Clematis vi t alba. Traveller’s Joy 
CLEMATIS Lin. Gen. PL Polyandria Pentagynia. 
Cal. o. Petala 4. rarius 5. Sent, caudata. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 15. Herbie semine nudo polyspermy* 
CLEMATIS Vitalba foliis pinnatis : foliolis cordatis fcandentibus. Lin. S\fi. Veqs/ab. p. 426. 
Spec. PL 7 66. 
CLEMATIS caule fcandente, foliis pinnatis, ovato lanceolatis, petalis coriaceis. Haller Hill. n. 1142. 
CLEMATIS Vitalba. Scopoli FL Cam. p. 669. 
CLEMATIS fylveftris latifolia. Battb. Pin. 300* 
CLEMATIS latifolia feu Atragene quibufdam. J. B. II. 125. 
CLEMATIS fylveftris latifolia leu Viorna. Parkinf. 380. 
VIORNA Ger.emac. 886. Rail Syn. 258. Great Wild Climber, or Traveller’s Joy. Hudfon FL Angl. 
ed. 2. p. 238. 
CAULES plurimi, perennantes, ope petiolorum, fru- 
tices arborefque vicinos, fcandentes ; junioribus 
hirfutulis, flexilibus, purpureis, nodis in- 
craffatis ; per astatem craflitie digiti feu polli- 
cis, profunde fulcatis, exalbidis, fruticofis. 
FOLIA pinnata, oppofita, patentia ; pinnis duorum pa- 
rium cum impari, remotis, cordatis, fubacu- 
minatis, integris, ferratis, lobatifve, e viridi 
flavefcentibus, nitidulis, fubtus venolis. 
PETIOLI contorti, vicem cirrhi fupplentes. 
RACEMI florales ex foliorum alis, conjugati, folioli, 
ramofi, trifidi, dichotomi. 
FLORES pallide fulphurei, odorati. 
CALYX nullus. 
COROLLA : Petala quatuor, cruciata, oblonga, fube- 
marginata, patentia, fubrevoluta, villofa, fu- 
perne pallide fulphurea, inferne virefcentia. 
fig • i- 
STAMINA : Filamenta plurima, filiformia, fub- 
comprefla, alba, longitudine corollae, ere£ta ; 
Anthery oblongte, albidae, fig. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germina plurima, minima, fubro- 
tunda, comprefla, delinentia in tot Stylos 
fubulatos, fericeos, longitudine flaminum ; 
Stigmata fimplicia. Jig. 3. 
SEMINA plurima, nuda,- fubrotunda, comprefla, cau- 
data. jig. 4. 
| STALKS numerous, perennial, by means of the leaf* 
i flalks climbing the adjoining Ihrubs and trees, 
• the younger ones llightly hirfute, flexible, 
; purple; the joints enlarged; by age attaining 
the thicknel's of the finger or thumb, deeply 
; grooved, of a whitilh colour and Ihrubby. 
: LEAVES pinnated, oppofite, fpreading, the pinnae con- 
■ filling of two pair with an odd one, heart* 
I fhaped, remote from each other, and running 
out to a point, either entire, ferrated, or lobed, 
. of a yellowifh green colour, fbmewhat fhining, 
: and veiny on the under fide. 
; LEAF-STALKS tu ifted, anfwering the purpofe of a 
: tendril. 
! FLOWERING-BRANCHES proceeding from th.. alaf 
:: of the leaves, in pairs, leafy, branched, di- 
•; viding firfl into three, and then into two 
j I fmaller branches. 
FLOWERS of a pale fulphur colour, and fweet-fcented. 
; . CALYX none. 
■ _ COROLLA : four Petals crofs-lhaped, oblong, (lightly 
, ; nicked at the end, fpreading, fomewhat rolled 
' : back, villous, on the upper fide of a pale fill* 
;; phur colour, underneath greenifh. jig. 1. 
:: STAMINA: Filaments numerous, filiform, fome- 
what flattened, white, the length of the 
I corolla, upright ; Anther m oblong, whitifh, 
I fig- 2 - 
■ PISTILLUM: Germina numerous, very minute, 
roundifh, flattened, terminating in as many 
, ; tapering, filky Styles, the length of the 
:: flamina; Stigmata Ample, fig. 3. 
I SEEDS numerous, naked, roundifh, flatten’d, and ter- 
minated by a long feathered tail. fig. 4. 
The Clematis * Vitalba f is a very common plant in the more fouthern parts of Europe,, it delights in a fituation 
that is elevated, and in a foil that is chalky, hence it is found more plentifully in fome counties than in others ; 
it is not frequent very near London, but abounds in the hedges around Croydon, and may be .found, though more 
Sparingly, about Charlton , alfo on the left hand fide of the road leading from New-Crofs Turnpike to Lewijham , 
near the fpot where the Dipfacus pilojus grows : it flowers in Augufi, and ornaments the hedges with its large 
branches of downy feeds'}; till the approach of winter. 
Being a Climber, handfome both in its foliage and feeds, and rapid in its growth, it is often made ufe of for 
Arbours and Bowers in Gardens and Pleafure-Grounds ; for this purpofe young plants fhould be chofen raifed from 
feeds. This quality, which is an ufeful one under proper reilridlions, often becomes a noxious one in hedges, 
where it is apt to fuffocate and deflroy thofe trees and fhrubs which are planted for defence. 
School-boys often dry the flems, when about the thicknefs of the finger, and draw fmoke through them inftead 
of cane. The Farmer alfo ufes the green flalks to fatten his gates with, &c. 
Haller quotes feveral authorities to (hew the Clematis poflefled of confiderable acrimony, fufficient even to 
raife blitters on the fkin, for which purpofe it has fometimes been employed medicinally. A plant of the fame 
genus, viz. Flammula Jovis (Clematis reft a Linncei) has been introduced into the lad edition of the Edinburgh 
Difpenfatory, on the authority of Dr. Storck, who recommends the leaves to be externally applied, in fordid, 
ichorous, fungous, and cancerous ulcers, andoaries of the bones; and preparations of them to be taken internally 
in the head*ach, nocturnal pains of the bones, venereal difeafe, itch and melancholy. 
* So called from x\vpx, /armentum, a vine twig. 
$ Hence in fome pans of England the plant is called Old Man's beard. 
f Qpsfi Vitis alba, or white Vine. 
