RANUNCULACE. 
bud globose. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers of a yellowish-green colour ; filaments of stamens hispid, 
especially at their base. 
Armed Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Oct. Dec. Cult. 1804. Shrub cl. 
51 C. Granpirrora (D. C. syst. 1. p. 151.) peduncles 
1-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; leaves pinnate, smooth ; 
leaflets ovate-cordate, acuminated, netted with nerves on the 
under surface, coarsely serrated. kh. S. Native of Sierra 
Leone on the mountains. C. chlorantha Lindl. bot. reg. 1234. 
Flowers campanulate, the largest of all the genus, of a greenish- 
yellow colour. Leaflets 5. 
Great-flowered Virgin’s Bower. F]. Feb. May. Clt. 1823. Sh.cl. 
52 C. Lecnenauriia‘na (D.C. syst. 1. p. 151.) peduncles 
trifid, 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; leaves ternate, silky ; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved, serrated. h. vu: S. Native 
of Java. Sepals oblong, acute, velvety. 
Lechenault’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
53 Noronuia‘na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 151.) peduncles 
1-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; leaves ternate, hairy ; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, serrated. h. au S. Native 
of Java. Trigula trifoliàta, Noronha icon. ined. in Juss. lib. 
Flowers yellowish, with villous anthers and white styles. 
Noronha’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
-54 C. MAURITIANA 
(Lam. dict, 2. p. 42.) FIG. 3. 
peduncles trifid ; leaves ANN jan ~ ag al 
ternate, smooth; leaf- MAy 429 7 NY Sy AN G 
lets ovate, acuminated, Ñ ED A i Yo Ñ Ae 
coarsely-serrated. h. 
u: S. Native of the 
Mauritius and Madagas- 
car. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 
t. 2. C. triflora, Vahl. 
symb. 3. p. 74. C. Son- 
neratii, Pers. ench. 2. p. 
99. Flowers hermaphro- 
dite. The recent herb 
18 very acrid, and is used in Madagascar in place of Cantharides, 
hence Commerson has named it in his herbarium C. JSurialis and 
C. urentissima. (f. 3.) 
Mauritian Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
55 C. suprriropa (N.E. herb. Lamb.) stems furrowed, 
young ones villous as well as the petioles and peduncles ; 
peduncles trifid, 3-flowered; leaves ternate; leaflets 5-nerved, 
. broad ovate, 3-lobed acute, lateral lobes small; carpels with long 
bearded tails. h. vu: G. Native of Mexico. Flowers white. 
The subtrilobed-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
56 C. Havane’nsis (H. B. and Kunth nov. gen. et spec. 
amer, 5. p. 38.) peduncles 1-3-flowered ; leaves ternate, silky- 
pubescent underneath; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, grossly-ser- 
rated. h. vu: S. Native of Cuba, about Havanna. Pericarps 
pubescent. 
Havanna Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
i 57 C. TRILOBA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 3.) leaves trifoliate, 
oa ai leaflets stalked, 3-lobed, pointed ; peduncles trifid, 
š ki urnished with two bracteas. h. J. S. Native of Brazil, 
e province of Cis Platine. Flowers greenish-white. 
aor Guaranitica (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaflets narrower, usually 
ed, much shorter than the peduncles ; pedicels pubescent ; 
Owers Sometimes panicled. 
H g G ebed leaved Virgin’s Bower. FI. Nov. Dec. Shrub cl. 
ed mesana na (D. C. syst. 1. p. 152.) pedicels 1-3-flower- 
ate, newer erate or biternate, pubescent ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 
lative of ea e > pantie or trifid, a little toothed. k.u S. 
Arai, va. - Flowers small, probably white. Sepals oblong, 
ing, with velvety margins, a little longer than the stamens. 
I. Crematis. 7 
Java Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
59 C. Dauu rica (Pers. ench. 2. p. 99.) peduncles in threes, 
one-flowered ; leaves ternate, smooth ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, 
mucronate, oblique at the base ; flowers hermaphrodite, nodding. 
h. JH. Native of Dahuria. Flowers of an obscure purple 
colour, like those of C. viticélla. Ovaries villous. 
Dahurian Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Sept. Cult. 1820. Shrub cl. 
60 C. Pruxene‘ri (D.C. syst. 1. p. 153.) peduncles 1-flower- 
ed; leaves ternate, smooth ; leaflets elliptical or obovate, obtuse, 
quite entire, mucronate; flowers dioecious, erect. h. |. H. Na- 
tive of America ?— Pluk. alm. 109, Flowers purplish, fragrant. 
Plukenet’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
§ 4. Peduncles solitary, 1-flowered (f. 4.). Leaves pinnate 
(f. 4.), rarely ternate. ` 
61 C. ANGUSTIFÒLIA (Jacq. enum. 310. coll. 1. p. 137. icon. 
rar. 1. t. 104.) peduncles 1-flowered; sepals 6 or 8, very 
blunt; leaves pinnate; leaflets lanceolate-linear, acuminated, en- 
tire, or 3-lobed ; stems erect. 4%. H. Native of Siberia, Da- 
huria, and on the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Wats. 
dend. brit. t. 112. C. lasiántha, Fish. hort. gorenk. ex. litt. 
C. hexapétala, Pall. itin. 3 app. No. 96. t. 9. f. 2. ed. Gall. 
8. p. 329. t. 74. f. 2. but not of Lin. Terminal leaflet always 
8-lobed. Flowers white. 
Narrow-leaved Virg.’s Bower. Fl. My. to Sep. Clt. 1787. P. 4 ft. 
62 C. scaprosurotia (D. C. syst. 1. p. 154.) peduncles 
1-flowered; sepals 4, oval-oblong; leaves pinnate; leaflets 
8-parted, cut, pubescent, with wedge-shaped lobes; stem erect, 
velvety. U.S. Native of India? The whole plant is clothed 
with velvety pubescence. Leaflets 7. Flowers white? filaments 
hispid at the base. 
Scabious-leaved Virgin’s Bower. PI. 3 feet. 
63. C. virnosa (D. C. syst. 1. p. 154.) peduncles 1-flower- 
ed; sepals 4, oval-oblons; leaves villous, pinnate ; leaflets ses- 
sile, oval, grossly-toothed at the apex, terminal one trifid ; stem 
erect, villous. Y%.S. Native of India? Leaflets 7. Resem- 
bling C. scabiosef lia. 
Villous Virgin’s Bower. PI. 3 feet? 
64 C. xinearrtopa (D. C. 
syst. 1. p. 155.) peduncles 1- 
flowered ; sepals very acute ; leaves 
smooth, pinnate; leaflets entire or 
3-parted, with linear lobes. 2%. 
H. Native of Lower Carolina. 
Deless. icon. sel. 1. te 3. Stem 
striped, purplish. Leafiets 7 or 9. 
Flowers pale purple; sepals downy 
on the margins, almost twice as wy 
long as the stamens (f. 4.) | 
Linear-lobed leaved Virgin’s | 
Bower. Fl. May, July. Cult. 
1823. Pl. 3 feet. 
65 C. Waxrre'Ri (Pursh. fl. 
amer. sept. 2. p. 384.) peduncles 
1-flowered ; sepals elliptical; leaves ° l 
pinnate; leaflets divaricating linear-lanceolate acute, quite entire, 
glaucous underneath. 44. H. Native of Carolina. Leaflets 7. 
Flowers white. 
Walter’s Virgin’s Bower. Pl. 2 feet. 
66 C. prversiror1a (D.C. syst. 1. p. 155.) peduncles 1-flower- 
ed; sepals very acute, spreading ; leaves smooth, sometimes 
entire, sometimes 3-lobed or ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, 
lateral one sessile, terminal one stalked. h. VU. H. Native 
of? Deless. icon. sel. 1. te 4. Flower large, erect, purple. 
Anthers and filaments villous. 
Various-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt.? Sh. cl. 
