CLEM ATIS MONTA'NA. 
MOUNTAIN CLEMATIS. 
Order. 
POLYGYNIA . 
Natural Order. 
HANUNCULACE M. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Nepal. 
20 feet. 
May. 
Perennial. 
in 1831 ? 
No. 791. 
The usual habit of growth of this genus is allu- 
ded to in its name, Clematis, the word being deri- 
ved from the Greek klema, signifying a twig or 
vine branch. 
Of all the species of Clematis with which our gar- 
dens have hitherto been furnished, this, we believe 
to be the most desirable. It produces a brilliant 
mass of fragrant and exceedingly delicate white 
flowers, having a very slight tinge of pink. Fes- 
toons of these, dropt from beneath arches of trellis- 
work, with neighbouring shrubs to form a back 
ground, may produce a picture, worthy of the pencil 
of a Reubens, without the aid of architecture. 
Great Britain is indebted for this, as well as for 
several other valuable plants, to the late Lady 
Amherst, who brought it from India. It was first 
called Clematis odorata,and is a native of the Hima- 
layan mountains, flourishing there at an elevation 
of from five to seven thousand feet above the level 
of the sea. 
It may most readily be propagated by layers ; or 
cuttings of the half ripe wood, planted under a hand 
glass, will make root very readily. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 1, 9. 
Class. 
POLYA N DR I A . 
