RANUNCULACE^E. I. CLEMATIS. 



1 C. ERE'CTA (All. pedem. No. 1078.) stem erect; leaves 

 pinnate, with stalked ovate, acuminated quite, entire leaflets; 

 corymbs dense; sepals oval. 1. H. Native of the south of 

 Europe, particularly in France, Spain, Austria, Tartary, &c. 

 on hills and in woods. Schkur. handb. 2. t. 151. C. recta, 

 Lin. spec. 767. Jacq. aust. t. 291. Woodv. med. bot. 1. p. 

 173. t. 62. C. flammula. All. pedem. no. 1080, exclusive 

 of the synonymes. Flowers white, sweet-scented. This 

 plant was recommended by Baron Stcerk, in 1769, as an use- 

 ful medicine in many obstinate complaints. He found it suc- 

 cessful in inveterate syphilitic diseases. It was usual for him to 

 employ the leaves and flowers, as well as an extract prepared 

 from the former ; yet the preparation which he chiefly recom- 

 mends is an infusion of two or three drams of the leaves in a pint 

 of boiling water, of which he gave four ounces three times a day, 

 while the powdered leaves were applied as an escharotic to the 

 ulcers. 



Var. ft, C. mrrecta prcecocior, &c. Tourn. inst. 394. stems 

 reddish ; leaflets cordate or ovate-lanceolate. 



Far. y, C. Hispanica surrecta, &c. Tourn. inst. 594. leaflets 

 oblong-lanceolate; bracteas large, elongated, oblong. C. His- 

 panica Mill. diet. no. 8. C. corymbosa, Poir. diet. 2. p. 297. 



Var. S, bracteosa (Banks, herb.) bracteas oblong, large, elon- 

 gated. 



Erect Virgin's Bower. Fl. Ju. to Aug. Clt. 1597. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



2 C. MARITIMA (Lin. spec. 767.) stem erect, herbaceous; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, tapering to both ends, entire, 

 and 3-lobed ; upper leaves linear ; corymbs loose ; sepals spa- 

 tulate. 14. . H. Native of Europe. Leaflets 5, stalked, 3-nerved. 

 Corymbs terminal and axillary. Flowers white, larger than those 

 of C. erecta ; sepals 3-5. 



Sea-side Virgin's Bower. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. ? PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



3 C. FLA'MMULA (Lin. spec. 766.) leaves pinnate, smooth with 

 orbicular, oval, oblong or linear, entire or 3-lobed, acutish leaflets. 



Jj . ,_,. H. Native of the South of Europe and North of Africa, 

 common in hedges and bushy places. Flowers white, sweet- 

 scented. 



Var. a, rolundifolia (D. C. syst. 1. p. 134.) leaflets almost 

 orbicular. Native of Naples. C. fragrans, Tenore, fl. neap. vol. 1 . 

 t. 48. prod. 32. 



Var. /3, vulgdris (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets oval or oblong-lanceo- 

 late. C. flammula, Lin. spec. 766. C. maritima, All. pedem. 

 no. 1081. 



Var. y, maritima (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets linear. Native near 

 Montpelier, by the sea-side. 



Var. S, rubella (D. C. syst. 1. p. 135.) leaflets oval, usually 

 emarginate ; sepals 4, reddish on the outside. 



Var. c, ccespitosa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 3.) leaflets minute, en- 

 tire, or cut. C. caespit6sa, Scop. fl. earn. ed. 2. vol. i. p. 389. 

 C. flammula, B. Bertol. amcen. 236. These plants are less acrid 

 than any others of the genus. 



Flame, or sweet-scented Virgin's Bower. Fl. Jul. to Oct. 

 Clt. 1596. Shrub cl. 



4 C. MASSONL/ONA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 135.) leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets smooth, rather glaucous, ovate, deeply-toothed, 3-lobed 

 or ternate. Tj. w . G. Native of South Africa. Leaflets usually 7. 

 Pericarps elliptical, pubescent. 



Masson's Virgin's Bower. Fl. ? Clt. ? Shrub cl. 



5 C. ORIENTALS (Lin. spec. 763.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 smooth, wedge-shaped, with 3 toothed pointed lobes. ^.-^.'H. 

 Native of the Levant and Caucasus, in bushy places. Pict. hort. 

 par. p. 37. f. 3. C. flava. Mcench. meth. 296. Dill. elth. 144, 

 t. 119, f. 145, good. There is a variety with trifid peduncles. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow, with a tinge of russet on the upper part 

 and outside ; sweet-scented. 



Eastern Virgin's Bower. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1731. Sh. cl. 



6 C. GLAU'CA (Willd. arb. 65. t. 4. f. 1.) leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets smooth, glaucous, wedge-shaped, with entire bluntish 

 lobes ; peduncles trifid. ^ . w . H. Native of the southern 

 parts of Siberia in arid places. Wats. dend. brit. t. 78. Leaf- 

 lets usually 3-lobed. Panicle somewhat corymbose. Flowers 

 yellowish, scentless. 



Glaucous Virgin's Bower. Fl. Ap. to Jul. Clt. 1800 ? Sh. cl. 



7 C. PANICULA'TA (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 337.) leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets ovate-cordate, acute, entire ; peduncles panicled, 

 many-flowered. Jj w H. Native of Japan, near Nagasaki. 

 C. vitalba japonica, Houtt. pflanz. 7. p. 309. f. 2. C. crispa, 

 Thunb. fl. jap. 239, but not of Lin. Leaves pinnately decom- 

 pound. Panicles axillary. Flowers white, sweet-scented, resem- 

 bling those of C. flammula. 



Panic/erf-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1796. 

 Shrub cl. 



8 C. LONGI'LOBA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 136.) leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, smooth. fj. w . H. 

 Native of China. An intermediate species between C. panicu- 

 lata, and C. minor. Leaflets 5 or 7, distant, on long stalks. 

 Flowers probably white, and sweet-scented. 



Long-lobed-\eaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



9 C. MI'NOR (Lour. fl. cochin. 1. p. 422.) leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire ; peduncles many flow- 

 ered, length of leaves ; ovaries 4. Tj . ,_,. H. Native of China, 

 in the suburbs of Canton. A little like C. flammula. Stem 

 suflruticose. Leaflets 5, blunt, on long stalks. Flowers the 

 smallest of all the genus, white and sweet-scented. 



Smaller-fiowered. Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



10 C. CHINE'NSIS (Retz. obs. 2. p. 18. No. 53. t. 2.) leaves 

 pinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire; peduncles few- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; ovaries usually 4, with almost 

 naked tails. Tj . w . H. Native of China, in the islands called 

 Danes. C. Sinensis, Lour. coch. 1. p. 422. Leaflets 5. Flowers 

 small, dark-purple, and probably sweet-scented. 



Chinese Virgin's Bower. FL? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



11 C. TERNIFLORA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 137.) leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets ovate, blunt, quite entire ; peduncles trifid, 3-flowered ; 

 ovaries usually 5, with bearded tails. fj . ,_,. F. Native of 

 China, in the province of Chekiang. Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers 

 probably white and sweet-scented. Middle pedicle naked, late- 

 ral ones bearing awl-shaped bracteas beneath their middle. 



Three-flowered Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



12 C. BREVICAUDA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 138.) leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, grossly serrated ; pe- 

 duncles spreading, crowdedly panicled, shorter than the leaves. 



lj . ^j. F. Native of China, between Pekin and Jehol. Flowers 

 probably white. 



Short-tailed-carpeNed Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



13 C. HERACLE^rbLiA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 138.) leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, broadly and deeply-toothed, ter- 

 minal one 3-lobed ; peduncles erect, and are, as well as the 

 branches, velvety-cinereous. Jj . w . F. Native of China, be- 

 tween Pekin and Jehol. Leaflets coriaceous. Flowers white. 



Heracleum-leaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



14 C. GOURIA'NA (Roxb. ined in herb. Lamb. D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 138.) leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, usually 

 5-nerved, acuminated, entire or toothed, cordate at the base ; 

 peduncles pubescent, generally longer than the leaves. ^ . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Leaflets 3 or 5, on long stalks. Se- 

 pals velvety. 



Gour's Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



15 C. VJTA'IBA (Lin. spec. 766.) leaves pinnate; leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, cordate at the base, partly cut ; 

 peduncles forked, shorter than the leaves. ^ . w . fl. Native 

 of the middle and south of Europe, in the islands of the Archipe- 



