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CLEMATIS montani. 

 Mountain Clematis. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Ranunculace^, 

 CLEMATIS. Botanical Register, vol. 23. /o/. 1955. 



§ 1. Flammula. 



Involucrum 0. Petala 0. Carpellorum caudce longce, barbato-plumosee. Em- 

 bryonis in semine cotyledones distantes. 



C. montana; pedunculis 1-floris, involucro nuUo, foliis ternati-sectis segmen- 

 tis oblongis acuminatis subtrifidis grosse serratis. DeCand. st/st. 1. 164. 

 prodr. 1.9. 



C. anemoniflora. Don Prodr.fi. nep. 192. fide Royle. 



Accordinf^ to Dr. Royle, Clematis grata from its fra- 

 grance, and C. montana from the showy nature of its garlands 

 of numerous white rose-like flowers, are the most desirable of 

 the Himalayan species of this charming genus as ornamental 

 plants. Certainly nothing can well be more beautiful than 

 the latter, of which a figure is now given ; for in the month 

 of May, or even in April, on the south coast of England, it is 

 one mass of the most brilliant snow-white blossoms tinged 

 with a delicate pink. 



It is a species of the Flammula section, and not at all re- 

 lated to that called Gheiropsis, in which by some mistake it 

 was stationed by DeCandolle. 



It is a hardy climber, flowering in May, and requiring 

 the same treatment as the other hardy kinds of Clematis. 



It strikes freely from cuttings of the half-ripe wood, and 

 grows very rapidly if planted in any strong rich soil. It is 

 therefore well adapted for covering arbours, the flowers being 



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