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RANUNCULACEjE. I. CLEMATIS. 



67 C. CAMPE'STRIS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 4.) stem 4-sided; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, terminal ones in threes ; leaves ter- 

 nate or pinnate, pubescent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute ; 

 sepals spreading, villous. I? . w . S. Native of Brasil, in the 

 province of St. Paul, at the mouth of the river Yapa. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow. Leaflets 3 to 7. 



Field Virgin's Bower. Fl. July. Shrub cl. 



68 C. VIORNA (Lin. spec. 765.) peduncles 1 -flowered; sepals 

 connivent, thick, acuminated, reflexed at the apex ; leaves smooth, 

 pinnate; leaflets entire, 3-lobed, or ternate, ovate, acute, floral 

 ones entire. J? . ,_,. H. Native of North America, in hedges 

 and copses, from Virginia to Carolina. Jacq. fil. eel. 1. p. 50. 

 t. 32 Dill. elth. 144.. t. 118. f. 144. Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers 

 purple, large, drooping, yellow inside. Herb very acrid. 



American Traveller's Joy. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1730. Sh. cl. 



69 C. DOUGLA'SII (Hook fl. bor. amer. 1. t. 1.) stem erect 

 simple 1 -flowered ; flower drooping; leaves pilose, pinnate; 

 leaflets twice pinnatified ; lobes linear, bluntish. ! . H. Native 

 of North America on the Rocky Mountains near the sources of 

 the Columbia river. Flowers purple about the size of those 

 C. viorna. Leaves almost as fine as those of Pceonia tenuifblia. 



Douglas's Virgin's Bower. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 1| ft. 



70 C. CYLI'NDRICA (Sims, in bot. mag. t. 1160.) peduncles 

 1 -flowered; sepals thin, acuminated, reflexed at the apex, with 

 wavy margins ; leaves slender, pinnate ; leaflets stalked, ovate, 

 or oblong ; middle one sometimes trifid ; floral ones entire. 

 11- H. Native of Virginia and Carolina. C. crispa, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 44. C. Viorna, Andr. bot. rep. t. 71. not of Lin. 

 C. divaricata Jacq. fil. eel. t. 33. Leaflets 5 7 entire. Flowers 

 large, of a pale purplish blue, drooping. 



Cylindrical-dowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1802. 

 PL 1 to 3 feet. 



71 C. SI'MSII (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 1.) peduncles 1 -flowered ; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets cordate, acuminated, entire, ciliated, 

 reticulated ; sepals 4, coriaceous, connivent, lanceolate, reflexed 

 at the apex, curled. Tj . ^. H. Native of South Carolina and 

 Georgia. C. cordata Sims, bot. mag. 1816. but not of others. 

 Flowers lilac. An intermediate species between C. crispa and 

 C. viorna. 



Sims's Virgin's Bower. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. cl. 



72 C. RETICULA'TA (Walt. fl. carol. 156.) peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered ; sepals connivent ; leaves coriaceous, netted with nerves, 

 smooth, pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed or entir% ovate. 

 1? . ^,. H. Native of Georgia and Carolina. Wats. dend. brit. 

 t. 72. C. rosea, Abbot insect, amer. icon. t. 101. Stem pur- 

 plish. Flowers resembling C. viorna, of a pale purplish red. 



Netted-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Jun. July. Clt. 1812. Sh.cl. 



73 C.JAPONICA (Thunb. fl. jap. 240.) peduncles 1-flowered; 

 sepals connivent ; leaves villous, ternate ; leaflets elliptical, acu- 

 minated, serrated at the apex. T? . w . H. Native of Japan. 

 Stem purplish. Leaves ternately decompound. Peduncles length 

 of leaves. Flowers purple. 



Japan Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



74 C. COMOSA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 157.) peduncles 1-flowered; 

 leaves ternate, velvety ; leaflets oval-oblong, acuminated, 3-nerv- 

 ed, entire. T? . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers un- 

 known. Pericarps ovate, somewhat compressed. 



Tufted Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



75 C. TRI'LOBA (Roth. nov. pi. spec. 251.) peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered, somewhat corymbose ; stem and petioles downy ; leaves 

 pubescent, lower ones ovate, acuminated, middle ones 3-lobed, 

 upper ones ternate; sepals oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, silky 

 on the outside. J? . ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 



Three-lobed leaved Virgin's Bower. Shrub, cl. 



76 C. CLITORIOI'DES (D. C. syst. 1. p. 158.) peduncles 

 1-flowered, axillary twisted; leaves smooth, pinnate; leaflets 



oblong, acute, quite entire. T? . w . G. Native of New Holland 

 about Port Jackson. Resembling a species of Clitoria or Ken- 

 nedia. Leaflets 3 or 5. Flowers whitish. 



Clitoria-like Virgin's Bower. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. cl. 



5. Peduncles usually solitary, 1 -flowered. Leaves undivided. 

 Stems herbaceous, erect. 



77 C. INTEGRIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 767.) peduncles 1-flowered ; 

 flower nodding ; leaves entire, ovate-lanceolate, smooth. ^.H. 

 Native of Hungary, Carniola, Tartary, Siberia, Austria, and the 

 Pyrenees. Jacq. fl.aust. t. 363. Tratt. tab. 4. t. 179. Curt. bot. 

 mag. t. 65. Clus. hist. 1. p. 123. f. 2. C. nutans, Crantz. C. 

 inclinata, Scop. Peduncles terminal, very rarely rising from the 

 fork of the stem. Sepals blue, coriaceous ; younger ones with 

 villous edges, adult ones with wavy edges. The two upper leaves 

 are concave and connivent before flowering ; hence they inclose 

 the flower as if it were in a bladder. 



Var. ft, angustifblia (Fisch. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 8.) 

 leaves very narrow, acuminated, 3 or 5-nerved ; sepals rather 

 unequal, somewhat longer than the stamens. 



Var. y, elongata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 8.) flowers almost erect ; 

 leaves acuminated, rather hairy. C. elongata, Tratt. tab. 4. t. 178. 

 Native of Siberia. 



Entire-leaved Virgin's Bower. Fl. Jun. Aug. Clt. 1596. PI. 2ft. 



78 C. OCHROLEU'CA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. ii. p. 260.)pedun- 

 cles 1-flowered ; flower erectish ; leaves entire, ovate: younger 

 ones silky. 1(..H. Native of North America, on the banks of 

 rivers, in Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 1175. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 661. Tratt. arch. 2. t. 64. C. seri- 

 cea, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 319. Resembles C.integrifblia 

 but differs in the leaves being oval or ovate, blunt, and in the 

 flower being a little smaller, erect, or a little inclined but not nod- 

 ding, cream-coloured, and yellow on the inside. 



Cream-coloured-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1767. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



79 C. OVA'TA (Pursh fl. amer. Sept. 2. p. 736.) peduncles 

 1-flowered ; flower erect ; leaves ovate, acute, smooth, netted 

 with veins, lower ones rather cordate. 1 . H. Native of South 

 Carolina. Pluk. mant. t. 379. f. 4 ? Resembles C. integrifolia. 

 Pericarps with long feathery tails. Flowers blue. 



Ot-ate-leaved Virgin's Bower. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



80 C. GENTIANOI'DES (D. C. syst. 1. p. 159.) peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered; flower erect, dioecious; leaves ovate, entire or toothed, 

 smooth, 3-nerved. 7 . G. Native of New Holland, in Mary 

 Island, and Van Dieman's Land. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 5. Se- 

 pals 4, oblong, thin, terminating in a small callosity. 



Gentian-like Virgin's Bower. PI. 1 feet. 



81 C. SMILACI'NA (Blum, ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 221.) pe- 

 duncles 1 -flowered ; leaves ovate, coriaceous, smooth, quite entire, 

 5-nerved. If. . S. Native of Java. Flowers? 



Smilax-like Virgin's Bower. PI. 2 feet ? 



6. Peduncles 3 or many-floruered, panicled, axillary. Leaves 

 undivided. Climbing shrubs. 



82 C. GLANDUi6sA (Blum, ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 221.) 

 leaves ovate, with glandular teeth, smooth, 5-nerved ; peduncles 

 panicled, trifid ; flowers monoecious, f? . w . 8. Native of Java. 

 Flowers purplish ? 



Glandular-toothed Virgin's Bower. Shrub, cl. 



83 C. SUBPELTA'TA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. No. I. p. 1 9. t. 20.) leaves 

 ovate-cordate, smooth, acute, entire, or slightly crenulated, and 

 slightly peltate at the base ; petioles twisted ; panicles axillary 

 loose, equal in length to the leaves ; sepals 4 ovate obtuse, 

 clothed with dense rusty tomentum on the outside. Tj . w . S. 



