RANUNCULACE^E. I. CLEMATIS. 



7 



bud globose. ^ . 0) . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers of a yellowish-green colour ; filaments of stamens hispid, 

 especially at their base. 



Armed Virgin's Bower. Fl. Oct. Dec. Cult. 1804. Shrub cl. 



51 C. GRANDIFLORA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 151.) peduncles 

 1-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; leaves pinnate, smooth ; 

 leaflets ovate-cordate, acuminated, netted with nerves on the 

 under surface, coarsely serrated. ^ . w . S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone on the mountains. C. chlorantha Lindl. bot. reg. 1234. 

 Flowers campanulate, the largest of all the genus, of a greenish- 

 yellow colour. Leaflets 5. 



Great-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl.Feb.May. Clt. 1823. Sh.cl. 



52 C. LECHENAULTIA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 151.) peduncles 

 trifid, 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; leaves ternate, silky ; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved, serrated. 1; . w . S. Native 

 of Java. Sepals oblong, acute, velvety. 



Lechenaidt's Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



53 NORONHIA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 151.) peduncles 

 1 -3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; leaves ternate, hairy; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, serrated. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of Java. Trigula trifoliata, Noronha icon. ined. in Juss. lib. 

 Flowers yellowish, with villous anthers and white styles. 



Noronha '* Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



FIG. 



54 C. MAURITIA'NA 

 (Lam. diet. 2. p. 42.) 

 peduncles trifid ; leaves 

 ternate, smooth ; leaf- 

 lets ovate, acuminated, 

 coarsely-serrated. T; . 

 ^,. S. Native of the 

 Mauritius and Madagas- 

 car. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 

 t. 2. C. triflora, Vahl. 

 symb. 3. p. 74. C. Son- 

 neratii, Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 99. Flowers hermaphro- 

 dite. The recent herb 



is very acrid, and is used in Madagascar in place of Cantharides, 

 hence Commerson has named it in his herbarium C. furialis and 

 C. urentissima. (f. 3.) 

 Mauritian Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



55 C. SUBTRILOBA (N.E. herb. Lamb.) stems furrowed, 

 young ones villous as well as the petioles and peduncles ; 

 peduncles trifid, 3-flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets 5-nerved, 

 broad ovate, 3-lobed acute, lateral lobes small ; carpels with long 

 bearded tails. Tj . ,_,. G. Native of Mexico. Flowers white. 



The subtrilobed-\ea\ed. Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



56 C. HAVANE'NSIS (H. B. and Kunth nov. gen. et spec, 

 amer. 5. p. 38.) peduncles 1-3-flowered; leaves ternate, silky- 

 pubescent underneath ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, grossly-ser- 

 rated, fj . w . S. Native of Cuba, about Havanna. Pericarps 

 pubescent. 



Havanna Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



57 C. TRILOBA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 3.) leaves trifoliate, 

 smooth ; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed, pointed ; peduncles trifid, 

 each furnished with two bracteas. ^ . w . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Cis Platine. Flowers greenish-white. 



Var. ft, Guaranitica (St. Hil. 1. c.) leaflets narrower, usually 

 2-lobed, much shorter than the peduncles ; pedicels pubescent ; 

 flowers sometimes panicled. 



Three-lobed leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Nov. Dec. Shrub cl. 



58 C. JAVA'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 152.) pedicels 1-3-flower- 

 ed ; leaves ternate or biternate, pubescent ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, entire or trifid, a little toothed. Tj . w . S. 

 Native of Java. Flowers small, probably white. Sepals oblong, 

 spreading, with velvety margins, a little longer than the stamens. 



Java Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



59 C. DAHU'RICA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 99.) peduncles in threes, 

 one-flowered ; leaves ternate, smooth ; leaflets ovate, quite entire, 

 mucronate, oblique at the base ; flowers hermaphrodite, nodding. 



Tj . w . H. Native of Dahuria. Flowers of an obscure purple 

 colour, like those of C, viticella. Ovaries villous. 



Dahurian Virgin's Bower. Fl. Sept. Cult. 1820. Shrub cl. 



60 C. PLUKENE'TII (D.C. syst. l.p. 153.) peduncles 1 -flower- 

 ed ; leaves ternate, smooth ; leaflets elliptical or obovate, obtuse, 

 quite entire, mucronate ; flowers dioecious, erect. Tj . w . H. Na- 

 tive of America ? Pluk. aim. 109. Flowers purplish, fragrant. 



Plukenet's Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



4. Peduncles solitary, \-Jlowered (f. 4.). Leaves pinnate 

 (f. 4.), rarely ternate, 



61 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Jacq. enum. 310. coll. 1. p. 137. icon, 

 rar. 1. t. 104.) peduncles 1-flowered; sepals 6 or 8, very 

 blunt ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, acuminated, en- 

 tire, or 3-lobed ; stems erect. If. . H. Native of Siberia, Da- 

 huria, and on the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Wats, 

 dend. brit. t. 112. C. lasiantha, Fish. hort. gorenk. ex. litt. 

 C. hexapetala, Pall. itin. 3 app. No. 96. t. 9. f. 2. ed. Gall. 

 8. p. 329. t. 74. f. 2. but not of Lin. Terminal leaflet always 

 3-lobed. Flowers white. 



Narrow-leavedVirg.'s Bower. Fl. My. to Sep. Clt. 1787. P. 4 ft. 



62 C. SCABIOS^FOLIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 154.) peduncles 

 1-flowered; sepals 4, oval-oblong; leaves pinnate; leaflets 

 3-parted, cut, pubescent, with wedge-shaped lobes ; stem erect, 

 velvety. 1 . S. Native of India ? The whole plant is clothed 

 with velvety pubescence. Leaflets 7. Flowers white ? filaments 

 hispid at the base. 



Scabious-leaved Virgin's Bower. PI. 3 feet. 



63. C. VILLOSA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 154.) peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed ; sepals 4, oval-oblong ; leaves villous, pinnate ; leaflets ses- 

 sile, oval, grossly-toothed at the apex, terminal one trifid ; stem 

 erect, villous. Tf.. S. Native of India ? Leaflets 7. Resem- 

 bling C. scabioscefblia. 



Villous Virgin's Bower. PL 3 feet? 

 64 C. LINEARI'LOBA (D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 155.) peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; sepals very acute ; leaves 

 smoothjpinnate ; leaflets entire or 

 3-partefn with linear lobes. %. 

 H. Native of Lower Carolina. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 3. Stem 

 striped, purplish. Leaflets 7 or 9. 

 Flowers pale purple ; sepals downy 

 on the margins, almost twice as 

 long as the stamens (f. 4.) 



Linear-lobed leaved Virgin's 

 Bower. Fl. May, July. Cult. 

 1 823. PI. 3 feet. 



65 C. WALTE'RI (Pursh. fl. 

 amer. sept. 2. p. 384.) peduncles 

 1 -flowered ; sepals elliptical ; leaves 



pinnate ; leaflets divaricating linear-lanceolate acute, quite entire, 

 glaucous underneath. If.. H. Native of Carolina. Leaflets 7. 

 Flowers white. 



Walter's Virgin's Bower. PI. 2 feet. 



66 C. DivERsirbLiA (D. C. syst. l.p. 155.) peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed ; sepals very acute, spreading ; leaves smooth, sometimes 

 entire, sometimes 3-lobed or ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, 

 lateral one sessile, terminal one stalked, i? . w . H. Native 

 of? Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 4. Flower large, erect, purple. 

 Anthers and filaments villous. 



Various-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. ? Sh. cl. 



