244 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTJCETUM. 



PART III, 



pedicel between the involucre and the flower is of some length, and 

 causes the flower to seem pedicellated beyond the point of the place 

 of the involucre. C. balearica Pers. ; C. pedicellata Swt. Hort. Brit., 

 p. 2., Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. ; C. cirrhosa Sims, Bot. Mag., t. 1070. 



Description. An elegant evergreen climbing 

 shrub, rising to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., and 

 branching freely, so as to become, in two or three 

 years, a very thick bushy plant. 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-shaped, the mouth 

 being of the breadth of a shilling, or more. Their 

 colour is greenish white, with some purple on 

 the inside. The sepals are downy without, and 

 smooth within. The principal beauties of this 

 species consist in its bright evergreen verdure, 

 and earliness of its flowering in spring ; and they 

 may be best obtained by training it against a 

 Wall with a southern aspect. 



Geography , History, $c. Found in the south 

 of Europe and north of Africa, in hedges and 

 among bushes, particularly in Spain, Majorca, 

 Sicily, Calabria, Algiers, and the islands of the 

 Archipelago. 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 Loddiges's Nursery it is cultivated in 

 pots and kept in a green-house, or in a cold frame. Miller observes that it stood 

 in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, in the open air, in a dry sheltered situation ; and 

 that it flowers better when so treated, than if kept in a house. It is liable to 

 perish, however, in exposed situations. It was first discovered by Clusius in 

 1565, and is said to have been cultivated by Gerard in 1596; though, as he says 

 that he found it wild in the Isle of Wight and near Waltham Abbey, it was 

 probably some less tender species which he designates by this name. It is not 

 often met with, except in botanic gardens. In Scotland, and in France and 

 Germany, it is kept in the green-house. In London, it costs Is. Gd. ; at Boll- 

 wyller, ?; and at New York, 25 cents a plant. 



i. 18. C. BALEA'RICA Rich. 



Identification, Rich, in Jour. Phys., Feb. 1779, 12' 



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



Synonymes. C. calyclna Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 2. p 

 Engraving. Sims, Bot. Mag., t. 959. 



The Minorca Clematis. 



Lamarck's Diet. Ency., 2. p. 43. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 

 Clematite de Mahon, Fr. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, with an involucre under the flower. Leaves 



ternate; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed, deeply toothed. (Don's Mill., \. p. 9.) 



Evergreen. Flowers whitish. Feb. and March. 1783. Height 10 ft. 



Description. Evergreen, and decidedly ligneous; perhaps rather tender. 



It attains the height of 10 ft. at least ; and is pleasing in appearance, both as 



regards its leaves and flowers. The leaves have their segments narrow, and 



toothed and lobed, so that they possess fulness of character. The calyxes are 



larger than those of C. cirrhosa; the sepals are whitish, and marked in the 



inside with a few blotches, not regularly disposed; and, although the flowers 



are not very showy, they are produced at a season which renders them very 



grateful. This species, in the green-house, will yield flowers throughout the 



winter. 



Geography t History, c^c. Found in Minorca, and first described by 

 L'H^ntier. The plant was brought to England by M. Thouin in 178.S: and, 



