller’s joy.” 
The name of Old Man’s Beard is 
very appropriate to the white and 
hairy appearance of the tails of the 
carpels; and Bindwith, from the shoots 
being used instead of those of willows 
for tying up plants. White Vine is 
supposed to allude to the white ap- 4 
pearance of the tails of the carpels 
in autumn. The French name of 
Clématite brulante has reference to 
the acrid properties of the plant ; and 
Clématite des Haies to its growing 
generally in hedges. The name of 
PHerbe 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. nape 
Engravings. Jacq. Austr., 4. t. 308.5 4. Clématis Vitalba. 
ng. Bot., 612.; and our jigs.’4. & 5. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, cordate 
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