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Clematis Florida. Large-Flowered 

 Virgin's-Bower. 



Clafs and Order. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Generic Charafter. 

 Cal. o. Petala 4 — 6. Sem. caudata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CLEMATIS fiorida ; (fcandens) foliis decompofitis, petiolis 



axillaribus folitariis unifloris bra&eatis, petalis 



fenis ovatis patentibus. 

 CLEMATIS fiorida s foliis decompofitis, foliolis binatis ter- 



natifque, petalis ovatis. Ihunb. Japon. 240. 



Syfi. Veg. 512. 

 CLEMATIS fiorida. Mart. Mill. DicJ. 8. Bot. Repof. 402. 

 Anemone vel Anemonoides. Houttuyn. Linn. Pfi. Syfi. 7> 



p. 280. /. 55. /. 1. 



The Clematis fiorida is a native of Japan, faid to have 

 been introduced to this country by Dr. Fotiiergill, about 

 the year 1776 ; but we apprehend that it was the double va- 

 riety, which is now not uncommon in our gardens. We have 

 never feen it with fingle flowers till very lately, and in this 

 ftate it appears with fo different an afpect, as hardly to be 

 recognifed for the fame fpecies without particular examina* 

 tion. It has been ufual to diftinguifh the fpecies of this genus 

 by the leaves, which are in many inftances very fimilar and 

 extremely fubject. to vary ; the mode of inflorefcence and 

 ftrufture of the flower afford characters much more to be de- 

 pended on. 



Our drawing was taken at Meflrs. Whitley and BramES, 

 where it flowered in the ftove ; but there is no reafon to 

 believe that it is not equally hardy with the double fort, 

 which in a fhehered fuuation bears our ordinary winters very" 

 well. Propagated by layers* 



