CLEMATIS FLORIDA. 
Var. Sieboldi. 
STEBOLD’S CLEMATIS. 
EXOGENiE. OR DICOTYLEDONEjE. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER* RANUNCULACE^. 
THALAMIFLORffi, Bill ( Artificial divisions ) POLTANBRIA, 
OF \ to which \ bwi) POLYGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE. | ( this Plant belongs. ) ^ OF LINNEUS. 
No. 241. 
GENUS. Clematis. Linn, Calyx corollinus, tetraphyllus,foliolis sesti- 
vatione valvatis vel snbinduplicatis. Stamina indefinita hypogyna. Ovaria 
plurima, libera, unilocularia, ovulo unico pendulo. Achenia plurima sessilia, 
stylo nudo vel barbato caudata. Semen inversum. Herb^ erectae vel suf- 
frutices samentosi scandentes zona3 temperatce regionibus calidioribus ubique 
majori copia obvii; foliis oppositis, integris vel pinnatisectis, petiolis quan- 
doque cirrhosis, inflorescentia composita, floribus ssepius bibracteolatis, 
bracteolis interdum flori approximatis, involucrum bibolum constituentibus. 
Endlicheh : Genera plantarum, page 844. 
SPECIES. Cleaiatis Florida var. Sieboldi (Hort) pedunculis unifloris 
folio longioribus, foliis ternatim decompositis, segmentis ovatis acutis integer- 
rimis, sepalis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatisj staminibus sterilibus linearibus vel 
lineari-lanceolatis atropurpiireis. 
Character OF THE Genus Clematis. Cala^x corolla-like, four¬ 
leaved, leaflets valvate, or somewhat induplicate, in aestivation. 
Stamens indefinite situate beneath the ovaria. Ovaria many, free, 
one-celled with one pendulous ovula. Achenia many, sessile, caudate 
with a naked, or barbed, style. Seed inverse. 
Description of the Species, Clematis Florida, var. Sieboldi. 
Stem round, angular, or grooved, covered with soft hairs, its habit is 
branched and twining, varying from six to twelve feet in height. 
Leaves petiolate-ovate, lanceolate, more or less acuminate, smooth, 
with the exception of the strong veins which are more or less hairy; 
leaves are sometimes opposite, sometimes arranged in threes; entire 
or laciniate; sometimes the leaves are wholly wanting, and in their 
place are substituted tendrils. Peduncles pubescent, in length various, 
those nearest to the flower usually about two lines long : those further 
removed from the flower, from one to two inches long. Pedicels 
pubescent, from tw^o to four lines long. Flo^vers solitary, showy, 
large, about four inches across. Calyx of six whitish ovate lanceo¬ 
late leaflets, acute, or ending in a sharp point, and alternately 
arranged. On the exterior side of the leaflets is a dark brownish 
green linear lanceolate streak, which runs from the apex to the base. 
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