CLEM'ATIS TUBULO'SA. 
tcbglar-flowered virgin’s bower. 
Class. 
POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANUNCULACE^E. 
Order. 
POLYGYNIA. 
Native of 
China. 
Height. 
2 feet. 
Flowers in 
September. 
Duration. 
Perennial. 
Introduced 
in 1845. 
No. 1158. 
Clematis, signifying twiggy, is a well chosen name 
for the slender wiry stems that prevail amongst the 
plants of this genus; the present specimen is, how- 
ever, of all that we have met with, the most imper- 
fectly described by the appellation. Had Linneus 
seen only this, when he became the European 
Adam, he would certainly have given it a different 
title. 
This newly-introduced Clematis is, indeed, the 
least like a Clematis of any brought into cultivation. 
Being of erect growth, and but about two feet in 
height, it will form a rather handsome border plant; 
its clusters of blue flowers being conspicuous amongst 
its ample foliage. It is a native of northern China, 
and is likely to bear our winters without injury, 
nevertheless, one plant should be secured by frame 
protection, whilst the strength of others may be 
tested, m various situations, against the grasp of 
British ice. 
There are one or two species of Clematis which, 
according to Dr. Lindley’s Vegetable Kingdom, are’ 
employed medicinally, for rather singular purposes. 
In treating oi the order Ranunculaceas, of which it 
