14 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Varieties. 
& C.c. 2 pedicellata Dec.; C. pedicellata Sweet's 
Hort. Brit. p. 2., and Don’s Mill.i. p. 9.3 C. 
balearica Pers.; C. cir- 
rhésa_ Sims B. Mag. 
t. 1070.; and our jig. 
20.; has the pedicel be- 
tween the involucre and 
the flower considerably 
longer than in the 
species. 
A & C.c. 3 angustifolia, C. bale- 
arica Rich. Bot. Mag. 
t. 959., and our fig. 21.; 
C. calycina Ait.; C. 
polymérpha Hort. Clématite de Mahon, Fr. 
— The leaves of this variety vary exceedingly, from those shown in 
Jig. 23. of the natural size, taken from a plant in the Horticultural 
Society's Garden, to those shown in fig. 22., reduced from Smith’s 
Flora Greca, Introduced into England by M. Thouin, in 1783. 
The varieties are all elegant 
evergreen climbing shrubs, rising 
to the height of from 6 ft. to 
10 ft., and branching freely, so 
as to become, in two or three 
vears, very thick bushy plants. 
21. C. cirrhdsa angustifolia 
20. Clématis cirrhdsa pedicellata. 
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22, Clématis cirrhésa angustifolia. 23. Clématis cirrhosa angustifolia, 
The leaves vary from simple to ternate; and from being entire to being 
deeply cut. The flowers appear at the end of December, or the beginning 
of January, and continue till the middle or end of April. They are pendulous 
and bell-shaped, the mouth being of the breadth of a shilling, or more. Their 
colour is greenish white, with some purple on the inside, The sepals are 
downy without, and smooth within. In its native country it is said to climb 
up and overwhelm the trees; but in England it is a weak plant, not very 
readily kept. In nurseries it is generally cultivated in pots, and kept in a 
green-house, or in a cold-frame. The principal beauties of this species con- 
sist in its bright evergreen verdure, and in the earliness of its flowering in 
spring; and these properties may be best obtained by training it against a wall 
with a southern aspect. Layers and cuttings. 
