6 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
at the base, partly cut. Peduncles forked, shorter than the leaves. (Don’s 
Mill.) A deciduous climber of vigorous growth. Europe and Britain, in 
hedges and copses, always indicating a calcareous soil. Height 15 ft. to 
30 ft.; in rich soil, and in a sheltered situation, 50 ft. to 100 ft. Flowers 
white; August, September. Fruit white; ripe from October to February. 
Leaves long retained, and dying off black or dark brown. 
The stems are woody, more so 
than those of any other species, an- 
gular, climbing to the height of 20 
or 30 feet, or upwards, and hanging 
down from rocky cliffs, ruins, or the ri 
branches of trees; or being supported 7“ “\ 
by, and forming tufts on, the upper 
surface of other shrubs or low trees, 
which they often so completely 
cover as to have the appearance of 
bushes at a distance. The footstalks 
of the leaves are twined about what- ; 
ever object they approach, and after- a dtoreavnaibn 
wards become hard and persistent, 
like the tendrils of a vine. The leaflets are either quite entire, or unequally cut ; 
sometimes very coarsely so. The panicles are axillary and terminal, many- 
flowered and downy. The flowers are of a greenish white colour, with little 
show ; but they have a sweet almond-like scent. The seeds ( fig. 5.) have 
long, wavy, feathery, and silky tails, forming beautiful tufts, most conspicuous 
in wet weather. The French gardeners use the twigs instead of withs, for tying 
up their plants ; and make very neat baskets of them when peeled, and also bee- 
hives, The twigs are in the best state for making these articles in winter; and 
their flexibility is increased by holding them to the fire before using them. In 
gardens and plantations the plant is valuable for the rapidity with which it may 
be made to cover naked walls, unsightly roofs of sheds, or low buildings and 
arbours ; and for a variety of similar purposes. 
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4 5, C. vireinia‘na LZ. The Virginian Clematis. 
Identification. Linn. Ameen., p. 275.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.4.; Don’s Mill.,1. p.5.; Tor. and Gray, 
1 8 
. p. 8. 
Synonymes. C. canadénsis trifoTia répens Tourn. ; C. canadénsis Mill. Dict. No.5., Salish. Prod. 
371.; C cordifolia Manch. Supp: 104.5; C. triternata Hort. ; the broad-leaved Canada Virgin’s 
Bower ; Clématite de Virginie, J’7.; Virginische Waldrebe, Ger. 
Engravings. Den. Brit, (the male plant), t.74. ; and our fig. 6. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers panicled, dicecious. Leaves 
ternate; leaflets cordate, acute, grossly toothed, 
or lobed. (Don’s Mill.) A deciduous climber. 
Canada to Florida, in hedges and near rivers, 
. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1767. 
Flowers white ; August, September. Fruit white. 
Decaying foliage brown or black. 
Variety. 
k C.v. 2 bractedta Dec. C.bractedta Mench. 
—Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, entire. 
The general appearance of this plant is like that 
of C. Vitélba; but it is less robust in all its 
parts, and less ligneous in its stems and branches 3 
and it is also somewhat more tender. Panices 6. Clématis virginiana. 
trichotomously divided, with small leaves at the divisions. Sepals 4, white. 
obovate, exceeding the stamens. Flowers often dicecious or polygamous. (Tor. 
and Gray.) Miller states that it seldom ripens seeds in England ; but, as it is 
dicecious, it is possible that he possessed only the male plant. 
