4 Ranunciilacecz Clematis. 



times for that reason separated from Clematis. There is a 

 white variety known as (7. Sibirica. July. 



9. (7. integrifolia. Stems dwarf, annual, with simple entire 

 hairy leaves and solitary small blue flowers appearing in July. 

 Native of the Pyrenees and mountains of Spain. 



10. C.florida. A very beautiful Japanese plant, and an old 

 inhabitant of our gardens, greatly modified by long cultivation. 

 The leaves are composed of three or more oval leaflets, and the 

 flowers are among the largest of the old sorts, solitary, single 

 or double, pure white. The variety Sieboldii is a very orna- 

 mental plant, with white flowers having a purple-violet 

 centre. The varieties of this plant are Summer bloomers and 

 very handsome, but not so hardy as some others. 



11. C. aziirea, including (7. ccerulea&nd C. patens (fig. 3). 

 Another Japanese species with ternate or biternate leaves 



and large solitary widely-expanded 

 flowers 5 to 6 inches in diameter, 

 composed of about 8 sepals in the 

 single varieties. The normal tint 

 is a pale blue or lilac, passing into 

 white in some varieties. Amongst 

 these varieties, monstrosa is re- 

 markable for its semi-double flowers ; 

 Amalia has pale violet sepals, and 

 Sophia is another single variety 

 with immensely large and unusually 

 broad sepals of a deep violet, with a 

 longitudinal greenish band through 

 the centre. This species is rather 

 tender. 



12. (7. lanuginosa. The leaves 

 of this species are relatively large, 

 and usually simple, broadly cordate, 

 acute, glabrous above and hairy 

 beneath. Flowers very large, soli- 

 tary, formed of 6 or 8 spreading 



Fig. 3. Clematis azurea. (J nat. size.) '' ,., 



sepals of a palish blue or lilac. There 



is a variety of this known as pdllida, with flowers not less than 

 9 or 10 inches across. A native of China, flowering in June. 



1 3. (7. Fortunei. Like the last, of rather recent introduction, 

 and also a very magnificent plant. Here the leaves are rather 

 coriaceous, and usually 3-foliolate ; leaflets cordate, rounded at 



