RANUNCULACE^E. I. CLEMATIS. 



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Native of Ava, on Mount Taong Dong. Sepals smooth, and 

 purple inside. 



Subpeltate-lea\ed Virgin's Bower. Fl. Nov. Shrub cl. 



84 C. SMILACIFOLIA (Wall. Asiat. Res. 13. p. 402.) leaves 

 ovate-cordate 5-nerved, smooth, entire, panicles axillary, few- 

 flowered, rather shorter than the leaves ; sepals 4 linear-oblong, 

 clothed with dense rusty tomentum on the outside, spreading. 



Jj. w . S. Native of Nipaul. Flowers clothed with rusty to- 

 mentum on the outside, but smooth and purple on the inside. 

 This plant comes very near to C. subpeltata, but differs from it 

 in the leaves being cordate at the base, never slightly peltate. 

 Smilax-leaved Virgin's Bower. FL? Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



SECT. II. VITICE'LLA, (from viticella, a small vine ; plants 

 climbing like the vine.) D. C. syst. 1. p. 160. prod. 1. p. 8. 

 Involucre wanting. Tail of pericarp short, beardless. Leaves 

 ternate or decompound. Stems climbing. 



85 C. FLORIDA (Thunb. fl. jap. 240.) peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; leaves ternately decompound ; leaflets 

 ovate, acute, quite entire; sepals oval-lanceolate, much pointed. 



1? . w . H. Native of Japan. Sims, bot. mag. t. 834. Andr. 

 bot. rep. t. 402. Jacq. hort. schoen. 3. p. 57. t. 357. Atragene 

 indica, Desf. tab. par. ed. 1. p. 123. Leaves ternate or triternate. 

 Flowers large, spreading, pale-white. Sepals 6 or 8, oval, marked 

 towards the margins with feathery veins. Stamens purplish. 



Var. ft, fibre-plena; flowers double. This is much more com- 

 mon in our gardens than the single-flowered. 



Florid Virgin's Bower. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1776. Sh. cl. 



86 C. VITICE'LLA (Lin. spec/ 762.) peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; leaves entire or ternately decompound ; 

 lobes or leaflets entire ; sepals obovate, spreading. T; . w . H. 

 Native of the South of Europe, in hedges and among bushes, par- 

 ticularly in Spain, Portugal, Carniola, and Bithynia, &c. Fl. graec. 

 t. 516. Curt. bot. mag. t. 565. Viticella deltoidea, Moench. meth. 

 297. Flowers large, blue, purple, or rose-coloured, .drooping. 



Var. ft, multiplex ; flowers double, purple, or flesh-coloured. 

 C. pulchella, Pers. ench. 2. p. 99. Chabr. sciagr. p. 117, with a 

 figure. Weinm. phyt. t. 398. f. d. 



Var, y, tenuifblia(D. C. syst. 1. p. 161.) leaflets oblong-lan- 

 ceolate. C. tenuifolia Lusitanica, &c. Tourn. inst. 299. 



Var. S, baccata (D. C. syst. 1. c.) fruit somewhat baccate. C. 

 baccata, Pers. ench. 2. p. 99. 



Vine-bower. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1569. Shrub cl. 



87 C. CAMFANiFLbaA (Brot. fl. lus. 3. p. 359.) peduncles 

 1 -flowered, somewhat longer than the leaves ; leaves biternately 

 decompound ; leaflets entire or 3-lobed ; sepals half spreading, 

 dilated at the apex, wavy. Tj. w . H. Native of Portugal, in 

 hedges, especially on the road from Coimbra to Oporto. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. t. 987. Leaflets about 24. Flowers large, half open, 

 of a purplish-white colour. An intermediate species between C. 

 Viticella and C. crispa. 



Bell-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1810. Sh. cl. 



88 C. CRI'SPA (Lin. spec. 765.) peduncles 1-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves ; leaves entire, 3-lobed or ternate, very acute ; 

 sepals connivent at the base, but reflexed and spreading at the 

 apex. fy . w . H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, in hedges 

 and among bushes on the banks of rivers. Sims. bot. mag. t. 

 1892. Leaflets entire or 3-lobed. Flower erect, large, purple. 

 Pericarp ending in a short awl-shaped tail. C. flore crispo, Dill, 

 elth. 1. t. 73. f. 84. 



Curled-Rovrered Virgin's Bower. Fl.Jul.Sept. Clt.1726. Sh.cl. 



89 C. PARVIFLORA (D. C. mem. soc. hort. gen. 1 . p. 433.) pe- 

 duncles 1-flowered; .sepals elliptical, somewhat dilated at the 

 apex ; leaves pinnate, with tendril-like petioles ; leaflets stalked, 

 3-parted or entire ; lobes oblong, mucronate, entire. ^ . ^,. H. 

 Native of? Carpels smooth, tailless. Flowers small, white. 



VOL. I. 



Small-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. July. Shrub cl. 



SECT. III. CHEIROPSIS, (from x c 'P> cheir, the hand ; and 

 o\l/i, opsis, resemblance, in allusion to the form of the bracteas.) 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 162. prod. 1. p. 9. Involucre in the form of 

 a calyx from two joined bracteas situated at the top of the pedun- 

 cle just under the flower. Tails of pericarps bearded. Climb- 

 ing or rambling shrubs, with simple or ternate leaves. 



90 C. ciRRn6sA (Lin. spec. 766.) peduncles 1-flowered, with 

 an involucre ; leaves ovate, somewhat cordate, toothed, in fasci- 

 cles. T; . w . H. Native of the South of Europe and North of 

 Africa, in hedges and among bushes, particularly in Spain, Ma- 

 jorca, Sicily, Calabria, Algiers, and the Islands of the Archipelago. 

 Smith fl. graec. t. 517. C. caespitosa, Scop. earn. ed. 2. No. 671 ? 

 Atragene cirrhosa, Pers. euch. 2. p. 98. An elegant evergreen 

 shrub. Flowers pale and downy on the outside, but smooth and 

 purple on the inside, and marked with darker spots. 



Tendrilled Virgin's Bower. Fl. Mar. Apr. Clt. 1596. Sh.cl. 



91 C.pEDicELLA N TA(Sweet,hort. brit. p. 1.) peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed, stalked within the involucre ; leaves ovate, somewhat cor- 

 date, toothed, in fascicles. Tj . ^. H. Native of Majorca. C. 

 cirrhosa, Sims. bot. mag. t. 1070. C. Balearica, Pers. ench. 2, 

 p. 99, but not of Rich. C. cirrh6sa var. ft, pedicellata, D. C. syst. 

 l.p. 163. An elegant evergreen shrub. Resembles C. cirrhosa. 

 but differing in the flower being smaller and seated on a pedicel 

 within the involucre, not sessile. Flowers white, hardly spotted 

 on the inside. 



/Wice/ferf-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 1596. 

 Shrub cl. 



92 C. POLYMOHPHA (Viv. app. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnsea. 

 1829. p. 502.) peduncles axillary, naked, 1-flowered ; flowers 

 pendulous ; involucrum urceolate-campanulate, almost entire ; 

 sepals ovate-oblong, clothed with silky wool on the outside. 



Jj . w . H. Native of Corsica. Resembles C. cirrhosa. 



Var. a, vera ; leaves somewhat cordate, entire, 3-lobed or 

 3-paried ; lobes and segments deeply serrate-crenated. Native 

 of Corsica. 



Var. ft, semitriloba (Lag. cat. hort. madr. p. 17.) leaves 

 3-parted and ternate ; middle leaflet stalked, lateral ones sessile 

 oblique, all unequally serrate-crenate. Native of the south of 

 Spain and of Corsica. Branches angular, dark-purple. 



Var. y, lanceolata ; leaves all ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, 

 middle 4ft stalked, lateral ones sessile. Native of Corsica. 



Polymorphous Virgin's Bower. Fl. April ? Shrub cl. 



93 C. BALEA'RICA (Rich, in journ. phys. Feb. 1779, 127, with 

 a figure, but not of Pers.) peduncles 1-flowered, with an invo- 

 lucre under the flower ; leaves ternate ; leaflets stalked, 3-lobed, 

 deeply toothed. Tj.^. H. Native of Minorca. C. calycina, Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed.l. vol. 2. p. 259. Sims. bot. mag. t. 959. Atra- 

 gpne Balearica, Pers. ench. 2. p. 98. A very elegant evergreen 

 shrub. Involucre two-lobed, blunt, bell-shaped, closely girding 

 the flower. Flowers pale, pubescent on the outside, and marked 

 on the inside with oblong red spots. 



Minorca Virgin's Bower. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1783. Sh. cl. 



94 C. MONTA'NA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 192.) peduncles 

 many, 1-flowered, with an involucre under each flower ; leaves ter- 

 nate or trifid, smooth ; leaflets oblong, acuminated, rather toothed 

 at the base, lateral ones almost sessile, 1 -nerved, terminal one 



3-nerved. 



,. H. Native of Nipaul. C. montana var. 



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Hamilt. MSS. C. Nepaulensis, D. C. syst. 1. p. 164. Flower a 

 little distant from the involucre, clothed with cinereous down. 

 Pericarps many, compressed, ovate-acuminated. 



Mountain Virgin's Bower. Fl. April. Shrub cl. 



95 C. ANEMONIFLORA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 192.) pedun- 

 cles many, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves, without an invo- 

 lucre ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cuneated, elliptical, mucronate, 



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