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CLEMATIS. Linn. 



Calyx tetra-, rarius penta-octophyllus, coloratus. Petala nulla. Stamixa 

 creberrima, hjrpogyna. Pistilla crebra. Capsul^: tot quot pistilla, sessiles, 

 coriaceac, indehiscentes, monospernuc, in caudam scepe plumosam desi- 

 nentcs. 



Herboe aut frutices, saepissime sarmcntosa, scandcntia. Folia opposita, 

 in specie una verticillata , simplicia, ternata, pinnata, biternata aut 

 supradecomposita. Petioli scepe cirriformcs. Pedunculi axillaresaut termi- 

 nales, i-multiflori, bracteati; flores inlerdum tliouci, in paucis involucro 

 calvciformi instructi. 



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CLEMATIS caiupensis. + 



C. scantlens; foliis pinnatis; foliolis (5) ovatis, acuminatis, basi rotundalis, intcgcrrimis, 

 utrinquc pjlosiusculis j lloribus paniculatis, ditecis; calycibus scriccis. 

 Clemalis Caracasana. Bonpl. mss. Decand. Syst. nat. \.p. \\\. 

 Crescit in ambrosis prope Caripe Cumancnsium, alt. l\oo hex. '£ iloret Septembri. 



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Callis scandcns; ramis tcretibus, sulcatis, glabris. FoLIA opposita, petiolata, pinnata. 1'oliola opposita , 

 bijuga cum impari, petiolata, ovata, integra, acuminata, basi rolundata, integerrima, reticulato-renosa, snb- 

 trinervia, utrinque prasertim suprapilis nonnullis adpressis conspersa, mcmbranacea, subcompiicata. subtus 

 pallidiora, bipollicaria et paulo longiora, i5-iG lineas lata. Petiolls communis .» \ polliccs longus, intcrnc 

 sulcatus et pubcsccns, cxtcrnc glaber. Pctioli partiales 3-0' lineas longi, canaliculati, intcnic pubcsccntes. 

 Panicllj£ axillares et terminales, solitaria?, pcdunculalx, adjecto pedunculo 5-8-polIicares, bracteata?, basi 

 instructa: foliis duobus simplicibus, simillimis foliolo foliorum rameorum, nisi multo minoribus; ramis oppo- 

 sitis, bi-aut trifloris rliacbique striatis ct pubescenti-pilosis, patulis; bractcis oppositis, lanccolatis , sericeo- 

 pubescentibus, sesquilincam longis. Flores lougc pedicellati, magnitudinc floris Thalictri flavi; in speciminc 

 nostro omnesmasculi; pedicellis Jiliformibus, viIloso-pubescentibus,6-Slincas longis, patulis, infra medium 

 bibractcatis. Calyx tetraphyllus, externe scriccus, intcrne pubesccns; foliolis oblongis, acutiusculis, jequa- 

 libus, caducis. Corolla nulla. Stamina crcberrima (55-Go), receptaculo parvo convcxo pubesccnti inserta. 

 calyccduplo longiora. Filamenta lincaria, crassa, infcrnc angustata, glabra. Antherx basi aflixs, ulamcnto 

 parum latiores, ovatce, obtusa 1 , bilocularcs, glabra;; loculis longitudinalitcr dcliisccutibus. Planta feminea 

 liaud suppetit. 



