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what, I believe, will ultimately be considered judicious; but I think it 
is perceptible that the labours of modern botanists are tending in the 
opposite direction. Yet the former course has had a most benefi- 
cial effect, in so far as it has led to minute investigations into the 
structural differences which exist in nearly allied forms. 
Perhaps in one or two instances the new species which I have estab- 
lished, may be found to have been done so on too slight grounds; but, 
if such be the case, it has arisen less from a desire to multiply species, 
than from the want of specimens for comparison ; and every one knows 
how difficult it often is to determine species from descriptions alone. 
In such doubtful cases my reasons are always fully given for the course 
I have taken. 
RANUNCULACE. 
1. Clematis parviloba, Gardn. et Champ. ; caule scandente, ramis angu- 
latis villosis, foliis ternatim biternatimve sectis, segmentis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis acuminatis integerrimis trinerviis utrinque sparse adpresse- 
villosis, pedunculis axillaribus folium subsequantibus trifido-subpani- 
culatis, caudibus plumosis. 
Has. Towards West-Point, Hong-Kong. Flowers in spring. 
Folia longe petiolata, petiolis semiteretibus supra canaliculatis villo- 
sis, inferiora ternatim-secta, segmentis petiolatis, 14 poll. longa, 4—8 
lin. lata, lateralibus integris; mediis profundé tdi vel trifoliatis; 
superiora biternatim-secta, 10 lin. longa, 3 lin.lata. Pedunculi axillares, 
inferiores subpaniculato-trifidi, superiores simplices terni uniffori; bracteae 
lanceolatee, acutz, foliacez, petiolate, sub origine ramorum et paulo 
7-nervia, patentia, extus villosa, 10 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata. Stamina 
plurima. Ovaria 12 circiter, villosa, desinentia in caudam barbatam. 
Apparently near C. acuminata, DC., but in the nature of the foliage 
it is more allied to C. Javana,DC. In the axils of the bracteoles 
there are what appear to be the rudiments of flowers, which, if ever 
developed, would give a more panieulate form to the peduncules than 
they have in my specimens. 
CAPPARIDACEX. 
1. Capparis (Eweapparis) membranacea, Gardn. et Champ. ; stipulis nullis, 
foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis basi rotundatis glabris membra- 
naceis reticulatis subtus — pedicellis supra-axillaribus 3—4 
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