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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



TART III. 



it seldom ripens seeds in Enfrland (see p. 2;3G.) ; but, as it is dioecious, it is 

 possible that he possessed only the male plant. 



Geogniphy, History, Sf-c. Found in North America, from Canada to Flo- 

 rida, in hedj^es, on the margins of woods, and on tlie grassy banks of rivers. 

 It was cultivated by Miller in 17(57; and though it is not so ornamental 

 as most of tlie other speoies, it still finds aplace in botanic gardens, and may 

 be purchased in some nurseries. Price, in London, 1.9. (yd. a plant, and Hd. 

 a packet of seeds ; at Bollwyller, 3 francs a plant ; and in New York, 25 

 cents a plant, or 2 dollars a quart of seeds. 



1 8. C. triterna'ta Dec. The triternate-Z«aperf Clematis. 



Idi-ntijkation. Dpc. Prod., 1. p. 6.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 6. 

 Si/iKini/iiirs. .itra^eiif triieriiata Dcsf. Hurt. Par. 



Spec. Char. Leaves biternate or triternate, smoothish ; leaflets oval, cuneated, 

 three-nerved, acutely trilid. {Don.s Mill., i. p. 6.) Flowers white? 

 1806. Height 5 ft. 



Desci-ipiion, History, S^-c. It does not appear that this species has yet 

 flowered in Europe ; and hence it cannot be positively determined whether 

 it is a Clematis, or an ^tragene. De Candollc appears to have seen a living 

 ])lant in the Paris Garden ; and he notices that it had not there flowered ; 

 which is the case, also, with the plant in tiie garden of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society. It is a low feeble-growing plant, and might almost be 

 considered as herbaceous. 

 1 9. C. Vio'rna L. The road-ornamenting Clematis, or leathery -flowered 



Virgins Bower. 

 Idnillficaliun. Lin. Sp., 765. ; Mill. Diet., No. 10. ; W. Sp., 2 p. 128«. ; Lam. Diet., 2. p. 44., and 

 MiihX Kl. Bor. Anier., I. p. :!!«.; Pursli Fl. lior. Amer., 2. p. 38i.; Jaeq. f. Kcl., 1. p. 50. ; N. 

 Dull. Dee. Piod , 1. p. 7. ; Don's Mill , 1 n. S 

 Synortymes. C. purpurea rupens liciy; Flaminula scaiidens, (lorn viol.ieeo clauso, DiU. Etth. ; 

 American Traveller's Joy ; ihe Virginian Climber ; the purple Climber ; CI6matite Viorne, Fr. ; 

 Gloekenbliithige Waldrebe, Ger. 

 Dciivaliun. The derivation of Vior'ia has been already given under C. Vitalba. Leathery- flowered 

 virgin's bower refers to the remarkably thick texture of the sepals ; the tieiman name is a trans- 

 lation of V'lortia. 

 Knuravings. Dill. Ellh., 118. f. 144. ; J;iC(i. fil. Kcl., 1. t. 3>. ; and our^^. 14. 



ISpec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered. Sepals connivent, thick, acuminated, re- 

 fle.xed at the apex. Leaves smooth, pinnate ; leaflets entire, 3-lobeil, alter- 

 nate, ovate, acute, floral ones entire. {Dons Mill., i. p. 8.) Flowers 

 purple without, and yellow within. June to August. 1730. Height 12 ft. 

 Variety. C. SiinsW is, in ail probability, only a variety of this species, as may 

 be ])ossibly, also, C. reticulllta. 

 Description, SfC. Tiiis species is striking in 

 the dissimilarity of its flowers to those of most 

 other species. They may be compared to hirge 

 pendulous acorns; but the terminal parts of the 

 sepals are curled upward from the terminal 

 part of the acorns, and towards its sides. The 

 species is (in suitable soil) of vigorous growth, 

 and, exclusive of its flowers, assimilates to C. 

 Viticeila ; but its stems and branches are less de- 

 cidedly ligneous. De CandoUe has cited from 

 Barton, that the herb of this species (by which, 

 ])erhaps, is to be understooil the growing parts 

 of it) is intensely acrid. The steins arc nu- 

 merous, slender, and round; the peduncles of 

 the flower arc long, deflexed towards tiie tip, 

 Tendering the flowers pendulous, the sepals 

 never open, except at their extreme ends, 

 which are bent hack, giving the whole flower a 

 bell shape, but with the mouth of the bell narrower than the body. The 

 sepals are of a greenish purpie,or reddish lilac, on the outside, and of a very 

 pale green within. The stamens scarcely emerge from the sepals. The car- 

 pels are broad and flat; as they ripen, the tail becomes bent in and plumose, 

 and of a brownish-green colour. 



