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CLEMATIS 



BE. Styles of fi: usKully rather short, often becoming 

 phtmose, but not so much as in B.— Vitivella 

 Section. 



c. Climbing plants. 

 D. Fls. large, expanded when mature. 



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

 times entire, but usually divided into 3 nearly entire 

 Ifts.: fls. lK-2 in. in diam., growing singly on pedim 

 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. 505 

 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 : 



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

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



Liliclnatloribunda. Hort. (C. liUcina-floribunda, Hort. C. 

 floribunda. Hort.). Fls. pale gray-Ulac, conspicuously veined. 

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

 English garden in 1880. 



Lady Bovill, Jaekman (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, Jaekman (C. mamiorata. Hort.). Fls. rather 

 smaU, with 4 broad sepals, grayish bhie. 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 tj-pe: 



Eendersi'iii, Hendersnn (C. eri6stemon, Dene. =C.V.XC. 

 iutegrifnlKi ' St. m ;ni.I h.'diit of C.ViticeUa: Ifts. and lis. much 



I I ing 8-10 ft.: 4 blue sepals, spreading, 



1 I.N ls.-.2:341. F.S.13:1364(asvar.venosa), 



of 



reflex.. 



riut'in,ii iiiibrida, Modeste- 

 Gueriu i. - iW'.X C Jackmani). 

 Fls. 4-6 in. across, deep purple 

 violet, with red veins, but not 

 barred. 



Boskoop, Uort. (C. Boskoop Seedling, Hort. =C.V.XC.ln- 

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

 ender, rose or reddish rose. 



19 oampanifldra, Brot Climbmg 10-15 ft fls re 

 fle\ed and bell shaped as in the above tjpe or more so, 

 purple oi whitish June July Native of Portugal 

 L B C 10 987 Lav 8 -This has been called C \ iti 

 cetla because of its close resemblance m flower fruit 

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

 plant IS inuth more slender in habit 



20 fldrida Thunb A sh n , n / . 



491. Clematis Viorna. 



\ ai bicolor s,j ,, ] , , 

 Siebuld, II II II I 1, -I 111 

 Like the t\| lilt »iil, th 

 purple St mil n m wli it 



petal like ml t imm^ u 

 dense purple hi ad in the 

 center F S 5 487 Lav 

 5 M <tJ 16 B R 24 25 

 P M 4 147 Ixn 22 349 R 

 H. I806.4OI. 



Var. Fbrtunei, Moore (C. 

 FiirtiDiei, HoTt.). Fls. large, very much doubled; se- 

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

 G. C. 1803: 676. I. H. 10, p. 86. M. & J. 13. 



Belle of TroA-i?iff(C.Belleof Woking, Hort.), A hybrid form: 

 fls. very full and double ; sepals purple. 



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

 Hoit.). Fls. velvet, double, resembling var. Fortune!, except in 

 the color of the sepals. From Japanese gardens. F. 8.18:1875-6. 



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

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

 not glaucous nor coriaceous ; Ifts. subcordate-ovate to 

 ov:iti-.l;iiiceolate, slightly reticulated : fls. solitary, on 

 liiML' iiediincles, pitcher-shaped ; sepals 4, 1 in. long, 

 vMiKilil.. in color, often dull purple, thick and leathery, 



.iii' . ', I I-. ..L. 1.1 Aliil.iiiiiii nil. I westward. Lav. 17. 



\ i . . ... una, .\. iir:i> I ('. /"»<■«, Eng«lm. ). Lvs. 



;;! ii , 111. ...rill us; Ifts. I.n.:uler than the type, 



(.11. 11 .'l.tiise or refuse : sepals carmine or scarlet. 

 Ti-xiis. I,!iy.l9 {as a. Texensis). B.M. 6594. Gn. 19:275. 

 (It. :!2: .si;. R.H. 1878:10; 1888: 348. — Much superior to 

 th.- ty|ii., because of its beautiful flowers. Some of the 

 L'lii.l. II f(.rms of this variety, which have probably been 

 |.i...lii. . .1 by crossing it with hardier Clematises,' are 

 t. .1111.1 under the names: Countess of Onslow, Aeej) scslT- 

 l.t, I .I'. III. 10:9; Countess of York, -Khite. tinted -with 

 |.iiik ; Ihirhcss of AVmv;i, clear pink, Gn. 52:1140. 



■11. crispa, Linn. A ~1. iider climber, reaching 3-4 ft.: 

 hs. 1 . r\ Tliiii; Ifts. .;-.". ..r more, variable in outline and 

 si.iiii-tiiiii.s iiu.lix i.l.-.l. ..Iti-n 3-o-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 : lvs. much reticulated and very coriaceous : fls. 

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

 sepals recurved, crispy at the mar-gin: mature fr. with 

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

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

 L.av. 10. 



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 %va. in diam., 

 with swollen base ; sepals dull purple, recurved at the 

 tips : akenes pubescent, styles not plumose. 

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



-Aug. 



