CLEMATIS. 3« 



Bonplandius plantam nostram candcm esse ac Clematis Caracasana Brcdemcyeri (mss.) crcdidit ciquc 

 pra;ter rem nomcn C. caracasancc imposuit. 





2. CLEMATIS sericea. f 



C. scantlens; foliis ternatis ant pinnatis; foliolis (3-5) subovatis, acuminatis, grossc serratis , 

 subtrilobis, supra pubcscentibus, subtus scriceis; floribus umbcllatis, involucratis , in petlun- 

 culo simplici subraccraosim tlispositis. 



Varietas a. foliolis angustioribus, basi rotundatis. 



Clematis sericea var. a. Decand. Syst. ngt. i. p. 1 44- 



Varietas (3. foliolis latioribus, cordatis. 



Clematis sericca var. /3. y. Decand. I. c. 



Crescit in Regno Quitensi, var. a. prope Quito * (i5oo hex.), var. /3 verisimiliter in ripa 

 fluminis Bio Majo. (i4oo hex.) % 



Descriptio varietatis x : Callis scandcns; ramis tcrctiusculis, sulcatis, cancscenti-villosis. Folia opposita. 

 petiolata, tcrnata aut pinnata, foliolis bijugis cum impari. Foliola petiolata, ovata, acuminata, basi rotundata, 

 interdumobliqua, supcrnc grosscserrata,subtriloba, dcntibus paucis acuminatis, reticulato-venosa, triplo-aut 

 quintuplinervia, membranacca, supra pubesccntia ct viridia, 6ubtus piloso-scricea ct fuscescentia, prx-sertim 

 in ncrvis; lateralia 2/1-28 lincas longa, 12-14 lincas lata , pctiolo 2-3 lineas longo; terminalc 56-38 lincas 

 longum, 22-25 lineas latum, pctiolo pollicari. Petiolls communis 8-io lincas longus, sulcatus partialesquc 

 villosi; rhachis infoliis pinnatis sulcata, pilosa, i5 lincas longa. Pedlnclli axillares, solitarii, indivisi, villosi, 

 foliis breviorcs. Fi.ores pcdiccllati , umbcllato-congcsti, bracteis compluribusinvolucrati, suaveolentes, albi 

 (exBonpl.), magnitudinc floris Pruni spinos;c, polygami ( ex Bonpl. ); fasciculis florum tribus in quolibet 

 pedunculo. Bractex oblougo-lanceolata;, villoso-scricea?, pedicello duplo quadruplovc breviores. Pedicelli 

 scmipollicares, filiformcs , villosi. Calyx tcirapbyllus , extcrnc villoso-sericcus, interne puberulus, caducus; 

 foliola aiqualia. oblonga, obtusiuscula, olineaslonga. Corolla nulla. Stamina crebcrrima (circitcr5o), hypo- 

 gyna, longitudinc ealycis. Filamenta linearia, crassiuscula , coniprcssa , glabra. Antiier^ oblongx, basi aflixai , 

 obtuss, bilocularcs, glabra?, longitudinalitcr dehiscentcs. Ovaria circitcr 1 5 ( circiter 25 ex Bonpl. ), minuta , 

 obliquc obovata, comprcssa,sessiIia, glabra. Styli tot quotovaria,iisque duplo longiorcs, glabri(?). Sticmata 

 simplicia. Frlctis a me haud visi. Descriptio varietatis /3: Rymi sulcato-scxangulares , angulis costato- 

 incrassatis, villosi. Folia opposita , petiolata , pinnata. Foliola bijuga cum iuipari, subrotundo-ovata, nucro- 

 nato-acuta, cordata, scrrato-lobata, dentibus mucronato-acutis, rcticulato-venosa, tri-aut quinqucnervia, 

 membranacea.supra viridia ct adprcsso-pubcscentia, subtus argcnteo-scricca, 2 ',-5polliceslonga, 2i-5olincas 

 lata. Pctiolus communis bipollicaris et longior (adjccta rhachi subquinqticpollicaris, apicc volubilis), angu- 

 latus , villosus ; pctioli partialcs 6-10 lincas longi rhachisque pilosa. Flores ct Frlctls dcsiderantur. 



Suppetitspccimcn tcrtium, cujuspatiiamBonplandiusnotarcneglexit,quod tamenad ripam fluminisItioMajo 

 cum supcrius memorato ex eadem, opinor, stirpc decerptum, suspicor. Descriptio sequitur. Ramlli striato- 

 angulati, villosi. Folia opposita, petiolata, ternata. Foliola petiolata, lateralia ovata, intcrmedium subro- 

 tundo-obovatum, acuta aut acuminata, basi rotundata ct subcordata, laleralia integra, supernc dcnte uno 

 alteroveinstructa, terminalc trilobum, lobis subrotundatis mucronato-acutis, reticulato-venosa, subquinque- 

 nervia, supra viridiact adpresso-pubescentia, subtus scriceo-tomcntosa ct fusccsccntia. praisertim in ncrvis; 



") Ncc prope url>cm S. Fe ilc Bogota, ut Deeamlollius notavit 



