1. RANUNCULA CER: ‘CLE/MATIS. 13 
The habit of growth of this plant is that of C. Viticélla, to which it also 
comes nearest in affinity, but, though less woody, its ‘shoots are much more 
robust; the much smaller and white flowers, and pointed sepals connivent (that 
1s, lying close together) below, will readily distinguish it. It seldom ripens 
wood in England, but is readily propagated by layers. 
A 15. C.cri'spa ZL. The curled-sepaled Clematis. 
peru fine lea ee a J. p.9.; Don’s Mill, 1. p.9. 
Engravings. Dill, Elth., 1. t. 73. fig. 84.; Bot. Maz., 
1982. ; and our fig. 19. 
Spec. Char., §c. | Peduncles 1-flowered, 
shorter than the leaves. Leaves entire, 
3-lobed, or ternate, very acute. Sepals 
connivent at the base, but reflexed, and 
spreading at the apex. (Don’s Mill.) A 
deciduous climber. Virginia to Florida. 
Height 3 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1726. 
Flowers purple; July to September. Fruit 
brownish ; ripe in October. 
Leaves glabrous, or stightly hairy. Flowers 
one third smaller than in C. Vidrna, bright 
purple. Tail of the carpels thick and rigid, & 
about half an inch long. (Tor. and Gray.) * 
The flowers of this species are pretty, but 
perhaps never produced in sufficient quan- 
tity to render it highly decorative. The se- 
pals have their tips reflexed, and waved with 
transverse wrinkles. The stems are weak, and 19, Clématis crfspa. 
do not generally rise higher than 3 or 4 feet. The plants trequently die down 
to the ground, so that this species requires to be treated more as herbaceous 
than ligneous. It ripens seeds plentifully. 
§ iii. Chetrdpsis Dec. 
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Derivation. From cheir, the hand, and opszs, resemblance; in allusion to the form of the bracteas. 
Sect. Char. Involucre in the form of a calyx, from two joined bracteas situated 
at the top of the peduncle just under the flower. Tails of pericarps 
bearded. Climbing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. The 
old petioles persistent, and the new leaves and the peduncles produced in 
clusters from the axils of these. (Dec. Syst., i. 162.) Evergreen. 
& 16. C.crrruo'sa L. The tendriled-petioled Clematis. 
i ion. in. Sp., 766.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.9.: Don’s Mill., 1. p.9. r 
ruled ni Viana Bt on Pers. Syn. ap. 98.; Traveller’s Joy of Candia, and Spanish Tra- 
veller’s Joy, Johnson’s Gerard; Spanish wild Climber, Parkinson; the evergreen Clemaus 5 
Clématite & Vrilles, Clématite toujours verte (Bon Jard.), Fr.; einfachblattrige (simple-leaved) 
pee es word cirrhdsa, which means cirrhose, or tendriled, is applied to this species 
from the ‘peculiarly grasping and tendril-like action of its petioles, which retain their hold even 
after the leaflets have fallen. The French word Vrilles signifies tendrils; and the German word 
einfach alludes to its comparatively simple leaves. 
Engravings. See the Varieties. : 
Spec. Char.,&c. Peduncle 1-flowered, with an involucre. Leaves simple, or 
variously divided; evergreen. An evergreen climber. Spain and the 
Balearic Isles. Height in British gardens, in the climate of London, in a 
warm situation, against a wall, 5 ft to 10 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers 
greenish or yellowish white; March and April. Fruit ?. Foliage of the 
broad-leaved varieties forming a fine dark green mass, 
