Gmelin queries, and with propriety, in his edition of Systema Naturæ above cited, whether S. spicata, and S. squarrosa, (another North American species,) are not generically distinct from the other Serratulæ.
Our drawing was made from plants in the collection of Lady de Clifford, at Paddington.[Pg 83]
PLATE CCCCII.
CLEMATIS FLORIDA.
Large-flowered Virgin’s Bower.
CLASS XIII. ORDER VI.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.