England it does not appear to be very hardy in the 
open ground and will probably require to be grown on 
a south wall in order to bring out its best qualities. 
Descrietion.—Shrub, climbing; stems grooved, pur- 
plish, glabrous. Leaves pinnately 5-foliolate or 7-folio- 
late, those of the inflorescence 3-foliolate or simple ; 
leaflets elliptic or wide-ovate, retuse, base cordate or 
rounded, 14-24 in. long, 3-1? in. wide, thinly coriaceous, 
glabrous; petiole widened at the base, deeply channelled 
above; petiolules § in. long. Flowers disposed in a 
leafy thyrse ; pedicels 2-1 in. long, with a pair of bracts 
at the base; bracts narrow-lanceolate, 4-1 in. long. 
Sepals white, narrow oblong, minutely apiculate, 23—} in. 
long, 1—} in. wide, at first spreading, ultimately deflexed. 
Stamens many; filaments linear, ;',-1 in. long; anthers 
linear, }-+ in. long, finely apiculate. Carpels very many, 
about 5 in. long; ovary glabrous; style densely plumose 
with long hairs. Achenes of the form now described 
unknown; those of the typical form oblong, shortly 
oe about } in. long; style feathered with spreading 
airs, 
Figs. 1 and 2, stamens ; 3, pistil :—all enlarged. 
