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Clematis confirmed. 



C. Fortune! (Fortune's).* JL white, fragrant, about lin. across, 

 and consisting of about a hundred oblong-lanceolate stalked 

 floral leaves. I. coriaceous, usually trifoliolate ; leaflets cordate, 

 rounded at the apex. Japan, 1863. "A splendid hardy species, of 

 which there are two or three varieties. See Fig. 470. (G. C. 

 1863, 676.) 



C. grandiflora (large-flowered).* rf. greenish-yellow, campanulate, 

 very large ; peduncles one to three-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. February to May. L pinnate, smooth ; leaflets five, 

 ovate, cordate, acuminated, coarsely serrated. Sierra Leone, 1823. 

 Stove or warm greenhouse. SYX. C. ehlorantha. (B. R. 1234.) 



C. graveolens (strong-smelling).* JL pale yellow, medium-sized, 

 solitary. Summer, i. pinnately three to live foliolate ; leaflets 

 narrow, three-lobed. Chinese Tartary, 1844. A small, hardy, 

 climbing shrub. (B. M. 4495.) 



C. grewlseflora (Grewia-flowered). JL of a tawny-yellow colour, 

 about liin. long, campanulate. I. ovate, covered with rusty down, 

 Himalayas, 1868. A distinct-looking cool greenhouse species. 

 (B. M. 6369.) 



C. indivisa (simple).* fl. white, cream, panicled. April. L 

 ternate ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, mucronate, coriaceous, 

 smooth. New Zealand, 1847. Half-hardy. C. t. lobata is a 

 form of this, with lobed leaflets, but is otherwise like the type. 

 (B. M. 4398.) 



C. integrifolia (entire-leaved). Jl. nodding ; sepals blue, coria- 

 ceous, younger ones with villous edges, adult ones with wavy 

 edges ; peduncles terminal, one-flowered. June to August. I. 

 entire, ovate-lanceolate, smooth ; the two upper ones are concave 

 and connivent before flowering, hence they inclose the flower 

 as if it were in a bladder, h. 2ft. Eastern Europe, 1596. (B. M. 

 65.) There are two or more varieties of this hardy i 



Fio. 471. FLOWERS AND LEAVES OF CLEMATIS VIORNA. 



very large, 6in. to Tin. 

 ag sepals Early summer. 



C. lanuglnosa (woolly).* Jl. 



across, formed of six or eight L r r -- -- 



L usually simple, broadly cordate, acute, glabrous above and 

 hairy beneath China, 1851. Hardy. (F. d. 8. 8, 811.) The 

 variety pallida has flowers from 9in. to lOin. across. 



C. montana ( 

 form those of 



Early summt.. .. ,~. _. , . 



acuminated, rather toothed at the base, lateral ones almost 

 sessile, h. 20ft Nepaul, 1831. Hardy in most places. (G. C. 

 1872, p. 1424.) 



C. ochroleuca (yellowish-white). JL erect, or a little Inclined, 

 the ' 



iiaa nas nowers irom tan. u nuu. atiuo 

 k (mountain).* Jl. white, large, resembling in size and 

 of Anemone sylvettris; peduncles usually one-flowered, 

 ner. 1. ternate or trifld, smooth; leaflets oblong. 



cream-coloured, and yellow on 



outside; peduncles one- 

 flowered. July. I. entire, ovate ; younger ones silky. Stem 

 erect, h. 1ft. to 2ft. East United States, 1767. Hardy perennial. 

 (L. B. C. 66L) 



C. orlentalis (Eastern). Jl. greenish-yellow, with a tinge of russet 

 on the upper part and outside, sweet-scented, panicled. August. 

 1. pinnate; leaflets smooth, wedge-shaped, with three toothed 

 pointed lobes, h. 8ft Orient, 1731. Half-hardy. 



C. panlculata (panicled).* Jl. white, sweet-scented, resembling 

 those of C. Flammula; pedicels panicled, many -flowered. July, 

 August I. pinnate ; leaflets ovate-cordate, acute, entire. Japan, 

 1796. Hardy. 



C. Pitcherl (Pitcher's). tL dull purplish, bell-shaped ; sepals with 

 narrow and slightly margined, recurved points ; tails of the fru 

 filiform and barely pubescent. July to August. I, leaflet* thn 

 to nine, ovate or cordate, entire or three-lobed ; uppermost leaves 

 often simple. United States. A hardy cumber. 



C. recta (erect).* A. white, sweet-scented ; sepals oval ; cory 

 densely flowered, "June to August I. pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 

 ovate, acuminated, quite entire. Stem erect. h, 2ft. to -Ht 



Clematis continued. 



South and East Europe, 1597. Herbaceous perennial SYTI. 

 C. erect*. 



C. Slmsii (Sims's). A synonym of C. erupts. 



C. smilacifolia (Smilax-leaved.) Jl., sepals four, linear-oblong, 

 clothed with rusty toiuentum on the outside, but smooth and 

 purple on the inside; panicles axillary, few-flowered, rather 

 shorter than the leaves. I. ovate-cordate, smooth, entire. 

 Nepaul. 1823. Greenhouse. (B. M. 4259.) 



C. tubulosa (tubular).* JL blue, with a long slender tube, of a 

 deeper colour than the spreading limb, in shape very much re- 

 sembling the flower of a common Hyacinth. Autumn. L broad, 

 with three broadly oval-rounded leaflets. Stem erect, almost 

 woody, h. 2ft to 3ft China, 1845. Hardy. (B. M. 4269.) 

 C. Davidiana (David's), a blue-flowered sort, from the same 

 country, whence it was introduced in 1863, is closely allied to this 

 species. (R, H. 1867, 90.) 



Fio. 472. FLOWERS AXD FROTT OP CLEMATIS VITALBJL 

 C. vertldllarls (verticillate). Synonymous with Atragen* 



C. Vioraa. Viorna ; Leather-flower. JL purple, yellow inside, large, 

 droop sepals connivent, thick, acuminated, reflexed at the 

 apex peduncles one-flowered. June. I. smooth, pinnate ; leaf- 

 lets entire, three-lobed, or ternate, ovate, acute, floral ones entire. 

 h. 10ft to i2ft North America, 1730. Hardy See Fig. 471. 



C. V. cocclnea (scarlet).* JL solitary, axillary, or at the extremities 

 of the branches on long coloured peduncles ; sepals four, very thick 

 and fleshy, about liin. long, campanulate at the base ; segments 

 reflexed at the tip ; interior yellow, exterior of an intense 

 vermilion. Texas, 1868. A slender-growing but very elegant 

 species, reaching about 5ft or 6ft in height Probably hardy. 

 n some books, this has been named C. Pitcleri, a widely different 

 species. (B.M.6594.) 



Fie. 473. FLOWBRI.NG BRANCH OF CLEMA 



