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slender peduncles, which render them more obvious; and, as in the case 
of all the large-flowered species of Clématis, are most favourably seen when 
they are somewhat above the eye. The double-flowered variety is pro- 
duced by the change of stamens into petals. The single flowers have no 
petals, but only sepals. C. Viticélla, and all its varieties, are tolerably robust 
and vigorous in their growth, and decidedly ligneous; though plants indi- 
vidually do not endure many years, pro- 
bably owing to their exhausting the soil in 
which they grow. Perhaps no mode of 
disposing plants of this species, for enjoy- 
ing the effect of their flowers, is preferable 
to that of planting them so that their 
branches may be trained over a frame or 
fence of trellis-work, with both sides free ; 
in which case the clematis will grow and @=\ 
spread so rapidly as to render the fence or ™ 
hedge in a short time quite a wall of green. 
Geography, History, §c. Found in the 
south of Europe, in hedges and among 
bushes, particularly in Spain, Portugal, 
Carniola, &c. It was cultivated in Eng- a 
land in 1569, by Mr. Hugh Morgan, being one of the earliest introduced 
plants on record. This species is perhaps the most beautiful and most 
estimable of all the kinds of clematis, for the purposes of floral decoration. 
For the mere covering of bowers and other objects, it is less suited than 
C. Vitalba, virginiana, or perhaps even Fl4mmula, as they grow faster, extend 
farther, and each yields a greater aggregate of herbage, and so covers better : 
but none of them can vie with C. Viticélla and its varieties in beauty; more 
especially with the single purple and the single blue. The size of the 
flowers ; their being projected on peduncles just long enough to make them 
obvious beyond the foliage; their being numerous; their conspicuous colour, 
and their transparency, render their effect extremely beautiful, especially when 
seen in masses with the sun shining behind them. C. Viticélla is more ge- 
nerally cultivated than any of the other species, and may be purchased 
in all the principal nurseries of Europe. The 
price, in London, is 25s. a hundred for all the 
varieties, except the double purple, which is 75s. a 
hundred; at Bollwyller the species is 80 cents, 
and the double-flowered variety 2 francs 50 cents ; 
and in New York, ?. 
415. C. CAMPANIFLO‘RA Brot. The bell-flowered 
Clematis. 
Identification. Brot. Flor. Lus., 3. p. 352.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.9.; 
Don’s Mill, 1. p. 9.; D. Don. in Sw. Br. Fl.-Gard., 2. s. 217. 
Synonymes. C. viornéides, received at the Chelsea Botanic Garden 
by this name from the Berlin Botanic Garden (D. Don, in Sw. 
Fi.-Gard., 2d ser., t. 217.); C. viornéides Schrader, Hort. Brit., 
No. 28757.; .C. parvifldra Dec., according to Sweet. 
Engravings. Lod. Bot. Cab., 987.; Sw. Br. Fl-Gard., 2d series, 
t. 217. ; and our fig. 20. 
Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, somewhat longer 
than the leaves. Leaves biternately decompound ; 
leaflets entire, or 3-lobed. Sepals half spread- 
ing, dilated at the apex, wavy. (Don’s Mill, i. 
p. 9.) Portugal. Flowers white tinged with 
purple. June and July. 1810. Height 10 ft. 
Description. The habit of growth of this plant is 
entirely that of C. Viticélla, to which it also comes 
nearest in affinity; but the much smaller flowers, x 
and pointed sepals connivent below, will readily distinguish it. (Sw. Br. Fi.- 
Gard., 2d series, t. 217.) De Candolle states that this is an intermediate species 
between C, Viticélla and C. crispa. 
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