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CLEMATIS CGERULEA. 
(violet clematis.) 
class. order. 
POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
RANUNCULACE^. 
Generic Character. — See Vol. IV., p. 147. 
Specific Character. — A hardy climber. Leaves ternate. Leaflets ovate, acute, entire. Flower' 
stalks arising from the axils of the leaves, one-flowered. Sepals six, oblong, lanceolate, some- 
what acute, membranous. 
This beautiful and valuable creeper produces large violet flowers, with deep 
purple stamens, in great abundance from June till October, and sometimes even 
later. The plant has a very graceful mode of growth, and no doubt will prove a 
most valuable addition to our hardy climbers. 
It is nearly related to C. Jlorida, says Dr. Lindley, from which it differs not 
only in the colour_, delicacy, and transparency of its blossoms, but also in its leaves 
being only once ternate, and in the sepals not touching and overlapping each other 
at the edges. 
It is a native of Japan, from which country it was introduced by Dr. Von 
Siebold. 
For culture and propagation, see page 147. 
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