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CLEMATIS brachiata. 
Brachiate Cape-Virgin's Bower. 
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 2l. 
CLEMATIS. Cal. 0. Cor. pet. 4, rariüs 5. Germina supera, 
plurima, receptaculo communi imposita, unicuique sty/us.unicus ; st 
simplex. Capsule totidem monosperme non dehiscentes, aristate, aristh 
sepé plumosâ. Caulis sep? frutescens, sarmentosus aut erectus; folia 
opposita, simplicia aut ternata aut pinnata ; flores axillares aut sapiós 
terminales, solitarii aut sepids corymbosi, in quibusdam.dioici, in paucis 
instructi calyculo turbinato bifido à petalis paululàm remoto. Jussieu 
gen, 232. . 
Div. scandentes. 
C. brachiata, foliis quinato-pinnatis, rariìs ternatis, infernis modô biter- 
matis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, subdentatis; pedunculis 3:5-floris, 
brachiatis; corolla 4-petala, nutante, acuta. 
Frutex sarmentosus, Celsissimà scandens ope summorum foliorum cire 
vorum ad instar se contorquentium, sempervirens, brachiato-rümosus. Folia 
brachiato-opposita, quinato-pinnata, prozïm? sub paniculá sep? tenata, in- 
Jeriora biternata, gl bra, lucida, à supino atro-virenlia, semipedalia v. circa; 
foliola firmula, ima, distanîta, 1-2 uncialia, ovata, acuminata, in 
summo. dimidio dentibus imaqualibus laziüs densidsve serrata, 5-neroin retion~ 
lato-venosa, 2 exteriora minora, nunc confluentia cum terminali: petiolus 
comaiübis ilis, elastico-rigens: partiales bis ter breviores folio. Pedunculi 
Porras dé inato-brachiati, Joliosi, villosi; in summis ramis oppositi, axil- 
lares; solü siricti, robusti, foliis breviores ; pedicelli recurvuls, erasei; 
teretes, 1-flori 2 foliolo simplici, flore. breviores, infra. medium geniculati eb 
stipati bracteis 2 ovato-lanceolatís decussantibus foliolum ad basin positum. 
ores primi cermui, indè ‘nutantes erectiores, viridi-favescentes. | Cal. O, 
Cor. 4-petala, coriacea, tota tomentosa, - revoluto-rotitta, ' argualis, obsoleta 
striata n Cine decidua 5 petala ovajo-oblongo » lanceolata, acuta., - Stamina 
parim breviora, lineari-subulata, plano-convexa, dorso et superne intis pilosa, 
$nfernê intus nuda; anth. lineari-oblonga, adnate, erecta, recuroula. Pig. 
tile tais subegualia, congesta et land spissá sericeá implexá continentes. 
An unrecorded species, and the only one of the genus 
from the Cape of Good Hope (where it was found growin 
naturally by Mr. Niven) as yet known to have blossom 
in our gardens. It has been lately raised from imported 
seed by Mr. Middlemist, nurseryman at Shepherd's Bush. 
The specific name is borrowed from the Banksian Herba- 
rium, in which we found a sample of the spontaneous plant, 
collected by the late Mr. Masson. 
