151 



1'7 cm. longa, 6"5 mm. lata, apice saepe reflexa, inferne plus 

 minusve eohaerentia, extra pilosa, intus glabra. Filamenta 

 1 •cm., longa, ima basi glabra, ceterum teniiiter pilosa, antlieris 

 2*5 mm. longis muticis. OvariuTa sericeiim, stylo plumoso cir- 

 citer 1 cm. lougo. C. nutans, Beckett in Gard. Chron. vol, 

 xlviii. p. 310 L 129; Bean in Kcw Bull. 1910 p. 392, vix Royle. 

 ?C. Biichananianay Finet et Gagnep. in Bnll. Soc- Bot. Fr. ser, 

 4, vol. iii. p. 541; CWtrib. FL As. Or. vol. i. p. 26- C. Buchaniaiia, 

 var. vitifolia, Bois in Jom^n. Soc. Hort. Fr. ser. 4, vol. i. p. 866; 

 L. Henry in Rev. Hort. 1905, p. 437, fig. 180. C. liuians, var. 

 thyrsoidea, Eelider et Wilson in Sargent PL Wilson,^ vol. i. p. 

 324, excl. Wilson 1422 (seed number). 



China. Western Szecbnan, Tacbienhi, Wilson 3120, 3120a, 

 2120b. (Veitch Expedition), Soulie 450, Pratt 592 pro parte. 

 Cult. Hort. Kew (211-04, Lemoine type). 



H'l^'^ 762- Clematis Veltchiana, Craib [Ranuncnlaceae — Clema- 



tideae] ; a C. Rehderianay Craib, foliis gracilioribus bipinnatis, 

 bracteis parvis recedit. 



Frutew scandens; ramuli primo sericei, mox parce subadpreese 

 pubescentes, sulcati. Folia bipinnata, petiolo conimuni ad 

 5*2 em. longo indumento ut ramulis suffulta; pinnae ad 4-jugae, 

 trifoliatae vel rarins pro pinnis inferioribus foliola trilobata tan- 

 tum; foliola saepius ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice* acute 

 acuminata, basi late cuneata, rotundata, truncata vel leA^iter cor- 

 data, usque ad 5 cm. longa et fere 3 cm. lata, cliartacea vel 

 tenuiter cliartacea, paglna utraque denium pilis albis adpressis 

 hie illic sed nervis pagina inferiore densixis instrucfa, nervis 

 supra impressis subtus prominentibus, saepe trilobata, margine 

 grosse dentata, dentibus mucronato-acuminatis. Inflorescentia 

 axillaris, laxiuscula, pedunculo eommuni circiter 7 cm. longo 

 sparse crispatim pubescente sulcato suffulta; pedunculi ramu- 

 lorum inferiorum 3 cm. longitudine vix attingentes; pedicelli 

 graciles, ad 2 cm. longi; bracteae omnes parvae. Sepala 1-5 cm. 

 longa, 5'5 mm. lata, extra pilosa, intus glabra, ciiiata. Fila- 

 menta tenuiter pilosa. Ovarium sericeum, stylo plumoso circiter 

 1-1 cm. longo. C. nutans, var. tliyrsoidea, Eelider et Wilson in 

 Sargent PL Wilson, vol. i. p. 324 quoad Wilson 1422 (seed number). 



Cult. Hort. I 

 (641-10 yeitch). 



763. 



[Flacouitiaceao] 



X, orhicvlatoj Seem., a quo foliis iis Ilicis Aquifolii, Linn., 

 similibus, carpellis 6-7 distinguitur. 



RamiiU einarei, glabri, 3-4 mm. diametro 12 15 cm. infra 

 apicem. Folia heteromorplia, ea ramulorum sterilium oblonga, 

 utrinque angustat-a, 9-11 cm. longa, 3'5-4*5 cm. lata, apice acuta, 

 basi obtusa vel rotundata, valde epinoso-dentata, ea ramulorum 

 fertilium elliptico-oblonga, elliptiea vel cvata, apice acuta vel 

 saepius obtusa, 5-8 cm. Tonga, 2*5-4 cm. lata, espmulosa, denti- 

 bus parvis paucioribus vel interdum omnino deficientibus; folia 

 omnia rigide coriacea, glabra, pagina superiore basi utrinque 

 glandul fera, nervis lateralibus majoribus utreqvie latere costae 



