66Z CLEMATIS 



BB. Styles of fr. usually rather short, often becoming 

 plumose, but not so much as in B.— Viticella 

 Section. 



c. Climbing plants, 

 u. Fts. large, expanded when mature. 



18. Viticella, Linn. Climbinfr 8-12 ft.: Ivs. some 

 times entire, but ii-ii:illv riiri.ir ri i^tn :'. nearly entirt 

 Ifts.: fls. l%-2 in. :■! ■'.'■■■■■■ . - ■ ■: -' i':L-Iy on pedun 

 cles; sepals 4, Mi , ; i| ■ : 'I'le, obovate 



pointed, rpflexpfl : im - ■ ih rather short 



tails, di^viiid nl' |ili.! . inn. ,Vi„. >.Eu. to Persia 



R.H. iMiH. n. I- ;. i-jll^i; l,s71l::i.")iM vars.). B.M. 505 

 Lav. 7.~i: ' ' I"- iif one of the leading groups 



of ganl 11 ' ml is one of the parents of the 



Jaekmani im i li..iiri.ls. 



The four tVilluwing are g.irden varieties : 



Kermeshius, Hort. (C. Kermesinus, Hort.). Fls. of bright 

 wine red color, purple being absent. Gn. 33:787. 



IJIinnafhiritninda, Hort. (C. lilicina-floribunda, Hort. C. 



II ih.l.i, M'.ii I. Fls. pale gi-ay-lilae, conspicuously veined. 



I 1 1 1 n 1 , —An abundant bloomer. ^Produced in an 



(0. 



dy Bovill, Hort,). Fls. cup- 

 I little or not at all recurved 

 blue: stamens 



490. Clematis florida, var. bicolor. 



Uodesta. Modeste-Gu^rin (=C. V.X C. lanuginosa). Fls. well 

 expanded, large, bright blue, bars deeper colored. 



Fulgens, Simon-Louis (=C. V..var grandiflora'X C. lanugi- 

 nosa). Sepals 5-6, rather narrow, dark purple to blackish crim- 

 son, velvety, edges somewhat serrate. 



Bo»ioop. Hort. (C. Boskoop Seedling. Hort. =C.V.XC.in- 

 t -strifolia). A new race in 1«1)2: growing 3-5 ft.: fls. blue, lav- 

 ender, rose or reddish rose, 



19. campanilldra, Brot. Climbing 10-15 ft.: fls. re- 

 flexed and bell-shaped as in the above type or more so; 

 purple or whitish. June, Julv. Native of Portugal. 

 L.B.C. 111:987. Lav. «.- This has been called C. Viti- 

 cella because of its close resemblance in flower, fruit 

 and leaf; but the Ivs. are often twice temate, and the 

 plant is much more slender in habit. 



20. Jlbrida.Thunb. A slen- 

 der plant, climbing 9-12 ft.: 

 Ivs. variable, more or less 

 ternate or hitemate; Ifts. 

 small, ov:,to-lanceolate: fls. 

 2-4 iTi. :ifri.«, fl.it wh.-n ex- 



June. Japan. B. M. 834. 

 R.H. 1856:41. 



Var. bicolor, .Steud. (€. 

 Sieboldi, n. Dun I. Fiir. 490. 

 Like the typ.-, but «iili the- 

 purple stii - -1.1,1. wliat 



petal-like, :il|.| l-riinliL- ;i 



dense, pur|ii' h. :iil in tin 

 center. F. S. .'i : 487. Lav. 

 5. M.&J. 16. B.K. 24:25. 

 P.M. 4:147. Gn. 22:349. R. 

 H. 1856:401. 



Var. Fdrtun 

 F6rtunei. H.., 

 pals creamy 



M. 



M.&J. 13. 



Tt.), A hybrid form: 



1 1, Hort, C. Veitchii, 

 I r. Fortune!, except in 

 irdens. F.S.18;18-5-fi. 



DD. Fls. smaller, pitcher-shaped or tubular. 



21. Viama, Linn. Fig. 491. Climbing 8-10 ft.: Ivs. 

 not glaucous nor coriaceous ; Ifts. subcordate-ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, slightly reticulated : fls. solitary, on 

 long peduncles, pitcher-shaped ; sepals 4, 1 in. long, 

 variable in color, often dull purple, thick and leathery, 

 tips often recurved ; styles plumose when mature. 

 June-Aug. Penn. to Alabama and westward. Lav. 17. 



Var. coccinea, A. Gray {C. cocclnea, Engelm.). Lvs. 

 glaucous, subcoriaceous; Ifts. broader than the type, 

 often obtuse or refuse : .se|j;ils carmine or scarlet. 

 Trxii-. T,;iN.|n ,.,',7',,,, , , ?..^r. r„-:.|. Cn. 19:275. 

 Ci • -■ l;. 1 1 1 -:- . '■ 1 - - - .'1^. ".I , ;. Miperior to 



til.. ■ ;.. I . , , . . ■ i.. , ,1 ,■ , ■'..,. . -. ^,,nie of the 



i;,iri|. II i,.i III- ..1 1 1,1- > iii-ii 1 ;. . >Mii.-ii liii\ . iM-li:ilply been 



found under the names: Countess of Ohs/oic, deep scar- 

 let. G.C. III. 16:9; Countess of York, white, tinted with 

 pink ; Duches.i of A Ihany, clear pink, Gn. .52:1140. 



'1-2 crisr:l, T.Wn;, A .l,...,l..r r!i-„l..v, re:>..l.i,r,- 'I- I ft.: 



Vii 



o Te 



B. n. 



Lav. 14. -This and the allied species are fragrant. 



23. reticulata, Walt. A slender climber, allied to the 

 last : lvs. much reticulated and very coriaceous : fls. 

 solitary in the axils of the lvs., nodding, bell-shaped; 

 sepals recurved, crispy at the margin: mature fr. with 

 plumose tails. June, Julv. S. Car. to Ala. and Fla. 

 B.M. 6574; 1892 (as C.crispa); 1816 (as C.cordata). 

 Lav. 16. 



24. Pitcheri, Torr. & Gray. Lvs. of 3-4 pairs of Ifts. 

 and a terminal 1ft. reduced almost to a midrib; Ifts. 

 coarsely reticulated : fls. 1 in. long and ?iin. in diam., 

 with swollen base ; sepals dull purple, recurved at the 

 tips : akenes pubescent, styles not plumose. June-Aug. 

 S. Ind. to Mo., southward to Mex. Lav. 15. 



