or purple ; July to September. F ru it w h ite ; ripe in October. Decaying
foliage black or brown. °
Varieties.
A C. R. 1 cærùlea. — Flowers blue.
A C. V. 2 purpurea. — Flowers purple.
1 C. V. 3 multiplex G. Don. C. pulchélla Pers. — Flowers double, blue.
This variety produces more robust, m ore extended, and fewer shoots,
than the single-flowered blue or purple varieties.
A C. r . 4 tenuifòlia Dec., C. tenuifòlia lusitánica Tourn. ; and
A C. V. 5 baccàta Dec., C. cainpaniflòra Hort. ; are varieties wliic
which w e
have not seen.
C. Viticélla, and all its varieties, are
tolerably robust and vigorous in their
growth, and decidedly ligneous; though
plants, individually, do not endure many
years. They are, perhaps, the most beautiful
and most estimable of all the kinds
of clematis, for the purposes o f floral decoration.
F o r the mere covering o f bowers
and other objects, they are, however, less?
.suited than C. Vitalba and C. Flámmnla; as
these grow faster, extend farther, and each
yields a greater aggregate o f herbage, and
so covers be tte r : but none o f them can
vie with C. Viticélla and its varieties in
beauty; more especially with the single
purple and the single blue. 17. Clématis Viticélla.
A 1 4 . C. c a m p a n t f l o ' r a U r o / . The bell-flowered Clematis.
; Dec. P ro d ., 1. p .9 . Identification, ; Don’s Mill., 1. p . 9.
Synonymes, kj. vivjiuuAue.», leutiveu m m e c /iie is e a u o t a n ic u a r d e n th is n am e ,from th e B e r lir
B ro t. F lo r. Lus., 3. p. 352.; p.
6.viornoides,received a t 'Itnh.e-r iC helsea Botanic Garden by this name, from the Berlin 0.1 ea» 4- OI *T \ . /Y ..5_____________________________.
2d s e r ., t . 217.) ; C. v i o r L i d e s S c h P a d c T n o tt B r il
N o .28757.; C. parviflòra Dec., according to Sweet.
Eng}-avings. Lod. Bot. Cab.,
Sw. Br. F l,-G a rd „ 2d
series, t. 217.; and our jig.18.
Spec. Char., Sgc. P ed u n cles
1-flowered, somewhat
longer than the
leaves. Leaves biter-
nately decompound;
leaflets entire, o r 3-
lobed. Sepals halfspreading,
dilated at
the apex,wavy. (Don’s
Mill.) A deciduous
snffrutescent climber
o f vigorous growth.
Portugal, in hedges.
Height 11 ft. to 15 ft.
Introd.1810. Flowers
white, slightly tinged
with p u rp le ; July and
August. Fru it white.
Decaying foliage dark
brown.
Variety.
18. Clématis campanirìòra.
The habit o f growth of this plant is th a t of C. Viticélla, to which it also
comes nearest in affinity, but, though less woody, its shoots are much more
robust; the much smaller and white flowers, and pointed sepals connivent (th a t
is, lying close together) below, will readily distinguish it. I t seldom ripens
wood ill England, but is readily pro[)agated by layers.
A 15. C. CRi'spA L. The cwr\<sA-scpaled Clematis.
Utntification. L in . Sp., 705. ; Doc. P rod,, 1. p.9. ; D o n ’s .Mill., 1. p. 9.
Synonyme. C. flòre crispo Dill. Elth . . .
Engravings. Dill. F.lth.. l . t . 73. fig. 84. ; B o t.M a g .,
1982. J and o u r^ g . 19.
Spec. Char., 4-c. Peduncles 1-flowered,
shorter than the leaves. Leaves entire,
3-lobed, or ternate, very acute. Sepals
connivent at the base, b u t reflexed, and
spreading at the apex. (Don’s M ill.) _ A
deciduous climber. Virginia to Florida.
Height 3 ft to 5 ft. Introduced in 1726.
Flowers purple ; July to September. F ruit
brownish ; ripe in October.
Leaves glabrous, or slightly hairy. Flowers
one third smaller than in C. Viórna, bright
purple. Tail of th e carpels thick and rigid,
about half an inch long. (Tor. and Gray.)
The flowers o f this species are pretty, but
perhaps never produced in sufficient quantity
to render it highly decorative- The sepals
have their tips reflexed, and waved with
transverse wrinkles. The stems are weak, and . dip down
do not generally rise higher than 3 or 4 feet. The plants frequently die down
to the ground, so th a t this species requires to he treated more as herbaceous
than ligneous. I t ripens seeds plentifully.
^ iii. Cheiropsis Dec.
L_V
A C. c. 2 parvijìòra. C. parviflòra Fisch. of Gottingen. — V\ov,-eTS rather
smaller than in the species, sepals crisped at the edges. H . S.
Derivation. F rom cheir, th e hand, and opsis, resemblance ; in allusion to th e form of th e bracteas.
Sect. Char. Involucre in the form o f a calyx, from two joined bracteas situated
at the top o f the peduncle ju s t under the flower. Tails of pericm’ps
bearded. Climbing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. In e
old petioles persistent, and the new leaves and the peduncles produced m
clusters from the axils of these. (Dec. Syst., i. 162.) Evergreen.
fi- 16. C. ciRRno'sA L. The tendriled-pc/iofed Clematis.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 7G6. ; Dec. P ro d ., 1. p. 9. : D o ris Mill., 1. p. 9. a c T ra
Synonymes. .ftrágene cirrhôsa Pers. S yn . 2, p. 98.; T ra v e lle r’s Joy of Candía, and Span sh T r a veller’s
Joy, Johnson's Gerard-, Spanish wild Climber, P a rk in so n ; th e evergreen Clematis,
Clématite à Vrilles, Clématite toujours v erte (Bon Ja rd .), F r .; emfa chblattnge (simple-leaved)
DOTViVi'on!’ T h e word cirrhbsa, which means cirrhose, or »PPI'P^ to this species
from th e peculiarly grasping and tendril-like action of its P«*“® * ® ® - '® * f™ . * S J,.í,
afte r the leaflets have fallen. T h e French word Vrilles signifaes tendrils ; and th e German woid
einfach alludes to its comparatively simple leaves.
Engravings. See the Varieties.
Spec. Char.,^c, Peduncle 1-flowered, with an involucre. Leaves simple, or
variously divided ; evergreen. An evergreen climber. Spain and the
Balearic Isles. Height in British gardens, in the climate of London, in a
warm situation, against a wall, 5 ft to 10 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers
greenish or yellowish white ; March and April. F ru it ‘. Foliage of the
broad-leaved varieties forming a fine dark green mass.