RANUNCULACES. 
Native of Ava, on Mount Taong Dong. Sepals smooth, and 
purple inside. 
Subpeltate-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Nov. Shrub cl. 
84 C. smizaciroria (Wall. Asiat. Res. 13. p. 402.) leaves 
ovate-cordate 5-nerved, smooth, entire, panicles axillary, few- 
flowered, rather shorter than the leaves ; sepals 4 linear-oblong, 
clothed with dense rusty tomentum on the outside, spreading. 
kh. u S. Native of Nipaul. Flowers clothed with rusty to- 
mentum on the outside, but smooth and purple on the inside. 
This plant comes very near to C. subpeltdta, but differs from it 
in the leaves being cordate at the base, never slightly peltate. 
Smilaxz-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Fl.? Clt. 1823. Shrubcl. 
Sect. 1.—Virice'txa, (from viticella, a small vine; plants 
climbing like the vine.) D. C. syst. 1. p. 160. prod. 1. p. 8. 
Involucre wanting. Tail of pericarp short, beardless. Leaves 
ternate or decompound. Stems climbing. 
85 C. rLoripa (Thunb. fl. jap. 240.) peduncles 1-flowered, 
longer than the leaves; leaves ternately decompound ; leaflets 
ovate, acute, quite entire; sepals oval-lanceolate, much pointed. 
h. JU. H. Native of Japan. Sims, bot. mag. t. 834. Andr. 
bot. rep. t. 402. Jacq. hort. schæn. 3. p. 57. t. 357. Atragène 
indica, Desf. tab. par. ed. 1. p. 123. Leaves ternate or triternate. 
Flowers large, spreading, pale-white. Sepals 6 or 8, oval, marked 
towards the margins with feathery veins. Stamens purplish. 
Vi ar. B, Jlore-pléno; flowers double. This is much more com- 
mon in our gardens than the single-flowered. 
Florid Virgin’s Bower. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1776. Sh. cl. 
86 C. virice’tta (Lin. spec. 762.) peduncles 1-flowered, 
longer than the leaves; leaves entire or ternately decompound ; 
lobes or leaflets entire; sepals obovate, spreading. h. |. H. 
Native of the South of Europe, in hedges and among bushes, par- 
ticularly in Spain, Portugal, Carniola, and Bithynia, &c. Fl. gree. 
t. 516. Curt. bot. mag. t. 565. Viticélla deltoidea, Moench. meth. 
297. Flowers large, blue, purple, or rose-coloured, drooping. 
Var. B, miltiplex ; flowers double, purple, or flesh-coloured. 
C. pulchélla, Pers. ench. 2. p. 99.—Chabr. sciagr. p. 117, with a 
figure.—Weinm. phyt. t. 398. f. d. 
Var. y, tenuifdlia (D. C. syst. 1. p. 161.) leaflets oblong-lan- 
ceolate. C. tenuifòlia Lusitanica, &c. Tourn. inst. 299. 
Var. ò, baccàta (D. C. syst. 1. c.) fruit somewhat baccate. C. 
baccata, Pers. ench. 2. p. 99. 
Vine-bower. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1569. Shrub cl. 
87 C. campantriora (Brot. fl. lus. 3. p. 359.) peduncles 
1-flowered, somewhat longer than the leaves; leaves biternately 
decompound ; leaflets entire or 3-lobed ; sepals half spreading, 
dilated at the apex, wavy. h.o H. Native of Portugal, in 
pedges, especially on the road from Coimbra to Oporto. Lodd. 
ot. cab. t. 987. Leaflets about 24. Flowers large, half open, 
ot a purplish-white colour. An intermediate species between C. 
Viticélla and C, crispa. 
Bellflowered Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1810. Sh. cl. 
than th “oR spa (Lin. spec. 765.) peduncles 1-flowered, shorter 
senal e eaves ; leaves entire, 3-lobed or ternate, very acute ; 
ae S connivent at the base, but reflexed and spreading at the 
aad k.u. H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, in hedges 
1892. Te bushes on the banks of rivers. Sims. bot. mag. t. 
eric, eaflets entire or 3-lobed. Flower erect, large, purple. 
l arp ending in a short awl-shaped tail. C. flore críspo, Dill. 
elth. 1. t. 73. £ 84. 
Gurled-fowered Virgin’s Bower. Fl.Jul. Sept. Clt. 1726. Sh.cl. 
dunele, Si Alaa (D. C. mem. soc. hort. gen. 1. p. 433.) pe- 
apex: le -flowered ; sepals elliptical, somewhat dilated at the 
E ae d aves pinnate, with tendril-like petioles; leaflets stalked, 
P or entire ; lobes oblong, mucronate, entire. h. VY. H. 
ative of ? 3 , 
chy of ” Carpels smooth, tailless. Flowers small, white. 
I. CLEMATIS. 9 
Small-flonered Virgin’s Bower. FI. July. Shrub cl. 
Sect. I1I.—Cuerroprsis, (from yep, cheir, the hand; and 
oic, opsis, resemblance, in allusion to the form of the bracteas. ) 
D.C. syst. 1. p. 162. prod. 1. p.9. Involucre in the form of 
a calyx from two joined bracteas situated at the top of the pedun- 
cle just under the flower. Tails of pericarps bearded. Climb- 
ing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. 
90 C. crrrudsa (Lin. spec. 766.) peduncles 1-flowered, with 
an involucre; leaves ovate, somewhat cordate, toothed, in fasci- 
cles. kh. VJ. H. Native of the South of Europe and North of 
Africa, in hedges and among bushes, particularly in Spain, Ma- 
jorca, Sicily, Calabria, Algiers, and the Islands of the Archipelago. 
Smith fl. greece. t. 517. C. cæspitòsa, Scop. carn. ed. 2. No. 671? 
Atragéne cirrhdsa, Pers. euch. 2. p. 98. An elegant evergreen 
shrub. Flowers pale and downy on the outside, but smooth and 
purple on the inside, and marked with darker spots. 
Tendrilled Virgin's Bower. Fl. Mar. Apr. Clt. 1596. Sh. cl. 
91 C. PEDICELLA`TA (Sweet, hort. brit. p.1.) peduncles 1-flower- 
ed, stalked within the involucre; leaves ovate, somewhat cor- 
date, toothed, in fascicles. kh. H. Native of Majorca. C. 
cirrhosa, Sims. bot. mag. t. 1070. C. Balearica, Pers. ench. 2, 
p- 99, but not of Rich. C. cirrhosa var. p, pedicellata, D. C. syst. 
l. p.163. Anelegant evergreen shrub. Resembles C. cirrhòsa. 
but differing in the flower being smaller and seated on a pedicel 
within the involucre, not sessile. Flowers white, hardly spotted 
on the inside. 
Pedicelled-flowered Virgin’s Bower. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt, 1596. 
Shrub cl. 
92 C. PoLYMÓRPHA (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnza. 
1829. p. 502.) peduncles axillary, naked, 1-flowered ; flowers 
pendulous; involucrum urceolate-campanulate, almost entire ; 
sepals ovate-oblong, clothed with silky wool on the outside. 
kh. VU. H. Native of Corsica. Resembles C. cirrhdsa. ` 
Var. a, véra; leaves somewhat cordate, entire, 3-lobed or 
3-parted ; lobes and segments deeply serrate-crenated. Native 
of Corsica, 
Var. B, semitriloba (Lag. cat. hort. madr. p. 17.) leaves 
3-parted and ternate ; middle leaflet stalked, lateral ones sessile 
oblique, all unequally serrate-crenate. Native of the south of 
Spain and of Corsica. Branches angular, dark-purple. 
Var. y, lanceolata; leaves all ternate; leaflets lanceolate, 
middle one stalked, lateral ones sessile. Native of Corsica. 
Polymorphous Virgin’s Bower. Fl. April? Shrub cl. 
93 C. Baxea’rica (Rich. in journ. phys. Feb. 1779, 127, with 
a figure, but not of Pers.) peduncles 1-flowered, with an invo- 
lucre under the flower; leaves ternate ; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed, 
deeply toothed. kh. VU. H. Native of Minorca. C. calycina, Ait. 
hort. kew. ed.1. vol. 2. p. 259. Sims. bot. mag. t. 959. Atra- 
gène Balearica, Pers. ench. 2. p. 98. A very elegant evergreen 
shrub. Involucre two-lobed, blunt, bell-shaped, closely girding 
the flower. Flowers pale, pubescent on the outside, and marked 
on the inside with oblong red spots. 
Minorca Virgin's Bower. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1783. Sh. cl. 
94 C. monra'na (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 192.) peduncles 
many, 1-flowered, with an involucre under each flower; leaves ter- 
nate or trifid, smooth; leaflets oblong, acuminated, rather toothed 
at the base, lateral ones almost sessile, 1-nerved, terminal one 
3-nerved. h. H. Native of Nipaul. C. montana var. 
Hamilt. MSS. C. Nepaulénsis, D. C. syst. 1. p. 164. Flower a 
little distant from the involucre, clothed with cinereous down, 
Pericarps many, compressed, ovate-acuminated. 
Mountain Virgin’s Bower. Fl. April. Shrub cl. 
95 C. aneĮmoxnirròRa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 192.) pedun- 
cles many, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves, without an invo- 
lucre ; leaves ternate; leaflets cuneated, elliptical, mucronate, 
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