CHAP. I. 7?ANUNCULA*CEiE. CLE'MATIS. 235 



Geography, History, S,--c. C. orientalis was discovered by Tournefort in 

 the Levant, and sent by him to the Paris Garden ; whence it was sent to 

 Clifford's garden in Holland, and, in 1732, to that of Dr. Shcrard at Eltham; 

 when it was first desciibed and figured in the Hortus Elthumensis. Tiie 

 plant has been subsequently discovered in Caucasus by Bieberstein, and de- 

 scribed by him in his Flora Tuiirico- Caucasica. It is not very generally 

 cultivated, though it is found in several botanic gardens, and may be pur- 

 chased in some nurseries. Plants of it are in the garden of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society. Price, in London, 1*. or \s. 6d. a plant; at BoUwyller, ? ; 

 and in New York, ?. 



1 3. C. [? o.] GLAu'cA W. The glaucous-leaved Clematis. 



UenVfi'-ation. WilUl. Arb., 65., and Sp., 2. p. 1290. ; Dec. Prod., I. p. 3 ; Don's Mill., I. p. 4. 

 Ennravhigs. Willd. Arb., 65. t. 4. f. 1. ; Dfn. Brit , 73. ; and ourfg. 11. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leallets smooth, glaucous, wedge-shaped, with 



entire bluntish lobes. Peduncles trifid. (Don's 31111., i. p. 4.) Flowers 



yellow, scentless. July. 1800. Height 10 ft. 



Description. The general appearance is the same as that ^^tll^y 

 of C orientalis, of which it is probably only a variety ; but "^ 

 the whole plant is more decidedly glaucous. 



Geography, History, &fc. Found in the southern parts of , j 

 Siberia, in sandy wastes, by Pallas ; but when it was intro- 

 duced into Britain is uncertain. Cultivated in Knight's 

 Exotic Nursery,King's Road, Chelsea, where it fiowered in 

 1822, and whence it was figured by Watson in his Dendro- 

 logia. There is a plant of it in the London Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, which bears so strong a resemblance to 

 C. orientalis, that, supposing them to be correctly named, 

 we have no doubt of their being the same species. 



1 4. C. chine'nsis Retz. The Chinese Clematis. 



Idcnt'ficalioH. Retz. Ohs., 2. p. 18.; Dec. Syst., 1. p. 137. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 4. 

 Synunynies. C. sinensis I.oui: cock., 1. p. 422. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire. Pedun- 

 cles few-flowered, longer than the leaves. Ovaries usually four, with 

 almost naked tails. {Dons Mill., i. p. 4.) Flowers [?] purple. 1820. 

 Height 15 ft. 



Description. This plant is described in De Candolle's Systema, from a 

 dried specimen which he had seen in the Banksian Herbarium. There is a 

 living plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which grows vigorously 

 against a wall, producing shoots as hmg and strong as those of CFlammula; 

 and retaining its leaves till they are blackened by frost. This plant has 

 never flowered in England ; but, in its leaves and its general appearance, it 

 seems to reseml)le C. orientalis. 



Geographt/, History, ^^c. This plant was found in China, in the island 

 called Danes, whence it was received by the Horticultural Society in 1820. 

 It is planted in the garden at Chi^wick against a wall, with a southern 

 exposure, and receives some slight protection duiing winter. 



1 5. C. paniculaVa Thun, The panicled Clematis. 



Jdentification. Thunb. Lin. Soc. Trans., 2 p. 337. ; VVilld. Sp., 2. p. 1291.; Dec. Prod, . p. 3 ; 

 Don's Mill, 1. p. 4. 



Sipionymes. C Vitalba japonica Untitt. Pflanz., 7. p. 309. ; C. crispa Thunb. Fl. Jap , p. 239. 



Engravings. Hoiitt. i^tlanz., 7. p. 309. f. 2. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, cordate, acute, fntire. Peduncles panicled, many- 

 flowered. (Don s Mill ,\.\i. ■i.) Flowers white, anil swppt-siented. 1796. 

 Description. Described by De ( andolle in his Syslevia, from dried specimens, from which it 



apiiears that the flowers resemble those of C. Flammula in form and colour, and, like them, also, 



are sweet-scented. 



1 6. C. Vita'lba L. Tlie White Vine Clematis, or Traveller's Joy. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 7F6. ; Willd. .S|.., 2. p. 1292. ; FI. Br. .583. ; Hook. Scot., 171. ; Lam. Diet. 



Enc, 2. p. 41. ; Hayne Den., p. 120.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 3. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., 3. p. 39. ; Don's 



Mill., 1. p. 4. 

 Synonymes. Atliragenc Thcoph ; Fltis sylvestris Dios-x C. latifblia sen //tragene /fny ; f. altera 



Mailh. ; C. tenia Coin. ; Viorna Qcr. and Lob. ; fitis nigra Fuch. ; Vitalba uod. ; the Old Man's 



