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Key* To THE SPECIES OF Clematopsis. 
*Uppermost pairs (or 4) of leaves (of at least 
the terminal flower) green like the other 
leaves and not brightly coloured, nearly 
always remote from the perianth : 
Flowers mostly about 3 at the apex of each 
shoot 1. C. Kirkii. 
"Flowers solitary at ihe apex a each. shook & or 
stem : 
tLlower leaves simply pinnate, trifoliolate 
or sub-entire : 
{Stems more or — solitary, erect; 
African speci 
Four of the Gpose ‘leaves whorled and 
forming an involucre; Angolan 
species. 
Involucral leaves se toothed : 
Sepals 6 = .. 2. O, Teuczit. 
epals 4 3. C. speciosa. 
Eavoltcnl leaves ‘trifoliate, with 
narrow leaflets . 4, O? chrysocarpa. 
Upper leaves in distant paire, bit 
forming an involucre : 
Densely tomentose all over ; lateral 
dentate; Angolan species ... 5. C. argentea. 
lateral leaflets broad, usually 
with more than one tooth: 
Leaves up to 18 cm. long; sepals 
strongly ribbed on the back 6. O. katangensis. 
Leaves not more than 10 cm. 
long ; sepals not ribbed: 
Achenes not longer than 
broad, ore or less 
rhomboid, with long and 
very slender tails sparsely 
pilose towards the tips... 7. C. Oliveri, 
with comparatively short 
tails oy pilose to the 
oo 
ip C. Stuhlmannii. 
t{Stems several from a decambens 
rhizome ; pedicels eed Mas- 
carene @ species . 9. C. trifida. 
ttLower leaves more or Sn bipinnate, 
rather roughly and permanently 
; Angolan species - 10. C. scabiosifolia. 
* This key is as good as can be put together from the material seen, 
which in some cases is rather scanty. 
