CHAP. I. 



IIANUNCULA CEJE. CLEMATIS, 



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after being cultivated in the garden at Kew, it found its way into most of the 

 other botanic gardens, and into some nurseries. It is easily propagated by layers 

 or cuttings ; and, when finally planted out, it is the better for having the protec- 

 tion of a wall. North of York, it may be considered a frame or green-house 

 plant, which it is in France and Germany. It is hardy about London, and in 

 the botanic garden of Cambridge. 



§ iv. Ane?nonifldra. 



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Derivation. From the flowers being like those of the Anembne sylvestris L. 



Sect. Char. Peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, aggregate, not bearing an in- 

 volucre. Carpel with a feathery tail. Leaves deciduous. 



1 19. C. monta v na Ham. The Mountain Clematis. 



Identification. C. mont&na Ham. MSS. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. j Wall. PI. As. Rar., 3. p. 12 ; Royle 



Illustr. Bot. Himalaya, p. 51. 

 Synonymes. C. anemoniflbra D. Don; Prod. Fl. Nepal.,'p. 192. ; G. Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. 

 Engraving. Wall. PI. Asiat. Rar., 3. p. 12. t. 217. ; Swt. JBr. Fl.-Gard., 2. s. t. 253. ; and our figs. 



23. and 24. Fig. 23. is from the plant in the Hort. Soc. Garden, and fig. 24. from a specimen of 



that at Montreal, Kent. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, not bracteated, several together. Leaves 

 ternately parted, the segments ovate-oblong, acuminate, toothed, the teeth 

 in the mode of incisions. Sepals elliptic-oblong, mucronulate, spreading. 

 Himalayan Mountains (D. Don, in Sw. Br. Fl.- 

 Gard., 2d series, t. 253.) Flowers white. May, in 

 England. 1831. Height 15 ft. 



Description. A highly ornamental species. The 

 plant is large and branching; the bark thick, ash- 

 coloured, and deciduous. Leaves several together, 

 upon footstalks 1 in. long; their segments, or leafy 

 parts, pale green. Flowers numerous, about the size 

 and form of those of Anemone sylvestris L., borne 

 several together, each upon a separate, upright, 

 slender peduncle, about 3 in. long. Sepals 4, 1 in. 

 long, pure white, faintly stained with pink outside 

 at the base. Styles clothed with long white silky 

 hairs ; from which it may be inferred that this spe- 

 cies will have its fruits terminated with feathery tails, 

 in a state of maturity. 



Geography, History, Sf-c. Its native localities are 

 given by Mr. Royle, in his Illustrations of the Natural 

 History of the Himalayan Mountains, as " Mus- 

 sooree, and every where in the Himalayan Moun- 

 tains, between 5000 ft. and 7000 ft. of elevation " 

 above the level of the sea, where it flowers in April. In the climate of 

 England, Mr. D. Don has stated that it " proves to be quite hardy, and 

 seems to flourish as well as on its native moun- j£fr#%, 24 



tains." He received flowering specimens of it 

 in May, 1834, from Montreal, Kent, the seat 

 of Earl Amherst. Dr. Buchanan, whose name 

 was afterwards changed to Hamilton, originally 

 collected specimens of this species at Chitlong, 

 in the valley of Nepal ; and from specimens de- 

 rived from him, in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, it 

 was first described by De Candolle in his Systema, 

 vol. i=, published in 1818. Plants were soon after- 

 wards raised from seeds in the garden of the 



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