FKOM THE SOCIKTV'S GARDEN. 

 56. Ci.EMATIS GRAVEOLENS,* 



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Raised from seeds presented to the Society by the Honour- 

 able Court of Directors of the PI I. Company, and col- 

 lected by Capt. "VVm. Munro in " Chinese Tartary and 

 the Sno\vy Passes, at an elevation of 12,000 feet, in 

 October, 1844." 



A small slender climbing species, perfectly destitute of hairi- 

 ness, except on the calyx and fruit. Leaves with very small 

 ovate, 3-lobed leaflets, and long straggling footstalks. The 

 flowers are solitary, at or near the extremity of the branches, 

 pale yellow, rather pretty, but emitting a heavy smell, which is 

 more disagreeable than pleasant. 



It is a hardy climber, very neat, and well worth cultivating. 

 It grows freely in any good loamy soil, and is easily increased by 



* C. graveolens ; (Flammula) glaherrima, gracilis, caule scandente fili- 

 formi aiigulato, foliis pinnatim bi-triternatis foliolis parvis 3-partitis trilo- 

 bisque laciniis ovatis integris nunc hinc inciso-serratis, floribu* solitariis, 

 pedunculis foliis longioribus, sepalis 4 oblongis obtusis apice recurvis intus 

 tomentosis, achseniis pubcscentibiis caudis plumosis. — J. L. 



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