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I discovered this movement too late to be enabled to observe it in the other species; but from analogy I can hardly doubt that the leaves of at least C. viticella, C. flammula, and C. vitalba move spontaneously; and, judging from C Sieboldi, this probably is the case with C. montana and C. calycina. I ascertained that the simple leaves of C. glandulosa exhibited no spontaneous revolving movement.
Linnaeus observed the same deviation long ago for Saponaria officinalis, and since, it has been seen in Clematis Vitalba by Jaeger, in Peltaria alliacea by Schimper, in Silene annulata by Boreau and in other instances. No doubt it is not at all of rare occurrence, and the origin of the present gamopetalous families is to be considered as nothing extraordinary.
Didst thou hear it? The villain still lives. Not one drop of blood has stained the innocent hand of Flodoardo. The Senator Vitalba. Signor Contarino, I have won a thousand sequins of you. Contarino. So it should seem, signor. Andreas. My son, you have bound the Republic to you for ever, and I rejoice that it is to Flodoardo that she is indebted for a service so essential. Vitalba.
There is a smaller variety of this, much used for making edging to gravel walks in gardens. CARPINUS Betulus. THE HORNBEAM. This grows to a large tree, but is not of much account as timber: it is however very useful in forming ornamental fences, and is well adapted to this purpose from the tendency of its young branches to grow thick. CLEMATIS Vitalba.
Falieri. Is Abellino already in this palace? Flodoardo. He is. Vitalba. Then why do you not produce him? Why do you trifle so long with our impatience? Flodoardo. Be patient. It's now time that the play should begin. Be seated, noble Andreas. Let all the rest arrange themselves behind the Doge. Abellino's coming!
With this change, great durability is probably acquired; at least this is the case with the clasped petioles of Clematis vitalba. The meaning of these changes is obvious, namely, that the petioles may firmly and durably support the stem. Clematis microphylla, var. leptophylla.
This is a showy, small-flowered species, the flowers being campanulate, greenish-white within and purplish without. C. Viorna coccinea is not yet well known, but is one of the prettiest of the small-flowered section. The flowers, which are leathery as in the species, are of a beautiful vermilion on the outside and yellow within. C. VITALBA. Lady's Bower, or Old Man's Beard.
A thousand sequins on Flodoardo seizing him Andreas. And delivering him up to me, either alive or dead. Contarino. Illustrious signors, you are witnesses of the wager. My Lord Vitalba, there is my hand on it. A thousand sequins! The Senator. Done. Many thanks for your gold, signor. I look on it as already in my purse.
It is now a full hour beyond his time. The Senator Vitalba. Let him only produce him at last, and he may be a month beyond his time if he choose. Andreas. Hark! No. Silence! silence! Surely I hear footsteps approaching the saloon. The words were scarcely spoken when the folding doors were thrown open, and Flodoardo rushed into the room enveloped in his mantle.
In these cases the pressure, though spread over a wider surface than that touched by the cotton thread, must have been excessively slight. Clematis vitalba. The plants were in pots and not healthy, so that I dare not trust my observations, which indicate much similarity in habits with C. flammula.
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