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* CLEMATIS coerulea. 



Violet Clematis. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Nat. nrd. RanunculacE/E. 



CLEM A TIS. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 97. 



§11. VlTlCELLA. D. C.prodr. 1.8. 



C. coerulea ; patentim pilosa, foliis ternatis segmentis ovatis acutis integerrimis, 

 pedunculis unifloris, sepalis sex oblongo-lanceolatis acutis membranaceis 

 margine distantibus. 



C. coerulea grandiflora. Hort. 



This is a charmiiio- addition to the climbers cultivated in 

 England ; it has a most graceful mode of growth, and the 

 large violet flowers, with deep purple stamens, are more 

 ornamental than those of any species of Clematis yet in 

 this country. 



It is nearly related to C. florida, from which it differs not 

 only in the colour, delicacy, and transparency of its blossoms, 

 but also in its leaves being only once ternate, and in the 

 sepals not touching and overlapping each other at the edges. 



The drawing was made last October, from a plant be- 

 longing to Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton, to whom a 

 medal liad beeu awarded for it at one of the meetings of the 

 Horticultural Society in Regent Street. 



Messrs. Lowe and Co. inform me, that it is, like C. 

 florida, a native of Japan, from which country it was intro- 

 duced to the European gardens by Dr. Van Siebold, and 

 tliey have no doubt that it will prove as hardy as that 



• See folio 1234. 



