* 
CLEMATIS aristata. Tcemina. 
~ Fertile-flowered awned-anthered Virgin’s- Bower. 
—— 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. Ranuncuvacem. Jussieu gen. 231. Div. I. Capsule mor 
nosperme, non dehiscentes. 
CLEMATIS. Supra vol. 2. fol. 97. 
Div. Scandentes. 
C. aristata, dioica; foliis ternatis, foliolis oblongo-cordatis v. ovatis, acumi- 
natis, mucronato-serratis, pedunculis sub5floris, corolla 4-petala, came 
panulata, erecta, antheris aristatis. E 
Mas. antheris polliniferis. 
Fam. antheris inanibus. 
Frutex sarmentosus, ramosus, scandens ope foliorum cirrhoso-prehensilium, 
Folia longé petiolata, subtis pilosiuscula et varicoso-nervosa, foliolis firmis, 
crassiusculis, denticulis remotiusculis mucroniformibus, ceterum iniegerrimis, 
terminali majore ses ui-biunciali, latitudine unciali: petioli duriuscult, septs 
volubiles, Sib anradls supra canaliculati, partiales breviores foliolis, Flores 
albicantes, axillares et terminales, subquinato-corymbosi, erectt, una cum 
pedunculis breviores foliis; pedunculi communes oppositi, robusti, brevis- 
simi, 3-5-divisi v. modd pluriés, bracteis 2 oppositis linearthus patentissimis 
pilosis ; partiales longi filiformes hirsutins villost longiores corolla, : bracteolis 
2 oppositis patentibus hirsutis infra medium stipati. Cor. 4-petala, modo 
subinequalis, superné recurvo-patens, exttis ochroleuca villosa: pet. lineari- 
oblonga, acumine obtusa, ad maximum % uncie longa, lineas 2 v. circa lata. 
Fil. (in foem. saltém ) ordine simplici pistillorum fasciculo cui equalia circum= 
posita, ochroleuca ; anth. adnate, effocte. Pist. % breviora corolla, confertay 
land implexd invicém continentia: germ. parvulum: stylus setaceus, longus, 
Janatus: stig. continuum, angustum, subulatum, luteolum. 
An unrecorded New Holland plant. Introduced most 
probably since the publication of the late edition of the 
Hortus Kewensis. ‘The species is dioecious, having fertile 
pistils with sterile stamens on one plant, and sterile pistils 
with fertile stamens on another. The name has been 
adopted from the Banksian Herbarium, and was suggested 
to Mr. Brown by the small intermediate point which extends 
itself beyond the loculaments or body of the anthers. 
A high-climbing evergreen shrub, mounting by means 
of prehensile leaves, that serve for claspers or tendrils. 
Leaves long-petioled, thinly beset with hairs beneath, and 
varicosely veined; leaflets oblongly cordate or ovate, pointed 
firm, somewhat fleshy, with small pointed and rather 
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