clematis

n.

the scientific and vernacular nameof a genus of plants belonging to the N.O. Ranunculaceae. The common species in Australia is C. aristata, R. Br.

1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 124:

«The beautiful species of clematis called aristata, which may be seen in the months of Novemberand December, spreading forth its milk-white blossoms over theshrubs . . . in other places rising up to the top of the highestgum-trees.»