CATALOGUE, &c 
RANUNCULACE^. 
Clematis Douglasii, Hook/ Stem herbaceous, erect, 1-2° high, 
simple, 1-flowered; leaves 2-3-pinnatificl, (or the lower ones more simple,) 
the segments linear or linear-lanceolate, both stem and leaves more or 
less hairy ; flower nodding, the naked peduncle erect and elongated in fruit ; 
sepals thick, woolly at tlie apex, more or less spreading, deep brownish- 
purple, paler externally. — ^The specimens resemble those from Oregon de- 
scribed by Niittall under the name of C. Wyethiiy differing from the form 
figured by Hooker and of the eastern Rocky Mountain collections only in the 
broader divisions of the leaves. In the mountains from Washington 
Territory to Colorado. Found in tlie Wahsatcli and Uintas, Utah, at an 
altitude of 6-7,000 feet ; July, in flower and fruit. (1.)^ 
Clematis ligusticifolia, Nutt. Climbing, somewhat })ubcscent; flowers 
white, dioecious, in paniculate corymbs ; leaves pinnate and ternate, (mostly 
S-foliolate,) the coriaceous leaflets usually oblong, lanceolate, more or less 
laciniately toothed and tiifid ; petals and stamens equal. Var. brevifolia, 
T. & G. With nearly smooth broadly ovate subcordate 3-lobed leaflets. — On 
the banks of mountain streams from Washington Territory to the Saskatche- 
wan, and southward to Low^er California and New Mexico. Frequent in the 
lower canons of the West Humboldt Mountains and found in a single locality 
in the East Humboldt range, Nevada — the broad-leaved variety only; altitude, 
5-6,000 feet ; August-October. An approach to the typical form was also 
found at City of Rocks, in Southeastern Idaho. (2.) 
Clematis alpina, Mill. DC. Prodr. 1. 10. Leaves bi-ternately divided ; 
segments ovate or oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, frequently 3-lobed, irregularly 
" A large portion of the tlescribetl species up to the end of the Compositce are to be found in Torrey 
and Gray's Flora of Xorfh America, and a general reference to that work for the synonyn;y, &c., is to be 
understood. In case of other species not occurring in the Flora, express reference is usually made simply 
toBe Candoile's Prodromiis ; or to still later revisions, or for more recent species, to the publications in 
which they are described. 
^ Figures in parentheses, at the close of a paragraph, indicate the number under which the speci- 
mens of the collection are distributed. 
