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SANGUISORBEiE. IX. Cliffortia. 



2 C. CORDIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 47.) leaves ovate, ending 

 in a spine, half stem-clasping, glabrous, stiff, quite entire, 

 or furnished with a spine-like tooth towards the apex. 

 Burch. cat. afr. austr. no. 792. 



T2.G. 



Heart-leaved CYifforixa. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



3 -C. tridenta'ta (Willd. spec. 4. p. 838.) leaves oblong- 

 cuneiform, entire, and tridentate, nerved, pubescent beneath. 

 Tj . G. C. ruscifoh'a, Thunb. prod. 93 ? Berg. cap. 354. 



Tridentate-lQaved Cliffortia. Fl. May, Sept. Shrub. 



glabrous, with scabrous margins, in fascicles in the axils of the 

 stipulas. T? . G. Pluk. aim. t. 275. f. 2. Stipulas connate in 

 one, bifid. Sometimes there are strobile-formed galls on the 

 branches, whence the specific name. 



Strobile-bearing Cliffortia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



13 C. ericjEfolta (Lin, fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets terete, sul- 

 cate, glabrous, in fascicles. Tj . G. 



Heath-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



14 C. sERPYLLiFOLiA (Schleclit. ct Cham, in Linnsea. 2. p. 



4 C. RusciFOLiA (Lin. spec. 14G9.) leaves lanceolate, glabrous, 34.) leaves cuneated-spatulate, awnless, quite glabrous; flowers 



monoecious. 



Fj.G. 



nerved, ending in a spine, entire or furnished with a spine- 

 like tooth on each side. ^ . G. Lin. hort. cliff, t. 31. C. 

 arachnoidea, Lodd. hot. cab. t. 260. — Pluk. aim. 297. f- 2. 

 There are varieties of this species with glabrous and pubescent 

 brandies. 



Butcher^ s-broom-lcavcd Cliffortia. FL June, J\dy. Clt. 1752. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5 C. grami'nea (Lin. fil. suppl. 429.) leaves linear, acumi- 

 nated, 3-nerved, glabrous, quite entire or remotely setaceously 

 serrated ; stipulas large, 3-ncrved, adnate to the broad petiole, 

 and drawn out in 2 lobes. ^2 • ^i^- Sieb. pi. exsic. cap. no. 86. 



Gra55-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 2 feet. 



§ 2. Dichopterce (from Ityaj dicha^ double, and 7rr£po>^,p/erow, 

 awing; in reference to bifid stipulas), Z). C. prod. 2. p. 595. 

 Leajlets \-nerved, solitary at first sight. Stipulas bifid; or the fascicles ; branches clothed with velvety pubescence 



leaves perhaps trifoliatey bistipulate^ the lateral leajlets small and 

 tooth-formed. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub \\ foot. 



15 C. teretifolia (Thunb. prod. p. 93.) leaflets terete, su- 

 bulate, incurved, glabrous, in fascicles. \ . G. 



Terete-leaved Cliflfbrtia. Shrub 1 to 2 \*eet. 



16 C. filifolia (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets filiform, tri- 

 gonal, glabrous, in fascicles. f? . G. Nenax acerosa, Gsertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 165. t. 32. f. 7. 



Thread-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



17 C. junipe'rina (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets subulate, 

 glabrous, mucronate, in fascicles. ^ . G. A much branched 

 shrub. Flowers axillary, sessile. The three leaflets are equal 

 among themselves. 



Juniper-like Cliffortia. Shrub 3 feet. 



18 S. sarmentosa (Lin. mant. 299,) leaflets linear, villous, in 



Sarmentose Cliffortia. Clt. 1793. Shrub straggling. 



19 C. falcata (Lin. fil. suppl. 431.) leaflets linear, mucro- 

 nate, nearly falcate, in fascicles, and are, as w^ell as the branches, 



6 C. odorVta (Lin. fil. suppl. 431.) leaves ovate, obtuse, t'^ """"^ T 7^ ^ 'rv, • 



■r.f..1 r<\\o.f.U l;n..l vill.ni Un^^^.v. u ^ vv; 1.1 .' glabrous. Vi . G. This species is usually confounded «ith the 



serrated, plicately veined, villous beneath. Fj . G. Willd. spec. 

 4. p. S^7. 



Sweet-scented Cliffortia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 C. serra'ta (Reichb. ex Spreng. syst. add- p. 209.) leaves 

 spatulate-lanceolate, cuspidately serrated, glabrous ; stipulas 

 permanent, imbricated, ovate ; branches flexuous, twiggy. ^ . G. 

 C. serrcita, Thunb. prod. 2. p. 53. is perhaps the same. 



Serrated-leviWQii Cliffortia. Shrub 2 feet. 



last, but differs from it in being glabrous 



FalcateA^^yedi Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 



1 to 2 feet. 



§ 4. Latifolice (from latus, broad, and folium, a leaf; leaflets 

 broad). D. C. prod. 2. p. 596. Leaflets 3, oval or ohcordate, 

 usually dissimilar in shape, lateral leajlets stipule-formed, ott- 



8 C. svicA TA (Reichb. ex Spreng. syst. add. p. 209.) stem ^'"^"* **"'^^^- 



simple, hairy ; leaves lanceolate, subverticillate, erect ; spikes ^q c. ternaVa (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets oval-oblong 



dense, termmai, leaty. T^ . G. _. ^ xr _ / , n _» *k. 



Sjncatc Cliffortia. Shrub. 



9 C. ferrugi'nea (Lin. fil. suppl. 429.) leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to the base, setaceously serrated, striated, glabrous. 

 Jj . G. C. berberifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 48. Stipulas seta- 

 ceous, bifid, ferruginous ex Willd. but villous ex Lam. 



Rusty Cliffortia. Shrub prostrate. 



10 C. FiLicAULis (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 33.) 

 trailing ; leaves cuneate-obovate, tridentate, with villously ciliat- 

 ed edges, veinless above ; flowers monoecious. \ . G. Stems 



acute, all nearly equal in size and shape, and are, as well as the 

 branchlets, pilose. f; . G. C. polygonif61ia, Lin, spec. 1470. 

 hort. cliff. 501. t. 32. Young leaves in fascicles. 



Ternafe-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July, Clt. 1818. Shrub 



2 to 3 feet. 



21 C. trifoua'ta (Lin. spec. 1470.) leaflets in fascicles, 

 veiny, pilose, lateral ones lanceolate, quite entire, middle one ob- 



ovate, tridentate. 



Trifoltat 



^ 



Pluk. aim. t. 319. f. 4. 



rootuig. 



22 C. OBcoRDA^A (Lin. fil. suppl. 429.) leaflets veinless, gJa- 

 rru J * ^ nviv .• oi 1 • brous, lateral ones roundish-elliptic, middle one obcordate, 

 nrearf-.«em,«cd Chffortia. Shrub creeping. t,^^,!^^^ pubescent. 1? . G. Willd. spec 2. p. 842. 



^1.?: ""^r^tl^J^''^ ^'?''^ ^^''^ ^: P-. \^ ^-^ .^^^T^' cuneiform, Oftco.rfa^e-leafletted Cliffortia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1 / 90. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



23 C. oBLiauA (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 174.) leaflets vcinjf 

 quite glabrous, crenulated, lateral ones roundish, obhquely co 

 date, middle one obcordate ; branches glabrous, h • ^' ^ 



OiZ^ywe-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 5»- 

 2 to 3 feet. . 



24 C. DENTA^TA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 842.) leaflets obovate, gla- 

 brous, veiny, a little toothed at the apex, middle one trjdenU • 

 branches pubescent. h . G. Allied to C. obcordata. 



truncate, 3-5-toothed at the apex, striately veined, glabrous on 



both surfaces. Tj . G. 



Cwwea/c-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1787. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



^3. TemufbVuv (from tenuis^ thin, and ybZ/ww, a leaf ; leaves 

 all fine and filiform). D. C prod. 2. p» 596. Leafi.eis 3, suhu- 

 latey linear or oblongs lateral ones sometimes the shortest^ but 

 much like the middle ones^ catdine ones usually all abortive^ the 



pul 



fascicles in the axils of 



12 C. strobiu'fera (Lin. syst. 749.) leaflets linear, acute, §5. Bifoliolce {bis, iwo^foliola, leadeis; leaves compos 



edof 





