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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART in. 



pedicel between the involucre and the flower is of some length, and 

 causes the flower to seem pedicellated beyond the point of the place 

 of the involucre. C. balearica Pers. ; C. pedicellata Siut. Hort. Brit., 

 p. 2., Don's Mill, 1. p. 9. j C. cirrhosa Sims, BoL Mag., 1. 1070. 

 Description. An elegant evergreen climbing 



shrub, rising to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., and 



branching freely, so as to become, in two or three 



years, a very thick bushy plant. 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. The principal beauties of this 



species consist in its bright evergreen verdure, 



and earliness of its flowering in spring ; and they 



may be best obtained by training it against a 



wall with a southern aspect. 



Geograp/ii/, History, Sj-c. Found in the south 



of Europe and north of Africa, in hedges and 



among bushes, particularly in Spain, Majorca, 



Sicily, Calabria, Algiers, and the islands of the 



Archipelago. 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 Loddiges's Nursery it is cultivated in 



pots and kept in a green-house, or in a cold frame. Miller observes that it stood 



in the Chelsea Botanic Garden, in the open air, in a dry sheltered situation ; and 



that it flowers better when so treated, than if kept in a house. It is liable to 



perish, however, in exposed situations. It was first discovered by Clusius in 



1565, and is said to have been cultivated by Gerard in 1396; though, as he says 



that he found it wild in the Isle of Wight and near Waltham Abbey, it was 



probably some less tender species which he designates by this name. It is not 



often met with, except in botanic gardens. In Scotland, and in France and 



Germany, it is kept in the green-house. In London, it costs Is. 6d. ; at BoU- 



wyller, ?; and at New York, 25 cents a plant. 



a. 18. C. balea'rica Rich. The Minorca Clematis. 



Identification, Rich, in Jour. Phys., Feb. 1779, 127. : Lamarck's Diet. Ency., 2. p. 43. ; Dec. Prod., 1. 



p. a ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 9. 

 Synmiymes. C. calycina Ait. Hort- Keiv., ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 98. ; Clematite de Maiion, Fr. 

 Engraving. Sims, Bot. Mag., t. 959. 



Spec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, with an involua*e under the flower. Leaves 

 ternate; leaflets stalked, .3-lobed, deeply toothed. {Don's Mill., \. p. 9.) 

 Evergreen. Flowers whitish. Feb. and March. 1783. Height 10 ft. 

 Descriptioji. Evergreen, and decidedly ligneous ; perhaps rather tender. 

 It attains the height of 10 ft. at least ; and is pleasing in appearance, both as 

 regards its leaves and flowers. The leaves have their segments narrow, and 

 toothed andlobed, so that they possess fulness of character. The calyxes are 

 larger than those of C cirrhosa; the sepals are whitish, and marked in the 

 inside with a few blotches, not regularly disposed ; and, although the flowers 

 are not very showy, they are produced at a season which renders them very 

 grateful. This species, in the green-house, will yield flowers throughout the 

 winter. 



Geography, History, ^c. Found in Minorca, and first described by 

 L'H6-itier. The plant was brought to England by M. Thouin in 1783 ; and^ 



