PLATE CCCCII. 
CLEMATIS FLORIDA. 
Large-flowered Virgin's Bower. 
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CLASS XIll}4. ORDER. VI. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals. 
ESSENTIAL yer cial CHARACTER. 
Catyx nullus. Petala quatuor, rarius quin- | EmpaLeMENT none. Petals four, rarely five. 
que. Semina caudata, i 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
- Crematis, foliis decompositis, foliolis binatis 
ternatisque, petalis ovatis. Willd. Sp. Pl 
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CizMatTiIs, with decompound leaves, leaflets 
in twos and threes, and egg-shaped petals. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A petal. 
2. The chives and pointals. 
3. The pointals. 
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Tue large-flowered Virgin’s Bower was introduced into the English gardens, in the year 1776, from 
ama of which country it is a native ; and possesses by much the largest and most showy flowers 
in the whole genus. 
Although intraduced so long since, it is not often met with. Our drawing was made from very —_ 
plants in the collection of Messrs. Colvill, Nurserymen in the King’s Road, in the month of July last ; 
where they made an exceeding fine appearance. 
Like many of the Japanese plants, it is found capable of resisting the aiterity of our ordinary win- 
ters, without receiving much injury. 
It thrives best when trained against a wall or other fence, planted in rich soil; and is usually propa- 
gated by laying down the lowest branches in a careful manner ; which take root in due time, and may 
then be safely separated from the mother plant. 
