6 RANUNCULACE. 
Loureiro’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
33 C. sericea (H, B. and Kunth nov. gen. et spec. amer. 5. 
p. 37.) flowers panicled, dioecious ; leaves ternate or pinnate ; 
leaflets ovate, 5-nerved, grossly 3 or 5-toothed, underneath silky, 
villous; peduncles shorter than the leaves, with many brac- 
teas. h. S. Native of South America, about Santa Fe de 
Bogota, and probably along the banks of the Rio-Grande. 
Flowers white? 
Var. a, stridtula (D.C. syst. 1. p. 144.) stems with 10 or 
12 stripes. Native of Santa Fe de Bogota. Leaves ternate. 
Var. P, tereticailis (D. C. l.c.) stem terete, not striped ; 
pericarps 20—30, pubescent ; leaves ternate and entire. 
Var. y. costata (D. C. 1. c.) stem with hardly prominent ribs. 
Native on the banks of the river called Rio-Grande. Leaves 
pinnate. 
Silky-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. . 
34 C. noLosericeA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 384.) flowers 
paniculately corymbose, dioecious ; leaves ternate, pubescent on 
both surfaces; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, entire. kh. VU. H. 
Native of Carolina. The whole plant is clothed with silky pu- 
bescence. Sepals linear, longer than the stamens. Flowers 
small, white. 
Whole-silky Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
35 C., Bonarie’nsis (Juss. herb. and D. C. syst. 1. p. 145.) 
flowers panicled, polygamous ; leaves ternate, smoothish ; leaf- 
lets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire ; peduncles shorter than the 
leaves, and are as well as the branches pubescent. kh. VU. F. 
Native of Buenos Ayres. Flowers white. Ovaries covered with 
long silky hairs. 
Buenos-Ayrean Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
36 C. Grycinor'pEs (D. C. syst. 1. p. 145.) flowers pani- 
cled, dioecious; leaves ternate, smooth; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminated, quite entire, 3-nerved at the base; peduncles one, 
half shorter than the leaves; branches smooth. hk. G. Na- 
tive of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Flowers small, and 
probably white. Resembles Glycine trifoliata. 
Glycine-like Virgin's Bower. Fl.? Clt. 1826. Shrub cl. 
37 C. mwexasr’pata (D.C, syst. 1. p. 146.) flowers pani- 
cled, dioecious, of 6-sepals ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, cor- 
date, broadly crenated, netted with veins, smooth, coriaceous. 
k.u F. Native of New Zealand. C. Forstéri, Gmel. syst. 
873. Forst. icon. ined. in Banks, lib. t. 170. C. hexapétala, 
Lin. fil. suppl. 271. Bracteas oblong-linear. Flowers spread- 
ing, of a yellowish white colour. l 
Six-sepalled Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
38 C. coriacea (D.C. syst. 1. p. 146.) flowers panicled, 
dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cordate, grossly and crenately 
cut, smooth, coriaceous; anthers ovate-oblong. h. uG. Na- 
tive of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Very like C. hexa- 
sépala, but differing in the flowers being of 4 sepals, not 6. 
Flowers spreading, pale purple ? 
Var.a,obtisa(D. C.1. c.) leaflets cordate, obtuse. Plant male. 
Var. B, acuta (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets ovate, acuminate. Plant 
female. 
Coriaccous-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl.? Clt. 1821. Sh. cl. 
39 C. sTENOSE PALA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 147.) flowers pani- 
cled, dioecious; leaves ternate; leaflets cordate, acuminate, 
3-nerved, entire or somewhat toothed ; anthers ovate-oblong. 
h. G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. €C. 
stenopétala, R. Br. ined. Bracteas oblong, quite entire, acute at 
both ends. Sepals 4, oblong-linear. Flowers white, a little larger 
than those of C. vitalba. 
The narrow-sepalled Virgin’s Bower. Shrub el. 
40 C. microrHyY'LLA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 147.) flowers pani- 
cled, dioecious; leaves ternate; leaflets oblong, usually 1-nerved, 
quite entire, smooth, coriaceous. hk. |. G. Native of New 
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I. CLEMATIS. 
Holland, in the Barren islands. Like C. stenosépala, but with 
the pericarps smooth, not pubescent. Flowers white. 
Small-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
41 C. arisra‘ra (R.Br. prod. nov. holl. vol. 2. ined. D.C. 
syst. 1. p. 147.) flowers panicled, dioecious ; leaves ternate ; 
leaflets ovate, somewhat cordate, acute, grossly-toothed, 
3-nerved; anthers awned at the apex. k.o. G. Native of 
New Holland. Ker. hot. reg. t. 238. Resembles C. stenosépala. 
Flowers of 4 sepals, of a greenish-yellow colour. 
Awned anthered Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Mayto Aug. Clt. 1812. 
Sh. cl. 
42 C. npivisa (Willd. spec. 2 p. 1291.) flowers panicled; 
leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, mucronate, coriaceous, 
smooth. hk. F. Native of New Zealand. C. integrifolia, 
Forst. prod. 42. No. 231, but not of Lin., C. paniculata, Gmel. 
syst. 873. Panicles axillary. Flowers probably white. 
Undivided-leafletted Virgin’s Bower. Shrub. cl. 
43 C. HEDYSARIFÒLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 148.) flowers pani- 
cled : leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate acuminated, nearly 
entire, smooth, 5-nerved atthe base. h. S. Native ofthe East 
Indies, on rocks about Daogown. Ker. bot. reg. t. 599. Flowers 
white. Ovaries very villous, ending in a short bearded tail. 
Hedysarum-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1819. Sh. cl. 
44 C. acumina‘ta (D.C. syst. 1. p. 148.) flowers somewhat 
panicled; leaves ternate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, much acumi- 
nated, rather serrated at the middle, smooth, 3 or 5-nerved. 
k.u F. Native of Nipaul at Narain-Hetty. Peduncles tri- 
chotomous, 3-flowered, hardly longer than the leaves. Flowers 
campanulate, hairy. Ovaries numerous, ending in a feathery tail. 
Acuminated-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Dec. Shrub cl. 
45 C. arnròria (D.C. syst. 1. p. 149.) flowers panicled, 
with six styles ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, repand- 
toothed. k. z. H. Native of Japan. Flowers unknown. 
Pericarps 5 or 7, stellately spreading. 
Parsley-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. . 
46 C. rrRIroLIAra (Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 2. p. 337.) 
flowers panicled; leaves ternately decompound, smooth ; leaflets 
ovate, obtuse, repand-toothed. h.. H. Native of Japan. 
Stems purple. 
Trifoliate Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
47 C. pirerna‘ta (D. C. syst. 1. p. 149.) flowers pani- 
cled, hermaphrodite, with six styles; leaves biternate ; leaflets 
somewhat cordate, acute. h.. F. Native of Timor, Japan, 
and Cochinchina C. Virginica, Thunb. fl. jap. 240, but not of 
Lin. Flowers white. 
Biternate-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
_48 C. rrirerna‘ta (D. C. syst. 1. p. 150.) flowers? leaves 
bi or triternate, smoothish; leaflets oval-cuneated, 3-nerved, 
acutely-trifid, h. |. H. Native of? Atragène triternàta, 
Desf. hort. par. Stem round; branches striped with 6 furrows, 
and velvety when young. 
Triternate-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl.? Clt.? Shrub cl. 
§ 3. Peduncles trifid, 3-flowered (f. 4.), or in threes, 1-flowered. 
Leaves ternate (f. 4.), very rarely pinnate. 
49 C. Domixica (Lam. dict. 2. p. 45.) peduncles trifid, 
3-flowered, longer than the leaves; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, 
somewhat cordate, acute, pubescent underneath, a little toothed. 
R. J.-S. Native of St. Domingo, Martinico, Dominica, and 
Cuba. Atragéne polygama. Jacq. amer. ed. pict. 2. t. 261. _ 
f. 244. Flowers small, white, scentless, dioecious. Sepals 
spreading, clothed with rusty down on the outside. 
Dominica Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
50 C. pracuta'ra (Ker. in bot, reg. t. 97.) peduncles in 
threes, 1-flowered, trifid or panicled, longer than the leaves; 
leaves ternate or pinnate; leaflets ovate, grossly-tootlied; flower- 
