CHAP. I. 



iiAN UNCULA'CE^. CLE'MATIS. 



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Geography, Sfc. Found in Portugal in hedges, more especially on the 

 road frora^ Coimbra to Oporto, It appears to have been cultivated in 

 England since 1810. It is a free grower and flowerer, though not so 

 ornamental as C. Viticella. It is in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and 

 in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. Price, in London, 1*. 6i. ; at 

 Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents ; at New York, ?. 



1 16. C. CRi'sPA L. The cuYlQd-sepaled Clematis. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 765. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. : Thunb Fl Jap 239 

 Synonyme. C. Sbre crlspo Dil. Elth. 



Engravings. Dil. Elth., 1. t. 73. fig. 84. ; Bot. Mag., 1982, ; E. of PI., 7975. ; and our^^. 21. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles I-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Leaves entire, 

 3-Iobed, or ternate, very acute. Sepals connivent at the base, but reflexed 

 and spreading at the apex. (Don's Mill., I p. 9.) North America. Flowers 

 purple. July to September. 1726. Height 3 ft. 



Description. The flowers of this species are pretty, but 

 perhaps never produced in sufficient quantity to render 

 it highly decorative; though it is very interesting, both 

 in its foliage arid in its flowers. The flower is of a pale 

 purple colour ; the sepals having their bases approximated 

 so as to form a tube, and their tips spread or reflexed ; 

 these are also wavedly crisped with transverse wrinkles. 

 The stems are weak, and do not generally rise higher than 

 3 ft. or 4 ft. 



Geegraphy. Found in Virginia and Carolina, in hedges and among bushes 

 on the banks of rivers. It is also said to be a native of Florida and of Japan. 

 It was cultivated by Miller in 1726, and in the Elthara Garden about the 

 same time. The plants frequently die down to the ground, so that they re- 

 quire to be treated more as herbaceous than ligneous. The species is in most 

 botanic gardens, and in some nurseries. Price, in London, ? 3s. 6^?.; at Boll- 

 wyller,?; and in New York, 25 cents. 



§ iii. Cheiropsis Dec. 



Derivation. From cheir, the hand, and opsis, resemblance ; in allusion to the form of the bracteas. 



Sect. Char. Involucre in the form of a calyx, from two joined bracteas situ- 

 ated at the top of the peduncle just under the flower. Tails of pericarps 

 bearded.— Climbing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. {Do7i's 

 Mill., i. p. 9.) The old petioles persistent, and the new leaves and the 

 peduncles produced in clusters from the axils of these. {Dec. Syst., i. 162.) 

 Evergreen. 



L. 17. C. ciRRHo\sA L. The tendriled-petioled Clematis. 



Identification Lin. Sp., 766. ; Willd. Sp., 2. 1827. ; Lamarck Diet. Ency., 2. 43, : Dec. Prod.. 1. p. 9. ; 

 Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. J } > > I ^ , 



Synonymes Atrkgene cirrhbsa Pers. Syn., 2. p. 98.; Traveller's Joy of Candia, and Spanish Tra- 

 ve\lei s Joy Jofinsons Gerard; Spanish wild CVimher Parkinson; the evergreen clematis ; Cle- 

 rehe Ger toujours verte {Bo7i Jard.), Fr. ; einfachblattrige (simple-leaved) Wald- 



Derivations. The word cirrhbsa, which means cirrhose, or tendriled, is applied to this species from 

 the peculiarly graspmg and tendril.Uke action of its petioles, which retain their hold even aRer the 

 leaflets have fallen. The French word Vrilles signifies tendrils ; and the German word einfach al- 

 ludes to its comparatively simple leaves 



^'omfig% ^' '^'"^^^^^ Smith's Flor..Gr.,517. ; C. c. Spedicellkta Dec, Bot. Mag., 1. 1070. ; and 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, with an involucre. Leaves ovate, some- 

 what cordate, toothed, in fascicles. (Don's Mill., I p. 9.) Evergreen. Flowers 

 whitish. March, April, 1596. Height 10 ft. 

 Variety and its Syiionynies. 



L. C. c. 2 2^edicelldta Dec. Pediceled-^ovieved tendriled Clematis. — The 

 chief feature distinctive of this variety from C, cirrhosa is, that the 

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