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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 



A 11. C. iSi'ms// Swt. Sims's Clematis. 



fication. Sweet's Hort. Brit., p. 1. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 8. 

 Synonymes. C. cordfita Sims ; the heart-shape-leaved Clematis. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., 1816., and out fig. 16. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles l-flowered. Leaves pinnate; leaflets cor- 

 date, acuminated, entire, ciliated, reticulated. Sepals 4, coria- 

 ceous, connivent, lanceolate, reflexed at the apex, curled. (Don's 

 M??/., i. p. 8.) Flowers lilac. June, August. 1812. Height 8 ft. 



Description. The general appearance of this plant is said to give 

 the idea of something between C. crispa and C. Vi6rna ; and it is 

 said also to bear some resemblance to C. reticulata. 



Geography, History, ^c. It is found in Georgia and Carolina, and 

 was first brought to England in 1812, probably by Lyon, who made 

 a large importation of plants in that year. It appears to have flowered 

 for the first time in England, in ColviU's Nursery, in 1822, whence it 

 was figured by Watson. It is now to be met with in very few col- 

 lections. 



1 12. C. RETicuLA^TA Wall. The net-veined-/eat)<?cJ Clematis. 



Identification. Walt. Fl. Car., 156. ; Gmel. Syst., 873.; Michx. 



Fl. Bor. Am., 1. p. 318. ; Pursh Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 385. : Dec. 



Prod., 1. p. 7. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 8. 

 Synonymes. C. rb-sea Abbott ; the netted Virgin's Bower ; the 



reticulated Clematis. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 72. ; and our fig. 17. 



Spec. Char, Peduncles l-flowered. Sepals conni- 

 vent. Leaves coriaceous, netted with nerves, 

 smooth, pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed or 

 entire, ovate. (Don's Mill., i. p. 8.) Sepals, when 

 expanded, divaricate, and are of a pale purplish 

 red. June, July. 1812. Height 8 ft. 

 Descnj)tion. In Don's MilL, the flower of this 



species is stated to resemble that of C. Viorna ; 



but, by the figure in Watson's Dendr., it is quite 



dissimilar. In C. Viorna the sepals do not diva- 

 ricate, except in their recurved tips : C. reticulata 



is depicted with sepals expanded in the mode of 



those of C. Viticella. A side view of a flower less 



expanded resembles more the flower of C. cylin- 



drica, but the cylindrical portion is shorter. The 



flowers (sepals) of the two are different in colour. 



The reticulation of the veins, in the leaves of C. 



reticulata, is the character expressed in the specific 



epithet. The stems of C. reticulata are not truly 



ligneous. In the new edition of the Bot. Mag., 



edited by Dr. Hooker, and published in 1833, C. Slmsra and C. reticulata are 



made synonymous. 



§ ii. Viticella Dec, 



Derivation. From vili&da, a small vine ; on account of the plants climbing like the Fltis vinlfera /, . 



Sect. Char. Involucre wanting. Tail of the pericarp (that is, of the carpel) 

 short, beardless. Leaves ternate, or decompound. — Stems climbing. (Don's 

 Mill., i. p. 9.) Deciduous. 



-i 13, C. flo'rida Tlmn. The florid, or showy-floivered, Clematis. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., 240. ; Jacq. Hort. Schon., 3. p. 57. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 8. : Don's Mill., 

 1. p. 9. 



Synonymes. ^itragene indica Pesf. ; ^tragene fl6rida Pers.; Clematite k grandes Fleurs, Fr.; 



grossblnthige Waldrebe, Ger. 

 Engravi7igs. Sims's Bot. Mag., t. 834. ; Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 402. ; Jacq. Hort. Schon., 3. t. 357. ; and 



our^^. 18. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles I-flowered, longer than the leaves. Leaves ternately 

 decompound; leaflets ovate, acute, qi.>ite entire. Sepals oval-lanceolate. 



