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pedicel between the involucre and the flower is of some length, and 
causes the flower to seem pedicellated beyond the point of the place 
of theinvolucre. C. balearica Pers.; C. pedicellata Swt. Hort. Brit., 
p: 2, Don’s Mill., 1. p.9.;  C. cirrhésa Sims, Bot. Mag., t. 1070. 
Description. An elegant evergreen climbing 
shrub, rising to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., and 
branching freely, so as to become, in two or three 
years, a very thick bushy plant. The leaves vary 
from simple to ternate ; and, from being entire to 
being deeply cut. The flowers appear at the 
end of December, or the beginning of January, 
and continue till the middle or end of April. 
They are pendulous and bell-shaped, the mouth 
being of the breadth of a shilling, or more. Their 
colour is greenish white, with some purple on 
the inside. The sepals are downy without, and 
smooth within. The principal beauties of this 
species consist in its bright evergreen verdure, 
and earliness of its flowering in spring; and they 
may be best obtained by training it against a 
wall with a southern aspect. 
Geography, History, Sc. Found in the south 
of Europe and north of Africa, in hedges and 
among bushes, particularly in Spain, Majorca, 
Sicily, Calabria, Algiers, and the islands of the 
Archipelago. In its native country it is said 
to climb up and overwhelm the trees; but in 
England it is a weak plant, not very readily 
kept. In Loddiges’s Nursery it is cultivated in ; 
pots and kept in a green-house, or in a cold frame. Miller observes that it stood 
in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, in the open air, in a dry sheltered situation; and 
that it flowers better when so treated, than if kept in a house. It is liable to 
perish, however, in exposed situations. It was first discovered by Clusius in 
1565, and is said to have been cultivated by Gerard in 1596; though, as he says 
that he found it wild in the Isle of Wight and near Waltham Abbey, it was 
probably some less tender species which he designates by this name. It is not 
often met with, except in botanic gardens. In Scotland, and in France and 
Germany, it is kept in the green-house. In London, it costs Is. 6d.; at Boll- 
wyller, ?; and at New York, 25 cents a plant. 
a. 18.C. BALEA’RICA Rich. The Minorca Clematis. 
Identification, Rich. in Jour. Phys., Feb. 1779, 127.; Lamarck’s Dict. Ency., 2. p.43. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 
p. 9.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 9. : 
Synonymes. C. calycina At. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 2. p.98.; Clematite de Mahon, Fr. 
Engraving. Sims, Bot. Mag., t. 959. , 
Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, with an involucre under the flower. Leaves 
ternate; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed, deeply toothed. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 9.) 
Evergreen. Flowers whitish. Feb, and March. 1783. Height 10 ft. 
Description. Evergreen, and decidedly ligneous; perhaps rather tender. 
it attains the height of 10 ft. at least ; and is pleasing in appearance, both as 
regards its leaves and flowers. The leaves have their segments narrow, and 
toothed and lobed, so that they possess fulness of character. The calyxes are 
larger than those of C. cirrhdsa; the sepals are whitish, and marked in the 
inside with a few blotches, not regularly disposed; and, although the flowers 
are not very showy, they are produced at a season which renders them very 
grateful. This species, in the green-house, will yield flowers throughout the 
winter. 
Geography, History, §c. Found in Minorca, and first described by 
LHéritier, The plant was brought to England by M. Thouin in 1783; and, 
