10 RANUNCULACEE. I. Arracene. II. Naraventa. 
deeply-toothed, villous ; flowers spreading, with oval membrana- 
ceous sepals. h.o. H. Native of Nipaul, in the vicinity of 
Chitlong. C. montana Hamilt. MSS. D. C. syst. 1. p. 164. 
Flowers white, almost like those of Anemone sylvéstris. This 
species is perhaps sufficiently distinct to constitute a separate 
section, from the want of the involucrum. 
Anemone-flowered Virgin’s Bower, Fl. April. Shrub cl. 
+Species not sufficiently known. 
96 C. Tovrnerortn (D. C. syst. 1. p. 166.) C. orientalis 
latifolia semine brevissimis pappis donato. Tourn, Cor. 20, 
h. J. H. Native of the Levant. 
Tournefort’s Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
97 C? ponyre’ TALA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 296.) 4%. H. Native 
of Japan. Atragéne polypétala, Thunb. fl. jap. 259. Stem erect, 
two feet high. Leaves triternate ; leaflets ovate, acute, deeply 
toothed, villous. Pedicels filiform, 1-flowered, elongated. Pe- 
tals beyond 20, bluntish, purple on the outside, clothed with white 
down within. This plant would appear to be an Anemone, from 
the description of the flower. 
Many-petalled Virgin’s Bower. Pl. 2 feet. 
98 C. canauicuta ta (Lag. cat. hort. madr, 17). kh. JU. H. 
Native of Spain, in the provinces of Murcia and Granada, in 
rocky and stony places. A climbing subshrub, with linear de- 
compound leaves and axillary three-flowered peduncles. (Lag.) 
Channelled-leaved Virgin’s Bower. Shrub cl. 
99 C. ZANZIBARE' NSIS (Loud. hort. brit. p. 228); leaves pin- 
nate, with twisted petioles ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, membra- 
naceous, entire or 3-lobed. kh. VU. S. Native of Zanquebar. 
Leaflets 5, with their margins and nerves, as well as petioles, 
rather hairy. 
Zanquebar Virgin’s Bower. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
Cult. The species of this genus are mostly climbing shrubs of 
rapid growth, free flowerers, very ornamental, and some are highly 
odoriferous. The hardy kinds are well adapted for bowers or 
trellis-work, or for training up against a wall; and they will thrive 
well in any common garden soil. They are readily increased by 
laying down the young shoots in July or October, or by seeds, 
which in many species ripen in abundance. The greenhouse 
species are very desirable for a conservatory where many climbing 
plants are wanted. Any light soil, or a mixture of loam and peat, 
will suit them well, and young cuttings will strike root freely 
under hand glasses. The stove kinds require the same treat- 
ment as the greenhouse species. The herbaceous perennial 
species are increased by dividing the plants at the root early in 
spring. 
I. ATRAGENE (from aSpayevn, a name originally given to 
Clématis Vitalba by Theophrastus.) Lin. gen. No. 615. Geert. 
fruct. 1. p. 356. t. 74. f. 8. Schkuhr. handb. t. 150. Clématis, 
Sect. 1V. Atragéne, D.C. syst. 1. p. 165. prod. 1. p. 9. 
Lin. Syst. Polydndria Polygiynia. Involucre none. Sepals 4, 
somewhat induplicate in the bud. Petals numerous, shorter than 
the sepals. Cariopsides terminated by a bearded tail. Coty- 
ledons approximate in the seed. Climbing shrubs with variously 
cut opposite leaves, possessing the same qualities as Clématis. 
1 A. atrtna (Lin, spec. 764.) peduncles 1-flowered, longer 
than the leaves; leaves biternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, serrate; petals somewhat spatulate, blunt. h. o H. 
Native of the mountains in many parts of Europe from the height 
of 2400 to 6000 feet, especially on a calcareous soil, in Austria, 
Carniola, Piedmont, South of Switzerland, Geneva, Dauphiny 
and the Eastern Pyrenees. Jacq. aust. t. 241. Schkuhr. handb. 
t. 150; Sims. bot. mag. t.530. A. Austriaca, Scop. carn. ed. 2. 
No. 666. Andr. bot. rep. t. 180. Sims. bot. mag. t. 807. A. 
Clematìdes, Crantz. austr. 111. t. 5. Clématis alpìna, Mill, dict. 
_No. 9. D. C. syst. 1. p. 165. Flowers blue, varying to white. 
Sepals oblong, acuminated. Petals 10 to 12, linear at the base, 
but dilated at the apex. 
Alpine Atragene. Fl. May, July, Clt. 1792. Shrub cl. 
2 A. Stprrica (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 343.) peduncles 1-flower- 
ed, almost equal in length with the leaves; leaves biternate ; 
leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated; petals emargi- 
nate at the apex. k.o H. Native of Siberia, in woods, at 
the river Oby, and in the Ural mountains, and along that chain 
of Alps even to the EasternOcean. Sims. bot. mag. t. 887. A. 
alpina, Gmel. sib. 4. p. 194. No. 33. Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 69. 
t.76. Resembles 4. alpina, but differs in the leaves being some- 
times ternate, with narrower leaflets, and in the flowers being a 
little smaller, from white to yellowish, never blue, as well as in the 
petals being emarginate at the apex not obtuse. 
Siberian Atragene. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1753. Shrub cl. 
3 A. Ocuore'nsis (Pall. ross. 2. p. 69.) peduncles 1-flow- 
ered; leaves biternate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 
serrate; petals few; linear. h. o H. Native of Siberia towards 
the Ochotskoi Sea, and of Kamtschatka between Ochotsk and 
Kamtsch. A. violdcea, Pall. in herb. Lamb. C. Ochoténsis, Poir. 
suppl. 2. p. 298. Resembles 4. Sibirica. Flowers with 4 ovate- 
mucronate sepals, which are downy on their margins. Petals 
none, or sometimes with the outer stamens abortive, a little elon- 
gated and linear. Filaments velvety, a little shorter than the 
sepals. 
Ochotskot Atragene. 
acuminated. 
4 A. America‘naA (Sims. bot. mag. t. 887.) peduncles 
1-flowered ; leaves whorled, in fours, ternate ; leaflets stalked, 
cordate, lanceolate, acuminated, entire, or somewhat lobed, or 
serrated; petals acute. k. H. Native of North America, 
in shady places, on the sides of rivulets, climbing and creep- 
ing among loose rocks, New York and Pennsylvania, near the 
foot of the Blue Mountains, and on the eastern declivity of the 
Rocky Mountains and at Cape Mendocina, on the North-west 
coast. Clematis verticillaris, D. C. syst. 1. p. 166. Resembles 4. 
alpina. Flowers large, purplish-blue. f 
Var. P, obliqua (Dougl. mss.) leaflets bluntly serrated. 
k.o H. Native on the eastern declivities of Rocky Mountains, 
in vallies, and at Cape Mendocina, on the western coast. 
American Atragene. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1797. Shrub cl. 
5 A. occipent’aris (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 520.) leaves op- 
posite, ternate; leaflets nearly entire, shining ; sepals ovate-lan- 
ceolate ; flowers, somewhat bell-shaped. h. vu: Native of ? 
Clématis occidentalis, D. C. prod. 1. p. 10. . 
Western Atragene. Fl.? Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 
Cult. The species are very shewy, and require the same treat- 
ment as that recommended for the hardy kinds of Clématis. 
_ Ul. NARAVETIA (from Narawel, 
Its name in Ceylon. Herm. Zeyl. 26.) 
D.C. syst. 1. p. 167. prod. 1. p. 10. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygy'nia, 
Petals from 6 to 12, longer than the calyx 
(f. 5. a.) Carpels seated on a thick 
hollow stipe, (f. 5. b.) terminated by a 
long feathery tail (f. 5.c.) A climbing \J9$ 
shrub, with the habit of Clématis, but / \ 
the leaves are only furnished with two 
opposite many-nerved leaflets. 
1 N, Zeyra’xica (D. C. syst. 1. p- 
167.) leaves opposite, stalked; leaflets 
two, ovate-acuminated, on very short 
stalks, 5-7 nerved, quite entire, or 
notched with one or two teeth on each 
side, velvety underneath, smooth above, 
Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 
