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CLE'MATIS* * * * § 



Linnean Class and Order. Polya'ndria f, Polygy'nia. 



Natural Order. Ranuncula'ce.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 231. — 

 Sm. Gram of Bot. p. 136.— Lindl. Syn. p. 7. Introd. to Nat. Syst. 

 of Bot. p. 6.— Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 465. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 

 495. — Rosales; sect. Ranunculinas ; subsect. Ranunculianas ; 

 type, Ranunculaceaf. ; subtype, Clematideas ; Burn. Outl. of 

 Bot. pp. 614, 828, 832, 837, & 838. 



Gen. Ciiar. Involucrum none, or situated under the flower, in 

 the form of a calyx. Calyx ( corolla of Linn.y (fig. 1.) inferior, of 

 from 4 to 8, regular, oblong, coloured sepals, in the bud either 

 valvular, or folded in at the edges. Corolla none. Filaments 

 (see fig. 2.) numerous, swelling upwards. Anthers (see fig. 2.) ter- 

 minal, of 2 oblong lobes, bursting laterally. Germens (fig. 3.) 

 superior, sessile, egg-shaped, collected into a roundhead. Styles 

 (fig. 3.) terminal, longer than the stamens. Stigmas simple. 

 Pericarps ( seeds of Linn.y 1 (figs. 5 & 6.) indehiscent, numerous, 

 egg-shaped, compressed, 1 -seeded, placed on a capitate receptacle, 

 and terminated by a long, mostly feathery tail. 



The valvate or induplicate restivation of the calyx [corolla of 

 Linn.) ; the want of a corolla ; the tailed pericarps [seeds of Linn.) ; 

 and the capitate receptacle ; will distinguish this from other genera 

 in the same class and order. 



One species British. 



CLE'MATIS VITA'LBA*. Common Traveller’s Joy§. Vir- 

 gin’s Bower. Old Man’s Beard ||. 



Spec. Char. Stem climbing. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets heart- 

 shaped, partly cut. Petioles twining, permanent. Panicles forked, 

 not longer than the leaves. 



Engl. Bot. t. 612. — Curt. FI. Load. t. 244! — Jacq. FI. Austr. t. 308. — Linn. 

 Sp. PI. p.766. — Huds. FI. Ansi. (2nd ed.) p. 238. — Sm. FI. Biit. v. ii. p.583. 

 Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 39. — With. (7th. ed.) v. iii. p.673. — Lindl. Syn. p. 8. — Hook. 

 Brit. FI. p.263. — Siblh. FI. Uxon. p. 170. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 1 19.— l’uit. 

 Midi. FI. v. i. p.265. — Relit. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 220. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 

 171.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 122.— FI. Devon, pp. 92 Sc 192. — Don’s Uen. Syst. of 

 Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 4. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 153. — Perry’s Plant® Varvic. 

 Select, p. 45. — Bab. FI. Bath. p.l. — Clematis dumosa, Gray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. 

 p. Til.— Clematis latifolia, sen Atrajene quibusdam, Bay’s Syn. p. 258. — 

 Viorna, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 886. 



Localities.— In woods and hedges, especially on a calcareous soil.— Com- 

 mon about Oxford, and in many other parts of England. Bare in Scotland. 



Fig, 1. Calyx and Pistils. — Fig. 2. A Stamen. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and 

 Stigma. — Fig. 4. Pistils. — Fig. 5. Pericarpium with its feathery tail. — Fig. 6. 

 The same without the feathery appendage. 



* From clema, Gr. a vine branch ; because most of the species climb like the 

 vine. Don. 



t See Anemone nemorosa, note t- 



X F’rom Vitis alba, White vine. Withering. 



§ Thus named by Geraiide in 1597. “ Traveller's Joie, as decking and 

 adorning waies and hedges, where people travel. Virgin's bower, by reason of 

 the goodly shadow which they make with their thick bushing and climbing; as 

 also for the beautie of the flowers, and the pleasant scent or savour of the same." 



|| From the hoary appearance of the silky, elongated styles. Withering. 



