CHAP. I. 



JZANUNCULA^CE^. CLE'maTIS. 



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Geography^ History, S^c, C. orientalis was discovered by Tournefort in the 

 Levant, and sent by him to the Paris Garden ; whence it was sent to Clifford's 

 garden in Holland, and, in 1732, to that of Dr. Sherard at Eltham ; when it was 

 first described and figured in the Hortus Elthamensis, The plant has been 

 subsequently discovered in Caucasus by Bieberstein, and described by him in 

 his Flora Taurico-Caucasica. It is not very generally cultivated, though it is 

 found in several botanic gardens, and may be purchased in some nurseries. 

 Plants of it are in the garden of the London Horticultural Society. Price, in 

 London, 1*. or Is. M. a plant ; at Bollwyller, ? ; and in New York, ?. 



_L 3. C. [? D.] GLAu'cA W. The ^SLWCons-Ieaved Clematis. 



Identification. Willd. Arb., 65., and Sp. 2. p. 1290. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 3. ; Don's Mill,, 1. p. 4. 

 Engravings. Willd. Arb., 65. t. 4. f. 1.; Den. Brit., 73. ; and our^^. 11. 



Sj)ec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets smooth, glaucous, wedge-shaped, with 

 entire bluntish lobes. Peduncles trifid. (Don's Mill., i. p. 4.) Flowers yel- 

 low, scentless. July. 1800. Height 10 ft. 

 Description. The general appearance is the same as that 

 of C. orientalis, of which it is probably only a variety ; but 

 the whole plant is more decidedly glaucous.' 



Geography, History, Sfc. Found in the southern parts of | j 

 Siberia, in sandy wastes, by Pallas ; but when it was intro- 

 duced into Britain is uncertain. Cultivated in Knight's 

 Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea, where it flowered in 

 1822, and whence it was figured by Watson in his Dendro- 

 logia. There is a plant of it in the London Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, which bears so strong a resemblance to 

 C. orientalis, that, supposing them to be correctly named, 

 we have no doubt of theii' being the same species. 



J. 4. C. chine'nsis Retsn. The Chinese Clematis. 



Identification. Retz. Obs., 2. p. 18. ; Dec. Syst, 1. p. 137. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 4. 



Synonymes. C. sinensis Lour, each., 1. p. 422. 



Si^ec. Char. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire. Peduncles 

 few-flowered, longer than the leaves. Ovaries usually four, with almost naked 

 tails. {Do7i's Mill., i. p. 4.) Flowers [?] purple. 1820. Height 15 ft. 



Description. This plant is described in De Candolle's Sysiema, from a 

 dried specimen which he had seen in the Banksian Herbarium. There is a 

 living plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which grows vigorously against 

 a wall, producing shoots as long and strong as those of C. Flammula^ and 

 retaining its leaves till they are blackened by frost. This plant has never 

 flowered in England ; but, in its leaves and its general appearance, it seems to 

 resemble C. orientalis. 



Geography, History, Sfc. This plant was found in China, in the island called 

 Danes, whence it was received by the Horticultural Society in 1820. It is 

 planted in the garden at Chiswick against a wall, with a southern exposure, 

 and receives some slight protection during winter. 



J. 5. C. PANicuLA^TA Thuii. The panicled Clematis. 



Identification. Thunb. Lin. Soc. Trans., 2. p. 337.; Willd. Sp., 2. p. 1291.: Dec. Prod., 1. p. 3.; 

 Don's Mill., 1. p. 4. 



Sytionymes. C. Vitdlba jap6nica Houtt. Pfi-anx., 1. p. 309. ; C. crispa Thunb. Ft. Jap., p. 2S9. 

 Engravings. Houtt. Pflanz., 7. p. 309. f. 2. 



Spec. Char. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate, cordate, acute, entire. Peduncles panicled, many- 

 flowered. (.Don's Mill., i. p. 4.) Flowers white, and sweet-scented. 1796. 



Description. Described by De CandoUe in his Systema, from dried specimens, from which it ap- 

 pears that the flowers resemble those of C. Flammula in form and colour, and, like them, also, are 

 sweet-scented. 



1 6. C, Vita'lba L. The White Vine Clematis, or Traveller's Joy. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 766. ; Willd. Sp., 2. p. 1292. ; PL Br., 583. ; Hook. Scot., 171. ; Lam. Diet. 

 Enc, 2. p. 41.; Hayne Den., p. 120. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 3. ; Smith's Eng. Fl., 3. p. 39. ; Don's Mill , 

 1. p. 4. 



Synonymes. Athragene Thcoph.; Fitissylv^stris Dios. ; C. latifblia seu .^trag^ne Ray ; C. Altera Mattfi. ; 

 ' C. t^rtia Com. ; Viorna Ger. and Lol>. ; Titis nigra Fuch. ; Vitfilba Dod. ; the Old Man's Beard, 



