Tas. 8702. 
CLEMATIS Farcezst, var. SoULIEIL. 
China. 
RANUNCULACEAE, Tribe CLEMATIDEAE. 
Crematis, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 8. 
Clematis Fargesii, Franch., var. Souliei, Finet et Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. France, vol. i. p. 523 (1903), et Contrib. Fl. As. Or. fasc. i. p. 8 (1905) ; 
Rehder et Wils. in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. pars iii. p. 336 (19138); a 
typo foliolis angustioribus basi late cuneatis vel rotundatis parce pubes- 
centibus, filamentis antheris multo longioribus differt. 
Frutex scandens; ramuli suleati, juniores breviter tomentosi, demum parce 
“_rpargear apy rubro-purpurascentes. Folia biternata, usque ad 20 cm. 
onga et 15 cm. expansa, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque parce adpresse 
pubescentia ; foliola lateralia terminali multo minora, plus minusve ovata, 
2-3 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, inaequaliter lobulato-dentata vel interdum 
sublobata, dentibus ovatis acute mucronatis; foliola terminalia sessilia vel 
petiolulata, ovato-lanceolata, subtriloba, acute acuminata, basi rotundata 
vel breviter cuneata, 3-5 cm. longa, 2-4°5 cm. lata; nervi supra im- 
pressi, infra prominentes, adscendentes, laxe ramosi. Pedunculi axillares, 
1-2-flori, foliis plerumque multo breviores, supra medium bracteolati, parce 
pubescentes, bracteolis minimis oppositis ; pedicelli ultimi 2°5-4°5 em, 
longi, graciles. Alabastra ovoidea, obtusa, 1°5 em. longa. Sepala 6, 
alba, extra flavo-tincta, obovata, apice acute mucronata, 2°5-3 cm. longa, 
2-2°5 cm. lata, extra breviter pubescentia. Stamina glabra, stylis paullo 
longiora, filamentis linearibus complanatis vix 1 cm. longis, antheris 
3-3°5 mm, longis dilute flavis. Achaenia numerosa, late ovoidea, com- 
pressa, glabra, apice in stylum dense villosum attenuata.— Clematis 
Souliei, Franch. ex Finet et Gagnepain, l.c., nomen.—J. HutcHnson. 
The Clematis which forms the subject of our illustra- 
tion is a native of western Szechuan, where it is found 
in woodlands, but where it appears to occur somewhat 
sparingly. At one time thought to be a distinct species, 
C. Souliei, Franch., it has recently been regarded as only 
a form of C. Fargesii, Franch., also a native of south- 
western China, and indeed to differ but slightly from 
that plant, as originally described, in having filaments 
considerably longer than the anthers, and perhaps also 
in having the leaflets more rounded or more widely 
cuneate at the base. C. Furgesii is a member of the 
Vitalba group of species ; within that group it is readily 
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