. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 3. Fruit of C. Vitalba. 1 5. C. viRGiNiA^NA L. The Virginian Clematis. Identification. Linn. Amcen., p. 275. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 5.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 8. Synonym^s. C. canadensis trifuTia ripens Tourn.; C. canadensis Milt. Diet. No. 5., Salisb. Prod. C co
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 3. Fruit of C. Vitalba. 1 5. C. viRGiNiA^NA L. The Virginian Clematis. Identification. Linn. Amcen., p. 275. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 4. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 5.; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 8. Synonym^s. C. canadensis trifuTia ripens Tourn.; C. canadensis Milt. Diet. No. 5., Salisb. Prod. C coTdifblia M<snch. Smm. 104.; C. tTiternkta Hort.'. the broad-leaved Canada Virgin's Bower; Clfematite de Virginie, ^ Virginische Waldrebe, Ger. Engravings. Den. Brit, (the male plant), t. 74. ; and our Jig. 6. Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers panicled, dioecious. Leaves ternate; leaflets cordate, acute, grossly toothed, or lobed. (Doti's Mill.) A deciduous climber. Canada to Florida, in hedges and near rivers. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1767. Flowers white ; August, September. Fruit white. Decaying foliage brown or black. Variet!/. I 2 bractedta'Dec. Masnch. —Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, entire. The general appearance of this plant is like that of C. Vitalba; but it is less robust in all its parts, and less ligneous in its stems and branches'; and it is also somewhat more tender. Panic es e. trichotomously divided, with small leaves at the divisions. Sepals 4, white, obovate, exceeding the stamens. Flowers often dioecious or polygamous. (Tor. and Gray.) Miller states that it seldom ripens seeds in England ; but, as it is dioecious, it is possible that he possessed only the male Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius)
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