6 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
VU CLEMATIS THUNBERGII, E. & Z. (Ranunculacee.) 
C. Thunbergii: pubescens, foliis sub-bipinnatim partitis, pinnis 
distantibus, foliolis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis trifidis tridentatisve la- 
ciniis mucronulatis, paniculis folio brevioribus, alabastris ovatis acutis, 
sepalis patentibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, filamentis basi pilosis, 
antheris glabris linearibus.—Z. ¢ Z, Enum., No.2; Harv. § Sond. F1. 
Cap., vol.i., p. 2; C. triloba. Thunb., fide E. & Z, 1. ¢., non Heyn. 
Has.—Woods of Adow, Uitenhage, Ecklon & Zeyher, (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Drscr.—A slender climber, thinly pubescent, the older parts becom- 
ing glabrous. Leaves 5-6 inches apart, on long, horizontally patent 
petioles, with 1-2 pair of leaflets, and an odd one. The lower leaflets 
are again compounded; the ultimate divisions petiolate, variously 
cleft, or sub-entire. Cymes few flowered. Flower-buds half an inch 
long, ovate-acuminate, the point often twisted ; sepals externally thinly 
pubescent, internally tomentose. Stamens filiform, hairy at base. 
Carpels feathery, long-tailed. 
Known from C. brachiata, a much commoner species, by the acwmi- 
nate sepals and flower-buds. 
Fig. 1, Clematis Thunbergii, the natural size. Fig. 2,a petal; 3,astamen: magnified. 
IX. CLEMATIS OWENLA, Harv. (Ranunculacee.) 
C. Owenie: dense pubescens, foliis bipinnatim partitis, pimnis 3-4 
jugis cum impari distantibus trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis acuminatis 
grosse dentatis lateralibus minoribus subsessilibus medio petiolato, 
paniculis axillaribus folio brevioribus, alabastris obtusis, sepalis patenti- 
bus elliptico-lanceolatis obtusis, filamentis filiformibus infra hirsutis, 
antheris ovalibus, brevibus.—Harv. § Sond. Fl. Cap., vol.i., p. 2. 
Has.—Near Port Natal, Miss Qwen. (Herb, T. C. D.) 
Derscr.—Slender, climbing, densely pubescent and subcanescent in 
all parts. Leaves horizontally patent and deflexed, pinnate or mostly 
bipinnate, with three or four pairs of pinne. Ultimate leaflets sharply 
toothed, and with prominent veins on the lower surface. Flowers small, 
white; sepals not half an inch long, somewhat elliptic-lanceolate, but 
quite obtuse. Anthers very short. 
Distinguished from all varieties of C. brachiata by its short anthers, 
the more uniformly pubescent foliage, and the smaller flowers. I gladly 
inseribe this new species of ‘‘ Virgin’s Bower’’ to its discoverer, to whom 
{ am indebted for several other interesting plants. Miss Owen aeccom- 
panied her brother, the Rev. Mr. Owen, on a mission to the Zooloo 
Country about the year 1839-40, and the botanical specimens collected 
during the route were given to me, shortly afterwards, by Mr. Henry 
Rutherfoord, of Grahamstown. 
Fig. 1, Clematis Qwenia, the natural size. Fig. 2, a petal; 3, a stamen: magnified. 
