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CLEMATIS hedysarifolia. 

 Mirman Virgin^ s-Bmver. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



NaL ord, RANUNcuLACEffi- Decand. <ys*- iiat 1, 127. Div, L Ra- 

 nunculaceae ver», seu Araheris extrorsu. Ttibus L Clenmtideac. 



CLEMATIS, InvobtcrumO aut calyciforme sub flore. Sepala (pe- 

 tala) 4r6 colorata, sestiTatione valvata aut induplicata. Petala aut sepa- 

 Hs breviora. Cariamides (semina) indeiinitse stipite proprio destitute, in 

 caudam saepiits barbato-plumosam productse. Radices ^braee perenneM. 

 Caules atmui aut peremumtes, stq^i^ sarmentosi $candeni€s> FoL epeaeti 

 opparita^ in vmcd jpecie verticiUaria, Hmplicia, integra hbata ternatim 

 pinnatimve seeta aut deoompMita, petiolata ; petioli interdum penistentes 

 cirrk^oTmes. Pedunculi nunc axiuares nunc terminates^ alii ramoso-pani- 

 culati, alH trifidi trifiari, aUi temi nniflari^ alii $olitarii \-Jlari ; bracteola; 

 seciiB pedtcelhs nunc nuUce, nunc 2 opposite lihertBf nunc coaliiiB in in- 

 volucntm bilobum cafycifarme* Flores m. potiUs calyces stspiiis albidi, nunc 

 Jlavescentes^ nunc asrulescentes purpurascentesve, Decand, L c. 131, 



Sect* L Flammula. InvoL sub flore 0. Sepala ^BStivatUme seepissimi val- 

 vata; Petala 0* Pericarpiarum caudtB bmgm barbato-pbmosm ; Em- 

 hryonis in semme catyledanes distantes^ - Subsect. II, Fhribus panicu- 

 latis, foliis ternatim bitematimve sectis, Dec- 1* c. 133 — 142. 

 C. hedysarifoUa^ floribus paniculatts, foliis ternatim sectis, se^mentis orato- 

 lancecJatis acuminatis subintegris glabris ima basi 5*nemis. Deeamd* 

 he. cit. 148, 



Peremiis, sempervirens^ scandens : rami teretiusculi pilis molHmmis ta- 

 rhtscuHs subpubescentes. FoK t^cussato-distantiu, braekiaio-patentiay ter- 

 nata ; pet, comm. purpurascens pilosiusculus, sesguiunciaHs r, hmgior, mK* 

 qutmdh (infoUisfl&ralibus ?) drrkoso-prehensUis ; folia c&riaceatviridi-cineraS' 

 cenHa^ petiotata, ovato^hng^ta^ integra^ acuminata, 3-nerma, Paniculse 

 terminates axiUaresquey pendukp, brackiatcsy etongato-thyrsiformes mutti- 

 florm^ ramutis strictis decussato-oppositis distantibmpie : pedicelli graciles, 

 viltosi, infra medium oppasito-bigemmiferi. Flores can^ct^tes, extus m^ 

 hsi, diametro j uncus v. circa. Pet* 4, avati-ottlonga, asqualia, obtusa, 

 cruciato-rotata, caduca, Stam. ochroteuca, erecta, coro/M J circd breviora, 

 pberimat glat^a; Jilamentis compresso-teretibus, antberis amcotoribus /wwort- 

 oblongis erectis apiculo brevi obtuso, receptaculo vet racliide planiusculo, 

 ^st staminibus hmgiora, subvirentia; genn, pilis bmgis erectis capittata ; 

 styli 9-plo breviorest nudi, recurvo-patentes. 



It is from a sample gathered by Mr. Hore at Rangoon 

 in the Birman empire, and deposited in the Banksian Her- 

 barium, that this species has been published by M. DeCan- 

 dolle under the above title. Of the immediate source from 

 whence the plant has found its way here we are not aware, 



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