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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Varieties. 



L C. c. 2 pedicelldta Dec. ; C. pedicellata Sweeps 

 Hort. Brit. p. 2., and Don's Mill. i. p. 9. ; C. 

 balearica Pei's.; C. cir- 

 rhosa Sivis B. Mag. 

 t. 1070.; and our fig. 

 20. ; has the pedicel be- 

 tween the invohicre and 

 the flower considerably ^^^ 

 longer than in the 

 species. 

 fl- C. c. 3 angustifolia. C. bale- 

 arica Rich. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 959., and our^g. 21.; 

 C. calycina Ait. ; C. 

 polymorpha Hort. Clematite de Mahon, Fr. 



The leaves of this variety vary exceedingly, from those shown in 

 fig. 23. of the natural size, taken from a plant in the Horticultural 



Society's Garden, to those shown in fig. 22., reduced from Smith's 



Flora Gro'ca. Introduced into England by M. Thouin, in 1783. 



The varieties are all elegant 

 evergreen climbing shrubs, rising 

 to the height of from 6 ft.- to 

 ] ft., and branching freely, so 

 as to become, in two or three 

 vears, very thick bushy plants. 



21. C. cirrh6sa anguslif61ia 



SO. Clematis cirrh6sapedicelliita. 



22. Clematis cirrhosa angustif61ia. 



23. Clematis cirrhosa an^sUfolia, 



The leaves vary from simple to ternate ; and from being entire to being 

 deeply cut. The flowers appear at the end of December, or the beginning 

 of January, and continue till the middle or end of April. They are pendulous 

 and bell-shiiped, the mouth being of the breadth of a shilling, or more. Their 

 colour is greenish white, with some puri)le on the inside. The sepals are 

 downy without, and smooth within. In its native country it is said to climb 

 up and overwhelm the trees ; but in England it is a weak plant, not very 

 readily kept. In nurseries it is generally cultivated in pots, and kept in a 

 green-house, or in a cold-frame. The principal beauties of this species con- 

 sist in its bright evergreen verdure, and in the earliness of its flowering in 

 spring; and these properties may be best obtained by training it against a wall 

 with a southern aspect. Layers and cuttings. 



