ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 1UUTANNICUM 



is most ornamental as 

 a single plant, trained 

 to a rod or to a wire 

 frame. As its branches 

 are not very decidedly 

 ligneous or persistent, 

 but consist mostly of 

 annual shoots from a 

 suffruticose base, and 

 are not much branched, 

 the plant does not ex- 

 hibit a bushy head. It 

 thrives best in bog 

 earth, kept somewhat 

 moist, in which cir- 

 cumstance it differs 

 from most of the 

 woody species of Cle- 

 matis. It may be 

 increased by layers, 

 though not so readily 

 as from seeds, which 

 it produces in abund- 

 ance. This species, C. 

 cylindrica, and C. re- 

 ticulata, being neither 

 very woody, nor very 

 luxuriant in growth, 

 may all be treated as 

 herbaceous plants, to 

 be supported during 

 the flowering season 

 by temporary props. 

 Few border plants, in- 

 deed, will be found 

 more elegant or more 

 ornamental when so 

 managed. 



1 8. C. CYLI'NDRICA Sims. The cylinclricaU/oiw-jw/ Clematis. 

 Identification. Sims, in Bot. Mag., 1. 1160. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 7. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 8.; Tor. and 

 SySi P< C.' crispa Lam., but not of Linn. ; C. Viorna Andr. in Bot. Rep. ; C. diraricata Jar?.; 



the ions-flowered Virgin's Bower ; Clematite a" longues Hears, Fr 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag , 1. 1160. ; Bot. Rep., t. 71. ; and our Jig. 10. 



Spec. Char., $c. Peduncles 1-flowered. Sepals thin, acuminated, reflexed 



at the apex, with wavy margins. Leaves slender, pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 



ovate or oblong, middle one sometimes trifid, "*^ 



floral ones entire. (Don's Mill.} A deciduous 



climber. North Carolina and Florida. Height 



3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1802. Flowers large, 



purplish blue, nodding ; June, August. Fruit 



white ; ripe in September. 



DeCandolle describes this species as related 

 to C. Viorna, reticulata, and crispa, and dis- 

 criminated it from these. C. cylindrica, he says, 

 differs from C. Viorna, in the segments of its 

 leaves being entire and not trifid ; in the flowers 

 being blue, not reddish lilac and pale within, and 

 twice the size of those of C. Viorna ; in the sepals 



10. ClnnntU cylindrira. 



Clematis Vidrna. 



