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RANUNCULACE^E. I. CLEMATIS. 



Loureiro's Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



33 C. SERI'CEA (H. B. and Kunth nov. gen. et spec. amer. 5. 



}). 37.) flowers panicled, dioecious ; leaves ternate or pinnate ; 

 eaflets ovate, 5-nerved, grossly 3 or 5-toothed, underneath silky, 

 villous ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, with many brae- 

 teas. Tj . w . S. Native of South America, about Santa Fe de 

 Bogota, and probably along the banks of the Rio-Grande. 

 Flowers white ? 



Var. a, stridtula (D. C. syst. 1. p. 144.) stems with 10 or 

 12 stripes. Native of Santa Fe de Bogota. Leaves ternate. 



Var. /3, tereticaulis (D. C. 1. c.) stem terete, not striped ; 

 pericarps 20 30, pubescent ; leaves ternate and entire. 



Var. y. costata (D. C. 1. c.) stem with hardly prominent ribs. 

 Native on the banks of the river called Rio-Grande. Leaves 

 pinnate. 



Silky-leaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



34 C. HOLOSERI'CEA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 384.) flowers 

 paniculately corymbose, dioecious ; leaves ternate, pubescent on 

 both surfaces; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, entire. Jj w H. 

 Native of Carolina. The whole plant is clothed with silky pu- 

 bescence. Sepals linear, longer than the stamens. Flowers 

 small, white. 



Whole-silky Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



35 C. BONARIE'NSIS (Juss. herb, and D. C. syst. 1. p. 145.) 

 flowers panicled, polygamous ; leaves ternate, smoothish ; leaf- 

 lets ovate-lanceolate, quite entire ; peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves, and are as well as the branches pubescent. Tj . ,_,. F. 

 Native of Buenos Ayres. Flowers white. Ovaries covered with 

 long silky hairs. 



Buenos-Ayrean Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



36 C. GLYCINOI'DES (D. C. syst. 1. p. 145.) flowers pani- 

 cled, dioecious ; leaves ternate, smooth ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, quite entire, 3-nerved at the base ; peduncles one, 

 half shorter than the leaves ; branches smooth. Tj . w . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Flowers small, and 

 probably white. Resembles Gly'cine trifoliata. 



Glycine-Uke Virgin's Bower. Fl. ? Clt. 1826. Shrub cl. 



37 C. HEXASE'PALA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 146.) flowers pani- 

 cled, dioecious, of 6-sepals ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, cor- 

 date, broadly crenated, netted with veins, smooth, coriaceous. 



tj . w . F. Native of New Zealand. C. Forsteri, Gmel. syst. 

 873. Forst. icon. ined. in Banks, lib. t. 170. C. hexapetala, 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 271. Bracteas oblong-linear. Flowera^pread- 

 ing, of a yellowish white colour. 



Six-sepalled Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



38 C. CORIA V CEA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 146.) flowers panicled, 

 dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cordate, grossly and crenately 

 cut, smooth, coriaceous ; anthers ovate-oblong. ^ . w . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Very like C. hexa- 

 sepala, but differing in the flowers being of 4 sepals, not 6. 

 Flowers spreading, pale purple ? 



Var. a, obtilsa (D. C.I. c.) leaflets cordate, obtuse. Plant male. 

 Var. /3, aciila (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets ovate, acuminate. Plant 

 female. 



Coriaceous-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. ? Clt. 1821. Sh. cl. 



39 C. STENOSE'PALA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 147.) flowers pani- 

 cled, dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cordate, acuminate, 

 3-nerved, entire or somewhat toothed ; anthers ovate-oblong. 

 J? . ^. G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. C. 



stenopetala, R. Br. ined. Bracteas oblong, quite entire, acute at 

 both ends. Sepals 4, oblong-linear. Flowers white, a little larger 

 than those of C. vitdlba. 



The narrorv-sepalled Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



40 C. MICROPHY'LLA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 147.) flowers pani- 

 cled, dioecious ; leaves ternate ; leaflets oblong, usually 1 -nerved, 

 quite entire, smooth, coriaceous. Jj . w . G. Native of New 



Holland, in the Barren islands. Like C. stenosepala, but with 

 the pericarps smooth, not pubescent. Flowers white. 

 Small-leaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



41 C. ARISTA'TA (R. Br. prod. nov. holl. vol. 2. ined. D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 147.) flowers panicled, dioecious; leaves ternate; 

 leaflets ovate, somewhat cordate, acute, grossly-toothed, 

 3-nerved ; anthers awned at the apex. Tj . w . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Ker. hot. reg. t. 238. Resembles C. stenosepala. 

 Flowers of 4 sepals, of a greenish-yellow colour. 



.4re>nerfanthered Virgin's Bower. Fl. MaytoAug. Clt. 1812. 

 Sh.cl. 



42 C. INDIVISA (Willd. spec. 2 p. 1291.) flowers panicled; 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, mucronate, coriaceous, 

 smooth. Jj . w . F. Native of New Zealand. C. integrifolia, 

 Forst. prod. 42. No. 231, but not of Lin. C. paniculata, Gmel. 

 syst. 873. Panicles axillary. Flowers probably white. 



Undivided-leaftetted Virgin's Bower. Shrub, cl. 



43 C. HEDYSARIFOLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 148.) flowers pani- 

 cled : leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate acuminated, nearly 

 entire, smooth, 5-nerved at the base. Tj . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, on rocks about Daogown. Ker. bot. reg. t. 599. Flowers 

 white. Ovaries very villous, ending in a short bearded tail. 



Hedysarum-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1819. Sh.cl. 



44 C. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 148.) flowers somewhat 

 panicled ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, much acumi- 

 nated, rather serrated at the middle, smooth, 3 or 5-nerved. 



Jj . w . F. Native of Nipaul at Narain-Hetty. Peduncles tri- 

 chotomous, 3-flowered, hardly longer than the leaves. Flowers 

 campanulate, hairy. Ovaries numerous, ending in a feathery tail. 

 Acuminated-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Dec. Shrub cl. 



45 C. APIIFOLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 149.) flowers panicled, 

 with six styles ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, repand- 

 toothed. fj. w . H. Native of Japan. Flowers unknown. 

 Pericarps 5 or 7, stellately spreading. 



Parsley-leaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



46 C. TRIFOLIA'TA (Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 2. p. 337.) 

 flowers panicled ; leaves ternately decompound, smooth ; leaflets 

 ovate, obtuse, repand-toothed. Tj. w . H. Native of Japan. 

 Sterns purple. 



Trifoliate Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



47 C. BITERNA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 149.) flowers pani- 

 cled, hermaphrodite, with six styles ; leaves biternate ; leaflets 

 somewhat cordate, acute. J? . w . F. Native of Timor, Japan, 

 and Cochinchina C. Virginica, Thunb. fl. jap. 240, but not of 

 Lin. Flowers white. 



Biternate-leaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



48 C. TRITERNA'TA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 150.) flowers? leaves 

 bi or triternate, smoothish ; leaflets oval-cuneated, 3-nerved, 

 acutely-trifid. Tj. w . H. Native of? Atragene triternata, 

 Desf. hort. par. Stem round ; branches striped with 6 furrows, 

 and velvety when young. 



Triternate-\eaveA Virgin's Bower. Fl. ? Clt. ? Shrub cl. 



3. Peduncles trifd, S-fomered (f. 4.), or in threes, 1-Jlowered. 

 Leaves ternate (f. 4.), very rarely pinnate. 



49 C. DOJUNICA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 45.) peduncles trifid, 

 3-flowered, longer than the leaves ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, 

 somewhat cordate, acute, pubescent underneath, a little toothed. 



?j . v/ . S. Native of St. Domingo, Martinico, Dominica, and 

 Cuba. Atragene polygama. Jacq. amer. ed. pict. 2. t. 261. 

 f. 244. Flowers small, white, scentless, dioecious. Sepals 

 spreading, clothed with rusty down on the outside. 

 Dominica Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



50 C. BRACHIA'TA (Ker. in bot. reg. t. 97.) peduncles in 

 threes, 1 -flowered, trifid or panicled, longer than the leaves; 

 leaves ternate or pinnate ; leaflets ovate, grossly-toothed ; flower- 



