Varieties.
A C. c 2 pedicelkita D oc .; C. pedicellata Sweet's
Hort. Bnt. p. 2., and Don's Mill. i. p. 9 . ; c.
baleárica Pers.-, C.’cir-
rho.sa Sims B. Mag.
t. 1070.; and our fig.
2 0 .; has the pedicel between
the involucre and
the flower considerably
longer than in the
species.
A C. c. 3 angustifolia. C. baleárica
Rich. Bot. Mi
t. 959., and om fig. 21.;
C. calycina Ait.-, C.
SO. Ciématis c irrh ô sa p tid ice llà ia . S I. C. c irrh ô s a an g u sü fô lia
T i 1 r u - . P-ilvinorpha//or/. Clématite de Mahon /V
ne 23 'his variety vary exceedingly, from those shown in
2.T of the natural size, taken from a plant in the Horticultiir-ii
Society s Garden, to those shown in fig. 22., reduced from Smitli’s
Flora Groeca. Introduced into England by M. Tbouin, in 1783
The varieties a re all elegant
evergreen climbing shrubs, rising
to the height of from 6 ft. to
10 ft., and branching freelv, so
as to become, in two or three
vears, very thick bushy plants.
i2. Ciématis cm-hòsa an gustifòlia. 23. Ciématis cirrhôsa angustifòlia.
The leaves vaiw from simple to te rn a te ; and from being entire to beiiiu
deeply cut. The flowers appear at the end of December, o r the beginning
ot January, and continue till the middle .or end o f April. They are pendiilou?
mid bell-shaped, the mouth being o f the breadth o f a shilling, b r more Their
colour IS greenish white, with some purple on the inside! The sepals are
owny without, and smooth within. In its native country it is said to climb
K v U n r ? “ tr e e s ; but in England it is a we?k plant, not vmw
readily kept. In nurseries it is generally cultivated in pots and keut in a
f i ' s T i r k i r h i " " heauties^sist of t h i r l p l t s L - 111 Its blight evergreen verdure, and m the earliness of its flowering in
-spring; and these properties may be best obtained by training it against a wall
with a southern aspect. Layers and cuttings. °
ÿ iv. Anemoniflont.
7 4
Derivation. From th e flowers being like those of th e /inemòne sylvéstris.
Sect. Char. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, aggregate, not bearing an involucre.
Carpel with a feathery tail. Leaves deciduous.
J. 17. C. m o x t a ' n a Ham. The Mountain Clematis.
Identification. C. m o n tà n a //a ;» . Ì1/S5.; De c. P ro d ., 1. p .9 . ; Royle, p . -51.
Synonymes. C. onemonilibra D . Don Prod. Fl. Nepal, p. 192., Don's Mill. 1. p.9 .
Engravings. Wall. PI. Asiat. R ar., 3. p. 12. t. 217. ; Swt. B r. Fl.-Gard ., 2. s. t. 253. ; and o u r ^ ^ i .
24. and 25. Fig. 25. is from the p lan t in the Hort. Soc. Garden, and fig . 24. from a specimen of
that a t Montreal, Kent.
Spec. Char., 4'C. Peduncles 1-flowered, not bracteated, several together.
Leaves ternately parted, tne segments ovate-oblong, acuminate, toothed, the
teeth in the mode o f incisions. Sepals elliptic-oblong, mucronulate, spreading.
(D . Don.) A deciduous climber. Himalayan Mountains at 5000 ft.
to 7000 ft. elevation. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft., or in sheltered situations
30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1831. Flowers white _; April in Nepal,
May in England. F ru it white ; ripe in August. Decaying foliage brown,
and dropping more freely than in most o f the other kinds.
A highly ornamental species. The plant is large and
branching ; the bark thick, ash-coloured, and deciduous.
Leaves numerous, pale green. Flowers
numerous, about the size
and form o f those o f riiie-
mòne sylvéstris L ., borne
several together, each u])on
a separate, upright, slender
peduncle, about 3 in. long.
Sepals 4, 1 in. long, pure
white, faintly stained with
pink outside at the base.
Styles clothed with long
white silky hairs ; from
which it may be inferred
th a t this species will have
24. Clematis m o n tiu a .
its fruits terminated with feathery tails, in a state of
maturity. In the climate o f England it proves to be
quite hardy, and seems to flourish as well as on its
native mountains. I t grows with great vigour in a
loamy soil, flowers profusely early in the season, and
2.5. C’lômatis m ontà
is readily increased by layers. A very desirable species.
Other Species of Clematis. — There are several other species o f Clematis
described in books, some of them as introduced, and others as not yet in
Gray, C. parviflòra Nutt,, C. lasiantha Nutt., C. lineariloba Dec., and 0 .
Bitcher'x Tor. Sf Gray, are described as woody species, none of which, even
by name, are yet in British gardens. C. pubéscens, yitifòlia, Buchaniìvaa, and
some others, mentioned by Drs. Wallicli and Royle, are yet to introduce
from the riimalayas; and there are several names in De Candolle’s Prodromus
of which living plants are not in our gardens.