width of those here figured, the other the much finer 
form now depicted, for material of which we are indebted 
to the kindness of Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, on the walls 
of whose residence, The Ferns, Witcombe, it made a very 
beautiful display in April, 1914. The species appears to 
call for wall treatment in this country, and should not 
be pruned too severely, but allowed to form a rather 
loose tangle, the leading and supporting shoots alone 
being nailed. It requires a good loamy soil, and can be 
increased by cuttings in late summer. C. Armandi bears 
a considerable resemblance to C. Meyeniana, Walp., but 
may at once be distinguished from that species by the 
inflorescences, which are perulate at the base. 
Description.—Shrub, far-climbing; branches terete, 
slightly ribbed, glabrous. Leaves trifoliolate, petioled ; 
petiole 24-31 in. long; lateral petiolules 2-} in. long, 
end petiolule 14 in. long; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, base 
slightly cordate or rounded, subacute at the apex and 
usually shortly acuminate, 33-44 in. long, 11-1} in. wide, 
entire, 5-nerved, intermediate nerves running to the tip, 
the outermost indistinct with transverse anastomosing 
nerves, reticulate, glabrous. Cymes axillary, bracted, 
several-flowered, perulate at the base, branching from 
the base, puberulous ; perulae large, ovate ; lower bracts 
like the scales, upper bracts oblong, often trifid; pedicels 
longer than the flowers. Flowers white, scented. Sepals 
5-7, obovate-oblong, 3—1 in. long, spreading. Filaments 
flattened, glabrous, the outer longer the inner shorter 
than the anthers; anthers narrow-oblong, under 2 lin. 
long. Styles silky-plumose except in the upper portion. 
Achenes elliptic, compressed, hairy; style plumose with 
spreading hairs. 
Fig. 1, an inner stamen; 2, an outer stamen; 38, a carpel :—all enlarged. 
