I. TJANUNCULA^CE^ : CLE'mATIS. 



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The habit of growth of this plant is that of C. Viticella, to which it also 

 comes nearest in affinity, but, though less woody, its shoots are much more 

 robust; the much smaller and white flowers, and pointed sepals connivent (that 

 is, lying close together) below, will readily distinguish it. It seldom ripens 

 wood in England, but is readily propagated by layers. 



1 15. C. CRI'SPA L. 



The cv\T\ed-sepaIed Clematis. 



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



Identification. Lin. Sp., 765. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. 

 Synonyme. C. fibre crispo Dill. Elth. 

 Engravings. Dill. Elth., 1. t. 73. fig. 84. ; Bot. Mag., 

 1982. ; and our^. 19. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 Mill.) A 

 deciduous climber. Virginia to Florida. 

 Height 3 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1726. 

 Flowers purple ; July to September. Fruit 

 brownish ; ripe in October. 



Leaves glabrous, or s'ightly hairy. Flowers 

 one third smaller than in C. Viorna, bright 

 purple. Tail of the carpels thick and rigiil, , 

 about half an inch long. (Tor. and Grai/.) 

 The flowers of this species are pretty, but 

 perhaps never produced in sufficient quan- 

 tity to render it highly decorative. The se- 

 pals have their tips reflexed, and waved with 

 transverse wrinkles. The stems are weak, and i^- ciimatis cnspa. 



do not generally rise higher than 3 or 4 feet. The plants frequently die down 

 to the ground, so that this species requires to be treated more as herbaceous 

 than ligneous. It ripens seeds plentifully. 



iii. Clieiropsis Dec. 



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Derivation. From clieir, 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 situated 

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

 bearded. Climbing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. The 

 old petioles persistent, and the new leaves and the peduncles produced in 



clusters from the axils of these. (Dec. Si/st., i. 162.) 



Evergreen. 



fl- 16. C. ciRRHo'sA L. The tendriled-petioled Clematis. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 7G6. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. : Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. 



Synonymes. Atr&gene cirrh5sa Pers. Syn. 2. p. 98.; Traveller's Joy of Candia, and Spanish Tra- 

 veller's Jov, Johnson's Gerard; Spanish wild Climber, Parkinson; the evergreen Clematis; 

 Clematite h. Vrilles, Clematite toujours verte (Bon Jard.), Fr. ; einfachblattrige (simple-leaved) 

 Waldrebe, Ger. 



Derivation, The word cirrhbsa, which means cirrhose, or tendriled, is applied to this species 

 from 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 

 einfach alludes to its comparatively simple leaves. 



Engravings. See the Varieties. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Peduncle 1-flowered, with an involucre. Leaves simple, or 

 variously divided ; evergreen. An evergreen chmber. Spain and the 

 Balearic Isles. Height in British gardens, in the climate of London, in a 

 warm situation, against a wall, 3 ft to 10 ft. Introduced in 1396. Flowers 

 greenish or yellowish white ; March and April. Fruit ' . Foliage of the 

 broad-leaved varieties forming a fine dark green mass. 



