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mens : stigm«s simple : there is no pericarpiutn : 

 rcceptacle'headed, small : the seeds very many, 

 roundish, compressed, furnished with the style, 

 in various tornis. 



'J"hc species cliiefly cultivated are : 1 . C. 

 ViliceUa, Purple Virgin's Bower ; i. C. Fioora, 

 LcalhcPt'-rtowcred \ irgin's Bower; 3. C Orien- 

 /«/*,>-, Oriental Virgin's Bower; 4. C. Fir^iniana, 

 Virginian V^irgin's^Bower ; 5. C. criipa. Curled- 

 leaved Virgin's Bower ; 6. C. cirrhosa, Ever- 

 green Virgm's Bower; 7. C. Flammula, Sweet- 

 scented Virgin's Bower ; 6. C. electa, Upright 

 Virain's Bower ; 9. C. iiifegrifolia, Entire- 

 IcavcJ Virgin's Bower. 



The first has the stems very slender and 

 weak, with many joints, whence come out s;de 

 branches, which are again divided into smaller 

 ones. It these be supported, they ri-c to the height 

 of eight or ten feet : the leaves branch out into 

 many divisions, each havings slender foot-sialk, 

 with three oval entire lea lets : four foot-stalks 

 generally arise from thesune j n.n, two on each 

 side ; the two lower Have three ot these divisons, 

 so that they arc compoiod of nine leaflets ; but 

 the two upper have only two opposite leaves 

 on each, and between these arise three slender 

 peduncles, each supporting one flower. It grows 

 naturallv in the woods of Spa-n, &c. flowering in 

 June and the lollowing month. It h.isthe title of 

 V^irgin's Bower, from Us fitness for constituting 

 such ornaments. 



There are cultivated varieties with s'ngle blue, 

 single purple, single red, and with double pur- 

 ple flowers. 



The second species has many slender stems, 

 sarmmtose, round, striated, prostrate or climb- 

 ing : the leaflets are three-lobcd, divided to 

 the petiole, smooth, paler underneath, entire, 

 sometimes gashed, but commonly somewhat 

 sinuated and waved, the nerve of the sidc-lobes 

 not in the middle, but nearer to the inner side : 

 peduncles long, solitary, axillary, with one 

 pair of simple leaves in the middle : flowers 

 solitary, nodding, coriaceous, ribbed (m tlie 

 outside, never opening, except at the end, 

 where the petals are bent back ; they are of a 

 greenish purple on the outside, and very pale 

 green within. 



It is a native of Carolina, &c, flowering from 

 June to September, ripening seeds in fine seasons. 



The third has weak clini'bing stalks, ris- 

 ing to the height of seven or eight feet when 

 they are supported : the leaves consist of nine 

 leaflets, which are angular and sharp-pointed, 

 glaucous on both sides, with such soft slender 

 hairs on them as are not easily either seen or felt : 

 the flowers droopins, and of a yellowish green 

 colour, with a tinge of russet on the upper part 



or outside. It flowers from July lo October, 

 and is a native of the Levant. 



The fourth species has climbing stems, very 

 high : the leaves are ternate : lealiet.s thinly but 

 deeply serrate-angular, naked, cordate, veined : 

 floral haves siinijlc, six logether or subverlicil- 

 l.itc, quite entire, tliree-lobed or undivided : the 

 flowers arc of a white colrxir, and spreading. It 

 is a native of North America, iicc, flowering from 

 June to August. 



The liiih has weak stalks, which rise near 

 four feet high, and by their elaspers fasien them- 

 selves to neighbouring plants : the flowers come 

 out singly irom the sides of the branches upon 

 snort peduncles, having one or two pair of leaves 

 on them, which are oblong and sharp-pointed : 

 the corolla i-- purplj, tiie inside is ciiried, and 

 has ni.i'.iy longitudinal turrows. It is a native of 

 Carolina, &:c. flowering in July, and ripening 

 seed in September. 



The sixth species has a climbing stalk, rising 

 to the height of eight or ten feel, sendnig out 

 branches from every joint, wliereby it becomes a 

 verv thick biishv plant : the leaves are sometimes 

 single, sometimes double, Irequently ternaie, 

 serrate ; keeping their verdure all the year : the 

 tendrils come out opposite to the leaves : the 

 flowers are produced from the side of the branches; 

 are large, and of an herbaceous colour, ap- 

 pearing at the end of December, or beginning 

 of January. It grows naturally in Spain. 



Tiie seventh is rather creeping than climbing. 

 It is lower and more tender than some of the 

 other species : the leaves are also smaller, with 

 five and seven pinnas, or three-lobed, or three- 

 leaved J the leaflets ovate-lanceolate, with few 

 gashes, and one or two teeth : the flowers are 

 of a white colour, sweet-scented, and appear from 

 July lo October. It is a native of the South of 

 France, 6cc. 



Tne eighth species has a perennial root: the 

 stems are herbaceous, annual, round, scarcely 

 branched, from three to five feet high, firm, 

 ending in a panicle at top : the leaves are op- 

 posite, and pinnate ; the leaflets from two to 

 four pairs, with an odd one al the end, petioled, 

 lanceolate or ovate, acute, the upper surface 

 smooth and green, the lower somewhat villose 

 and glaucous , they are entire, seldom two- 

 lobed : the flowers arc of a while colour at 

 tlie ends of the stalks ; come out in June, 

 and iipen seeds in winter. It is a native of 

 France, &cc. 



There is a variety, with only two or three 

 pairs of leaflets, which are narrower, and stand 

 iurther asunder, having shorter stalks and larger 

 flowers. 



The ninth has a perennial root : the stems are 



