RANUNCULACE^. I. CLEMATIS. 



lago, and north of Africa ; very common in hedges and bushy 

 places, in the plains, and on the lower mountains ; in Britain espe- 

 cially on a calcareous soil. Eng. hot. t. 612. Curt. lond. fasc. 

 4.1.37. Jacq. aust. t. 308. Schkur. handb. 2. p. 1472. t. 151. 

 Schrank hort. monac. 2. t. 108. C. sepium, Lam. fl. fr. 3. 

 p. 306. Leaflets 5. Flowers white, with a sweet almond scent. 



Var. ft, integrata (D. C. syst. 1. p. 139.) leaflets with very 

 few teeth or quite entire. Vitis nigra. Fusch. hist. 97, with a 

 wood-cut. 



White-vine, or Traveller's Joy. Fl. July to Sept. Brit. Sh. cl. 



16 C. GREWi/EFLbRA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 140.) leaves pinnate, 

 clothed with yellow down ; leaflets cordate, acute, sharply ser- 

 rated ; peduncles 3 or 5-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 



J2 <v _,. H. Native of Nipaul, about Narain- Hetty. Leaflets 3 

 or 5. Flowers white, downy, purplish at the base on the out- 

 side. 



Grewia-jlowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. Nov. Shrub cl. 



17 C. BUCHANIA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 140.) leaves pinnate, 

 white-velvety underneath, and smooth above; leaflets cordate, 

 acute, toothed ; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 



t?. w . H. Native of Nipaul at Narain-Hetty. C. Buchanan!, 

 D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 191. C. Bucamara, Ham. MSS. 

 Leaflets 3 or 5. Flowers white, downy. 



Buchanan's Virgin's Bower. Fl. Oct. Shrub cl. 



18 C. LOASJEFOLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 140.) leaves ternate or 

 quinate, sometimes simple, very villous ; leaflets cordate, acumi- 

 nate, lobed, grossly-serrated ; peduncles trifid, few-flowered, mucli 

 shorter than the leaves. ^ . w . H. Native of Nipaul. C. Bu- 

 camara var. Ham. MSS. Flowers woolly, campanulate, with a 

 revolute border. 



Loasa-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Oct. Shrub cl. 



19 C. CONNA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 4.) leaves smooth, pin- 

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

 tioles dilated at the base, connate. Jj . w . F. Native of Nipaul. 

 Flowers probably white. 



Connafe-petioled Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



20 C. PERUVIA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 141.) leaves bipinnate, 

 villous ; leaflets ovate, trifid, cut at the apex ; flowers somewhat 

 panicled, polygamous ; peduncles longer than the leaves, furnished 

 with bracteas. Tj . w . S. Native of Peru. Stems purplish, and 

 are as well as petioles pubescent. Flowers small, greenish-yellow? 



Peruvian Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



21 C. MONTEVIDE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 667.) leaves ter- 

 nate-pinnate, smooth ; leaflets divaricating, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, trifid ; peduncles few-flowered, spreading, equal in 

 length with the leaves ; sepals spreading, lanceolate, villous. 



>2 . w . S. Native of Monte- Video. Flowers white. 

 Monte-Fidean Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



22 C. CORDA'TA (Pursh, fl. am. sept. 2. p. 384.) leaves pinnate, 

 leaflets cordate, acuminated, lobed, or deeply-toothed ; pedun- 

 cles elongated, many-flowered ; flowers dioecious in racemose 

 panicles. Tj . w . H. Native of Virginia, on high mountains. 

 Leaflets 3 or 5. Flowers small, white. In general appearance 

 it approaches near to C. vitalba. 



Cordate-leafietted Virgin's Bower. Fl. July. Shrub cl. 



23 C. CARIPE'NSIS (H. B. and Kunth nov. gen. et spe. amer. 5. 

 p. 36.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, 5-nerved, 

 quite entire, smooth ; pedicels and bracteas pubescent ; flowers 

 panicled, dioecious. fj . ^. S. Native of Cumana, in shady 

 places, nearCaripa. C. Caracasana, D. C. syst. 1. p. 141. Leaf- 

 lets 5. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Differing from all the 

 other dioecious species in the leaves being pinnate, not ternate. 

 In general appearance it is like C. vitalba. 



Caripa Virgin's Bower. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



24 C. AFFI'NIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 3.) leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets oblong, acuminate, acute, quite entire, pubescent beneath ; 



pericarps hairy. Tj . w . S. Native of Brasil, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes, near Onca. Flowers white ? Pericarps with fea- 

 thery tails. Leaflets 5 or 7, stalked. 

 Allied Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



2. Flowers panicled Leaves ternate (f. 3.) or biternate. 



25 C. VIRGINIA'NA (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 275.) flowers panicled, 

 dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cordate, acute, grossly-toothed 

 or lobed. Tj. v . H. Native of North America, from Canada 

 to Florida, in hedges, and among small shrubberies on the sides of 

 woods, and grassy banks of rivers. Wats. dend. brit. t. 74. C. 

 Canadensis, Mill. diet. no. 5. C. cordifblia, Mcench suppl. 104. 

 Alb. acad. ann. 1. p. 79. t. 7. Flowers small, white and fra- 

 grant. In general appearance like C. vitalba. 



Far. ft, bracteata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 4.) leaflets ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, entire. C. bracteata, Mcench suppl. 1 03. 



Virginian Virgin's Bower. Fl. June to Aug. Clt. 1767. Sh. cl. 



26 C. CATESBYA'NA. (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 736.) flowers 

 panicled, usually dioecious ; leaves biternate ; leaflets somewhat 

 cordate, 3-lobed. ^ . w . H. Native of South Carolina. Flow- 

 ers small, white. Resembles C. 1'irginiana. The filaments of 

 the female flowers are membranous and linear, without anthers. 



Catesby's Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



27 C. BRASILIA\NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 143.) flowers panicled, 

 dioecious ; leaves 3-lobed, ternate or pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire or hardly toothed. Jj . w . S. Native 

 of Brasil. Deless. icon. sel. 1 . t. 1 . Leaves pubescent. Flowers 

 small, white, fragrant. Resembles C. vitalba. 



Far, ft, Idxa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 2.) stems slenderer; pa- 

 nicles elegantly loose ; sepals narrower. 



Far. y, minor (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves, panicles, and bracteas 

 smaller ; bracteoles all linear, and are as well as the pedicels and 

 ovaries villous ; pericarps very villous. 



Far. S, gldbra (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaves almost smooth. 



Brazilian Virgin's Bower. Fl. July to Oct. Clt. 1 823. Sh. cl. 



28 C. DIOI'CA (Lin. amcen. 5. p. 398, spec. 765.) flowers 

 panicled, dioecious ; leaves ternate, smoothish ; leaflets ovate, 

 cordate, acuminated, 3-nerved, entire ; pericarps oval ; pedicels 

 pubescent. Tj . w . S. Native of Jamaica. Sloan, jam. 84. 

 hist. 1. p. 199. t. 128. f. 1. Flowers white, fragrant. Resem- 

 bles C. vitalba. 



Dioedous Virgin's Bower. Fl. May to July. Clt. 1733. Sh. cl. 



29 C. MOCINIA'NA ; flowers panicled, dioecious; leaves pu- 

 bescent ; leaflets stalked, cordate-ovate, bluntish, 3-nerved, quite 

 entire ; sepals oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, about the length of 

 the stamens, pubescent ; pedicels pubescent. tj. w . G. Native 

 of Mexico. C. dioica Lamb herb. The whole plant pubescent. 

 Flowers small, white, resembling those of C. vitdlba. 



Mocino's Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



30 C. GLA'BRA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 143.) flowers panicled, 

 dioecious ; leaves ternate, very smooth ; leaflets acuminated, 

 3-nerved, quite entire ; pericarps oval-oblong ; pedicels smooth. 



T? . w . S. Native of St. Domingo. Very like C. dioica. 

 Smooth Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



31 C. AMERICANA (Mill. diet. no. 14.) flowers panicled, 

 dioecious ; leaves ternate or pinnate ; leaflets smooth, ovate, cor- 

 date, 5-nerved, quite entire, acuminated ; pericarps lanceolate. 



*2 . w . S. Native of South America, Campechy, Guadaloupe, 

 Martinico, and Jamaica. C. Guadalupae, Pers. ench. 2. p. 99. 

 Panicle large. Flowers white. 



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



32 C. LOUREIRIA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 144.) flowers pani- 

 cled, dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, acute, very entire, 

 usually 5-nerved ; pericarps 80, bluntly trigonal. ^ . w . G. 

 Native of Cochinchina. Flowers white. 



