38 ranunculace,e. 



lateralia subtripollicaria, 1 -Jpollices lata, petiolo 4-5 lioeas longo; intermedium paulo longius, tres fere pollices 

 latum, petiolo l5 lincas longo. Petiolcs communis subpollicaris partialcsque fuscesccnti-villosi. Pedunculi 

 axillares, solitarii, foliobreviores, villosi, indivisi ; in specimine nostro pistilliferi. Pedicelli quatemi aut scni, 

 fasciculato-congesti, basi bractcis compluribus involucrati, filiformes, striati, nudi, villosi, 8-0 Hneas longi ; 

 fasciculis circiteroin quolibct pedunculo communi. Bracte;e oblongaj aut lanccolatm, acuminatai, villoso- 

 sericca;, pedicellis quadruplo aut scxtuplo breviores. Calyx ct Stamina caduca? Ovaria parva, crebcrrima, 

 sessilia, oblique obovata, compressa, sericeo-villosa. Stvlus tcrminalis, filiformis, pilis aurcis plumosus. 

 Stigma crassiusculum, indivisum. 



3, CLEMATIS iiavanensis. "f" 



C. scandens; foliis ternatis; foliolis ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, grosse serralis, supra pube- 

 rulis, subtus pubcsccntibus, junioribus sericeis; pedunculis uni-aut bifloris. 

 Clematis Havanensis. Decand. Sjst. nat. 1. p. if>2. 

 Crescit in Insula Cuba- , prope Havanam. tfj Floret Martio. 



Caulis scandens; ramis teretibus, sulcatis, pilosiusculis ; ramulis villosis. Folia opposita, pctiolata, tcr- 

 nata; foliola petiolata, ovata aut oblonga, acuminata, basi rotundata aut cuncata, marginc grosse et rcmote 

 serrata, dentibus acuto-mucronatis , membranacea, reticulato-venosa, tri-aut quinquencrvia , juniora 

 supra viridia et adpresso-pubescentia, subtus fusccsccnti-scricca, adulta supra puberula et subtus pubes- 

 centia, 2-2t pollices longa. Petiolus communis 2-3-pollicaris, volubilis, angulatus, pubcrulus; proprii 

 4-6 liucas longi, pilosi. Pedunculi axillarcs, solitarii, simpliccs ct uniflori, aut bifidi et biflori, striati , villosi ; 

 fructiferi i-2-pollicarcs. Bractei ad mcdium et dichotomiam pcdunculorum dua;, oppositic, oblonga% acuta;, 

 sericea;, trcs lineas longs. Calyx et Stamina haud suppetunt. Fructus crcbcrrimi in eodem pcdunculo , ses- 

 silcs, obliqucoblongi, compressi.pilosi, sesquilineam longi, apice caudali stylo filiformi plumoso subbipolli- 

 cari, uniloculares, monospcrmi. Pericarmum coriaecum, indchiscens. Semen in speciminc nostro immaturnm. 



THALICTRUM. Linn. 



Calyx tetra-, rarius pentaphyllus. Petai.a nulla. Stami_\a creberrima, 

 hypogyna. Pistilla complura, interdum stipitata. CArsuLyE tot quot ovaria, 

 indehiscentes, monospcrmae, basi styli rostellaUe. 



Herbee elata?, apice corymboscc aut paniculaUe. Folia alterna, decom- 

 posita,sacpc triternata, rarissime simplicia. Flores pedicellati , ssepe con- 

 glomerati, virescentes, interdum polygami aut dioeci. 



1. 



THALICTRUM podocarfum. | 



T. foliis subquadriternatis, glaberrimis; foliolis snbrotundc-ovatis, subcordatis, serrato- 

 lobatis; paniculis ramosissimis, divaricatis; floribus longissime pedicellatis; antheris subulato- 

 aristatis; ovariis stipitatis. 



