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CLEMATIS 



CLEMATIS 



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

 plumose, but not so much as in B. Viticella 

 Section. 



c. Climbing plants. 

 D. Fls. large, expanded when mature. 



18. Vitic611a, Linn. Climbing 8-12 ft.: Ivs. some- 

 times entire, but usually divided into 3 nearly entire 

 Ifts.: fls. l%-2 in. in diam., growing singly on pedun- 

 cles; sepals 4, blue, purple or rosy purple, obovate, 

 pointed, reflexed ; stamens yellow : fr. with rather short 

 tails, devoid of plumes. June- Aug. S. Eu. to Persia. 

 R.H. 1860, p. 183; 1876:110; 1879:350 (vars.). B.M. 565. 

 Lav. 7. This is the type of one of the leading groups 

 of garden Clematises, and is one of the parents of the 

 Jackmani type of hybrids. 



The four following are garden varieties : 



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

 wine- red color, purple being absent. Gn. 39:787. 



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

 floribuiida, Hort.). Fls. pale gray-lilac, conspicuously veined. 

 Gn. 18, p. 389 (note). An abundant bloomer. Produced in an 

 English garden in 1880. 



Lady Bovill, Jackman (C. Lady Bovill, Hort.). Fls. cup- 

 formed, sepals being concave and little or not at all recurved 

 at the ends, fls. 4 in. across; sepals 4-6, grayish blue; stamens 

 light brown. M. & J. 15. 



Marmordta, Jackman (C. marmorata, Hort.). Fls. rather 

 small, with 4 broad sepals, grayish blue, 3 longitudinal bars. 

 M. & J. 1, f. 2; same plate in F. S. 20:2008 (opp. p. 17.) 



Hybrids of C. Viticella which are closely allied to that type: 



Hendersoni, Henderson (C. eri6stemon, Dene. =C.V.XC. 

 integrifolia) . Stem and habit of C. Viticella: Ifts. and fls. much 

 like C. integrifolia: climbing 8-10 ft.: 4 blue sepals, spreading, 

 reflexed at the tips. R.H. 1852:341. F.S. 13:1364 (as var.venosa) . 



Othello, Cripps. (=*C. V.,var. 



rubra X C. Flammula) . Fls. of ,-'" . / 



medium size, of a deep velvety 

 purple ; continues blooming un- 

 til October. 



Purpiirea-hybrida, Modeste- 

 Guerin (= C.V.X C. Jackmani) . 

 Fls. 4-6 in. across, deep purple 

 violet, with red veins, but not 

 barred. 



490. Clematis florida, van bicolor. 



Modesta, Modeste-GuSrin (=C. V.X C. lanuginosa) . Fls. well 

 expanded, large, bright blue, bars deeper colored. 



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

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

 son, velvety, edges somewhat serrate. 



Boskoop, Hort. (C. Boskoop Seedling, Hort. =C.V.XC. in- 

 tegrifolia). A new race in 1892: growing 3-5 ft.: fls. blue, lav- 

 ender, rose or reddish rose. 



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

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

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

 L. B.C. 10:987. Lav. 8. -This has been called C. Viti- 

 cella because of its close resemblance in flower, fruit 

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

 plant is much more slender in habit. 



20. H6rida,Thunb. A slen- 

 der plant, climbing 9-12 ft. : 

 Ivs. variable, more or less 

 ternate or biternate; Ifts. 

 small, ovate -lanceolate: fls. 

 2-4 in. across, flat when ex- 

 panded ; the 5-6 broad, 

 ovate sepals creamy white, 

 barred with purple beneath ; 

 stamens purplish. May, 

 June. Japan. B. M. 834. 

 R.H. 1856:41. 



Var. bicolor, Steud. (C. 

 Sieboldi, D. Don). Fig. 490. 

 Like the type, but with the 

 purple stamens somewhat 

 petal-like, and forming a 

 dense, purple head in the 

 center. F. S. 5:487. Lav. 

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

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



H. 1856:401. 



491. Clematis Viorna. 



Var. F6rtunei, Moore (C. 



F6rtunei,Hort.). Fls. large, very much doubled; se- 

 pals creamy white, becoming pink. F. S. 15 : 1553. 

 G. C. 1863: 676. I. H. 10, p. 86. M. & J. 13. 



Belle of Woking (C. Belle of Woking, Hort.) , A hybrid form: 

 fls. very full and double ; sepals purple. 



John Gould Veitch (C. John Gould Veitch, Hort. C. Veitchii, 

 Hort.). Fls. velvet, double, resembling var. Fortunei, except in 

 the color of the sepals. From Japanese gardens. F.S. 18: 1875-6. 



L>D. Fls. smaller, pitcher-shaped or tubular. 



21. Vidrna, 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. coccinea, Eng-elm.). Lvs. 

 glaucous, subcoriaceous ; Ifts. broader than the type, 

 often obtuse or retuse : sepals carmine or scarlet. 

 Texas. Lav. 19 (as C.Texensis). B.M. 6594. Gn. 19:275. 

 Gt.32:86. R.H. 1878:10; 1888: 348. -Much superior to 

 the type, because of its beautiful flowers. Some of the 

 garden forms of this variety, which have probably been 

 produced by crossing it with hardier Clematises, are 

 found under the names : Countess of Onslow, deep scar- 

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

 pink ; Duchess of Albany, clear pink, Gn. 52:1140. 



22. crispa, Linn. A slender climber, reaching 3-4 ft. : 

 Ivs. very thin; Ifts. 3-5 or more, variable in outline and 

 sometimes undivided, often 3-5-lobed: fls. purple, vary- 

 ing to whitish, cylindrical or bell-shaped, 1-2 in. long; 

 points of sepals recurved: styles of fr. hairy but not 

 plumose. June-Sept. Virginia to Texas. B. R. 32:60. 

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



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

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

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

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

 plumose tails. June, July. 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 %in. in diam. t 

 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. 



