CALAlVrPELIS SCA'BRA. 
ROUGH-PODDED C A L AM PE LIS. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
BIONONIACB*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chile. 
20 feet. 
Aug'. Nov. 
Perennial. 
in 1823. 
No. 289. 
The name of this l)eautiful climber is derived 
from that all comprehensive language the Greek; 
KALOS and am pel is, signifying pretty vine, being 
the two words of which it is compounded. Scabra, 
from the Latin, rough, is applied to it in reference 
to the peculiarly rough or wrinkled fruit-pod which 
it bears. 
Being of late introduction to Great Britain, it is 
yet but partially known to the English cultivator ; and 
to some persons, who happen to be familiar Avith the 
plant, its present name may, possibly, be new. It 
was first distributed as a species of Eccremocarpus, 
but subsequent and more accurate examination, has 
proved it to be a distinct genus. 
There is not, perhaps, any cla.ss of plants in which 
so great a deficiency is experienced, in the flower gar- 
den, as in that of hardy climbers. Hence, it is with 
peculiar satisfaction, that we introduce the present 
subject to the notice of our friends ; and we hope to see 
it generally adopted as one of our trellis ornaments. 
Where walls of southern aspect are preoccupied 
by fruit trees, a plant of the Calampelis scabra may, 
without much evident intrusion, be added thereto; 
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