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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



nurseryman, of Pine-apple Place, and first 

 flowered in the nursery of Mr. Chandler, 

 by whom it was named. It may fairly be 

 described as one of the most ornamental 



Fruit of Clematis Hendersons*. 



species of this section, from t'ne largeness 

 of its flowers, their long footstalks, which 

 make them stand out distinctly from the 

 foliage, the great profusion with which they 

 are produced, and the long time the plant 

 continues to produce them. Layers. 



ii. Viticella Dec. 



1 3. a^matis HeudetsiniV. 



Derivation. From viticula, a small vine ; on account of the plants climbing like Htis vinlfera L. 

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



short, beardless. Leaves ternate, or decompound. Stems climbing. (Don's 

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



1 11. C. flo'rida T/mn. The florid, or shoivy-flowkrsd. Clematis. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., 240. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 8. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. 



Synonymes. ^tragene indica Besf. ; ^tragene florida Pers. ; Clematite ^ grandes Fleurs, Fr. ; 



grossblUthigeWaldrebe, Ger. 

 Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 834. ; Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 402. ; and our,^^. 14. 



Si^ec. Char., 8fc. Peduncles 1-flowered, longer tlian the leaves. Leaves ternately 

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

 much pointed. {DorCs Mill.) A deciduous climber. Japan. Height 

 10ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 1776. Flowers white; June to September. 

 Fruit ?. 



Varieties. 



1 C. /. 2. fibre plena Hort. has the stamens changed into floral leaves, 

 which may be denominated petals. It is very handsome, but the 

 petals have frequently a tinge of green, which renders it less orna- 

 mental than the single species, in which the centre of the flower is 

 comparatively inconspicuous, while the sepals are large, and of a pure 

 white. 

 1 G. f. ^ fibre plhio violdceo ; C. f. Sieboldii D. Don in Sweet's Brit. 

 Flow.-Gard. 2d ser. p. 396.; C. Sieboldti Paxton's Mag. Bot. 



