a r b o r e t u m e t FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM.
M il/à A^deckîuous forked, shorter than the leaves. (Don’s
A u i ^ s t i e ? l O o k ' ^ ^ f o t î :
Leaves long retained, and dying o ff 'b l^ k 7 ’I " r k
The stems are woody, more so
than those o f any o th e r species, angular,
à. l'niìt of C. Vitàllw,
climbing to the height o f 20
or 30 feet, or upwards, and hangins
down from rocky cliffs, ruins, or the
brandies o f trees; or being supported
by, and forming tufts on, the upper
surface o f o ther shrubs or Jow trees
which they often so completel v
cover as to have the appearance of
bushes a t a distance. The footstalks
ot the leaves are twined about whatever
object they approach, and afterwards
become hard and persistent -
their flexibility is increased hv h n f ? 7 ''taking these articles in winter; and
arbours ; and for a variety r f r i in i l a k p n ïp o ^ ï ’
A 5. a VIRGINIA\VA L. The Virginian Clematis.
Linn. Aoeoen.. p. 275. ; Dec. Prod., I. p.4. ; Don’s MiU., I. p. a ., Tor. and Gcav
Spec. Char.,^c Flowers panided, dicecious. Leaves
te rn a te ; leaflets cordate, acute, grossly t o o S
C m f l ; m ' - N D A deciduous climber.’
Canada to Florida, m hedges and near rivers
Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in ¡767
m ^ ‘Ttember. F ru it white!
-Lieca^ing foliage brown or black.
Yarieti/.
^ C. R. 2 bracteàta Dec. C. bracteàta Moench.
— Featlets ovate-l anceolate^ ceniituiriee,
o f r vT tlih ' « f this plant is like that
D a rtfn n ? V '-ohust in all its
aanndd iitt ?iss alrso' somewhat more tend“e"r.‘ i brPaanncihceess ; « ' '
trichotomou.sly divided, with small leaves ot h i r ■ • T “’
oborate, exceeding the stamens. Flowers often dim!7^'°"®‘ i 4 , white,
and Gray.) Miller states th a t it seldom ripens s S s in 7 ° '' (^Hor.
d-oecious. It IS pos.sible th a t he possessed o d ^ t r e ma,'" "
1 . ì ì a n u n c u l a ' c e a : : c l e ' b i a t i s .
1 6 . C. GRA'TA IF««. T h e grateful-scented Clemati.s.
Uenlification. W a ll. A s ia t., 1. t .9 8 .
Synonymes. C. odorata Hort. I C-,triternata
Ho)'«.; C. nepalensis Hort.
Enh-drfngs. W a ll. A s ia t., l . t . 9 8 .; an d
our^^-. 7.
Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers axillary,
panided ; leaves subbiternate,
villous ; leaflets cordate,
acuminated, serrated,
3-lobed; sepals obtuse. (G .
Don.) A deciduous climber.
Nepal, on mountains. Height
10 ft. to 18 ft. Introduced in
1831. Flowers white.
Closely resembling C. virginiàna,
but rather more hoary;
and equally hardy, though it
has not yet flowered freely in
the open air. A shoot introduced
into the inside o f a stove
in the Chelsea Botanic Garden,
from a plant on the o u tside,
flowered there in 1833.
Frequent in nurseries as C.
nepalensis. "• «^matis grsaa.
A 7 C. V io 'r n a L . The road-ornamenting Clematis, or leathery-flowered
Virgin’s Bower.
Identification. L in . Sp.,765. ; D ® ® L j™ '*T } 4 P 'Jù Ìa ^ cL dm s!'’floVe'rio la^ eo ’ ^ ì ì i l fE Ù h . ;
^ T m S l n T r a v Ä J o y l S v f r g ^ n i a n Climber ; th e p u rp le Climber ; Clématite Viorne, F r . ;
Glockenblüthige „ „ a r e to o rnament. Leather-flowered V irg in ’s Bower refers
'" !!T h 1 “ e m a r lX T h 7 k % e 7 t ! ; r r o « h e sep a ls ; th e German name signifies bell-flowered woodvme.
Fagra rtKgs. D ill.'E lth .,1 1 8 . f . l4 4 ; a n d o u r r ig .9 . _
Spec Char., &c. Peduncles 1-flowered. Sepals connivent, thick acuminated,
reflexed at the apex. Leaves smooth, pinnate ; leaflets entire, 3-lobed altern
a t r o v a t e a cuL floral ones entire. (Don’s M ül.) A deciduous climber.
Pen ^y lv an ’ia to Georgia. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1730. Flowers
purple without, whitish within; Ju n e to August._ F ru it white ; ripe in Sep-
tember. Decaying leaves retained long, and dying*
off black.
Vaiiety. C. V. 2 cordàta. C. cordàta Sims Bot.Mag.
t. 1816., and our flg. 9. from th a t plate ; Clem.
Slmsii Sweet’s H o rt. Brit.
This species is striking in the dissimilarity o f its
flowers to those of m ost othe r species. I t is of vigorous
growth, and, exclusive o f its flowers, assimilates
to C. Viticélla ; but its stems and branches are less
decidedly ligneous. The stems are numerous, slender,
and round; the peduncles o f th e flower are long,
deflexed towards the tip, rendering th e flowers pendulous
; the sepals never open, except at their extreme
ends, which are bent back, giving the whole
flower a bell shape, but with the mouth o f the bell .
narrower than th e body. The sepals are o f a gyeenish purple or reddish
lilac on the outside, and of a very'pale green within. The .stamens scarcely
emerge from the sepals. The carpels are broad and flat; as the)' ripen, the
tail becomes bent in and plumose, and of a brownish green colour. It
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Clématis Viòrna cordàta.