CHAP. I. /JANUNCULA'CE^. CLE'MATIS. 243 



Geography, ^-c. Found in Portugal in hedges, more especially on the 

 road from Coimbra to Oporto. It appears to have been cultivated in 

 England since 1810. It is a free grower and flowerer, though not so 

 ornamental as C. Viticella. It is in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and 

 in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. Price, in London, Is. 6c/.; at 

 Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; at New York, ?. 



1 16. C. CRi'sPA L. The curleA-sepakd Clematis. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 765. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. ; Thunb. FL Jap., 239. 



Sunonume. C. fibre crispo Dil. Elth. 



Engravings. Dil. Elth., 1. t. 73. fig. 84. ; Bot. Mag., 1982. ; E. of PI., 7975. ; and our^. 21. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves. Leaves entire, 



3-lobed, or ternate, very acute. Sepals connivent at the base, but reflexed 



and spreading at the apex. (^Don's MUl.,i. p. 9.) North America. Flowers 



purple. July to September. 1726. Height 3 ft. 



Description. The flowers of this species are pretty, but 



perhaps never produced in sufficient quantity to render 



it highly decorative; though it is very interesting, both 



in its foliage and in its flowers. The flower is of a pale 



purple colour ; the sepals having their bases approximated 



so as to form a tube, and their tips spread or reflexed ; 



these are also wavedly crisped with transverse wrinkles. 



The stems are weak, and do not generally rise higher than 



3 ft. or 4 ft. , , , 



Geegraphij. Found in Virginia and Carolina, in hedges and among bushes 

 on the banks of rivers. It is also said to be a native of Florida and of Japa.n. 

 It was cultivated by Miller in 1726, and in the Eltham Garden about the 

 same time. The plants frequently die down to the ground, so that they re- 

 quire to be treated more as herbaceous than ligneous. The species is in most 

 botanic gardens, and in some nurseries. Price, in London, ? 3s. 6rf.; at Boll- 

 wyller, ? ; and in New York, 25 cents. 



§ iii. Cheiropsis Dec. 



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Derivation. From cheir, the hand, and opsis, resemblance ; in allusion to the form of the bracteas. 



Sect. Char. Involucre in the form of a calyx, from two joined bracteas situ- 

 ated at the top of the peduncle just under the flower. Tails of pericarps 

 bearded.— Climbing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. {Don's 

 Mill., i. p. 9.) The old petioles persistent, and the new leaves and the 

 peduncles produced in clusters from the axils of these. {Dec. Syst., i. 162.) 

 Evergreen. 



fl- 17. C. ciRRHO^SA L. The tendriled-jaefio/ed Clematis. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 766. ; Willd. Sp., 2. 1827. ; Lamarck Diet. Ency., 2. 43. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. ; 

 Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. .out 



Symnymes. AUkgene^ cirrhbsa Pers. Syn., 2. p. 98.; Traveller's Joy of Candia, and Spanish Ira- 

 veUer's Joy, JoArtwn's Gerard; Spanish wild CWmher Parkinson; the evergreen clematis ;Ue. 

 matite a Vrilles, Clematite toujours verte {Bon Jard.), Fr. ; einfachblattrige (simple-leaved) Wald- 

 rebe, Ger. . 



Derivations. The word cirrhbsa, which means cirrhose, or tendriled, is applied to this species trom 

 the peculiarly grasping and tendril-like action of its petioles, which retain their hold even after the 

 leaflets have fallen. The French word Vrilles signifies tendrils ; and the German word cinfach al- 

 ludes to its comparatively simple leaves. 



Engravings. C. cirrhbsa L., Smith's rior..Gr.,517. ; C. c. 2 pediccUJita Dec, Bot. Mag., t. 10/0. ; ana 

 our fig. 22. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, with an involucre. Leaves ovate, some- 

 what cordate, toothed, in fascicles. {Doti's Mill, i. p. 9.) Evergreen. Flowers 

 whitish. March, April. 1596. Height 10 ft. 

 Variety and its Synonymes. 



fl. (J. c. 2 pcdicelldta Dec. Pediceled-Aowered tendriled Clematis. — The 

 chief feature distinctive of this variety from C. cirrliosa is, that the 

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