Trees and shrubs; an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: containing the hardy trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species . c. Char., Sfc. Peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the leaves. Leavesbiternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrate. Petals somewhatspathulate, blunt. {Dons Mill.) A deciduous climber. South of Europe,on mountains, in calcareous soils. Height 8 ft. Introduced in blue; May to July. Fruit white;ripe in Augus
Trees and shrubs; an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: containing the hardy trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species . c. Char., Sfc. Peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the leaves. Leavesbiternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrate. Petals somewhatspathulate, blunt. {Dons Mill.) A deciduous climber. South of Europe,on mountains, in calcareous soils. Height 8 ft. Introduced in blue; May to July. Fruit white;ripe in August. Decaying leaves brownish,and in general parting more freely from thestems than in Clematis. Varieties. DeCandolle mentions its varying withwhite flowers; and A. sibirica Lin., describedbelow as a species with yellowish white flowers,appears to us nothing more than a variety ofA. alpina. The stems are numerous, branching, weak,forming knots at the joints where the leaves and ^^5=.flowers are protruded. One flower, on a longishscape, springs from between the leaves. The sepals /^lare twice the length of the petals, and are blue i^^on both sides. The petals are small, of a dirty white, and in general 12 in number. Very orna- jg. Atvigene alpina. mental. I. i?ANUNCULA Ct-li: : y/TllA GENE. 17
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