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ARBORETUM AND FRUTKF.TU.M. 



PAnr III. 



1 11. C. 5i'ms// Swt. Sims's Clematis. 



Identification. Sweet's Hort. Brit, p. 1. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 8. 

 Synonymes. C. cordata Sims ; the heart-shapc-lcaved Clematis. 

 Engravings. Hot. Mag., 1816., and oMTjig. 16. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets cor- 

 date, acuminated, entire, ciliated, reticulated. Sepals 4, coria- 

 ceous, connivent, lanceolate, reflexed at the ai)cx, curled. [Don''s 

 A/i7/., i. p. 8.) Flowers lilac. June, August 1812. Height 8 ft. 

 Description. The general appearance of this plant is said to give 



the idea of something between C. crispa and C. Vi(jrna ; and it is 



said also to bear some resemblance to C. reticulata. 



Geonraphi/, Histori/, Sfc. It is found in Georgia and Carolina, and 



was first brought to England in 1812, probably by Lyon, who made 



a large importation of plants in that year. It appears to have flowered 



for the first time in England, in Colvill's Nursery, inl8'22, whence it 



was figured by Watson. It is now to be met with in very few col- 

 lections. 



1 12. C. reticula'ta Walt. The net-veined-fca»erf Clematis. 



Identification. Walt Fl. Car., 156. ; Gmel. Syst., 873.; Michx. 



Fl. Bor. Am., 1. p. 318. ; Pursh Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 385. ; Dec. 



Prod., 1. p. 7. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 8. 

 Synunymes. C. rbsca Abbott ; the netted Virgin's Bower ; the 



reticulated Clematis. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit, t 72. ; and our Jig. 17. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered. Sepals conni- 

 vent. Leaves coriaceous, netted with nerves, 

 smooth, pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed or 

 entire, ovate. (I)on^s Mill., i. p. 8.) Sepals, when 

 expanded, divaricate, and arc of a pale purplish 

 red. June, July. 1812. Height 8 ft. 



Descripdon. In Don's Mill., the flower of this 

 species is stated to resemble that of C. Viorna ; 

 but, by the figure in Watson's Dcndr., it is quite 

 dissimilar. In C. Viorna the sepals do not diva- 

 ricate, except in their recurved tips : C. reticulata 

 is depicted with sepals expanded in the mode of 

 those of C. Viticella. A side view of a flower less 

 expanded resembles more the flower of C. cylin- 

 drica, but the cylindrical portion is shorter. The 

 flowers (sepals) of the two are different in colour. 

 The reticulation of the veins, in the leaves of C. 

 reticulata, is the character expressed in the .specific 

 epithet. The stems of C. reticulata are not truly 

 ligneous. In the new edition of the Bot. Mag., 

 edited by Dr. Hooker, and published in 1833, C. Simsw and C. reticulata are 

 made synonymous. 



§ ii. Viticella Dec. 



Derivation. From oUicula, a small vine ; on account of the plants climbing like the ntis vin<fcra L. 

 Sect. Char. Involucre wanting. Tail of the pericarp (that is, of the carpel) 



short, beardless. Leaves tcrnate, or decompound. — Stems climbing. {Doll's 



Mill., i. p. 9.) Deciduous. 



-t 13. C. flc'rida Thun. The florid, or showy-Jloivcrcd, Clematis. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., 2W. ; Jacq. Hort Schon., 3. p. .'57. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 8. ; Don's Mill., 



1. p. 9. 

 Synonymes. /ftrftgeno indica De/if. ; yltrfigene flurida Pers. ; Clcmatite k grandes Fleurs, Fr. ; 



grossblftthiee Waldrebc, Gcr. 

 Engravings. Sims's Bot Mag., t 834. -, Andr. Bot. Bep., t 402. ; Jacq. Hort. Schiin., 3. t .3.57. ; and 



our Jig. 18. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1 -flowered, longer than tiie leaves. Leaves ternately 

 decompound ; leaflets ovate, acute, quite entire. Sepals oval-lanceolate. 



