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RANUNCULACEJ:. II. ATRAGENE. III. NARAVELIA. 



deeply-toothed, villous ; flowers spreading, with oval membrana- 

 ceous sepals. J? . ,_,. H. Native of Nipaul, in the vicinity of 

 Chitlong. C. montana Hamilt. MSS. D. C. syst. 1. p. 164. 

 Flowers white, almost like those of Anemone syhcslris. This 

 species is perhaps sufficiently distinct to constitute a separate 

 section, from the want of the involucrum. 



Anemone-flowered Virgin's Bower. Fl. April. Shrub cl. 



f Species not sufficiently known, 



96 C. TOURNEFORTII (B.C. syst. 1. p. 166.) C. orientalis 

 latifolia semine brevissimis pappis donate. Tourn. Cor. 20. 



Tj . w . H. Native of the Levant. 



Tourneforfs Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



97 C ? POLYPE'TALA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 296.) %. H. Native 

 of Japan. Atragene polypetala, Thunb. fl. jap. 239. Stem erect, 

 two feet high. Leaves triternate ; leaflets ovate, acute, deeply 

 toothed, villous. Pedicels filiform, 1 -flowered, elongated. Pe- 

 tals beyond 20, bluntish, purple on the outside, clothed with white 

 down within. This plant would appear to be an Anemone, from 

 the description of the flower. 



Many-petalled Virgin's Bower. PI. 2 feet. 



98 C. CANALICULA'TA (Lag. cat. hort. madr. 17). ^ . w . H. 

 Native of Spain, in the provinces of Murcia and Granada, in 

 rocky and stony places. A climbing subshrub, with linear de- 

 compound leaves and axillary three-flowered peduncles. (Lag.) 



Channelled-\eaveA Virgin's Bower. Shrub cl. 



99 C. ZANZIBARE'NSIS (Loud. hort. brit. p. 228) ; leaves pin- 

 nate, with twisted petioles ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, membra- 

 naceous, entire or 3-lobed. tj . w . S. Native of Zanquebar. 

 Leaflets 5, with their margins and nerves, as well as petioles, 

 rather hairy. 



Zanquebar Virgin's Bower. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



Cult. The species of this genus are mostly climbing shrubs of 

 rapid growth, free flowerers, very ornamental, and some are highly 

 odoriferous. The hardy kinds are well adapted for bowers or 

 trellis-work, or for training up against a wall ; and they will thrive 

 well in any common garden soil. They are readily increased by 

 laying down the young shoots in July or October, or by seeds, 

 which in many species ripen in abundance. The greenhouse 

 species are very desirable for a conservatory where many climbing 

 plants are wanted. Any light soil, or a mixture of loam and peat, 

 will suit them well, and young cuttings will strike root freely 

 under hand glasses. The stove kinds require the same treat- 

 ment as the greenhouse species. The herbaceous^erennial 

 species are increased by dividing the plants at the root early in 

 spring. 



II. ATRAGE'NE (from a$payi'j, a name originally given to 

 Clematis Vitalba by Theophrastus.) Lin. gen. No. 615. Gaert. 

 fruct. 1. p. 356. t. 74. f. 8. Schkuhr. handb. t. 150. Clematis, 

 Sect. IV. Atragene, D. C. syst. 1. p. 165. prod. 1. p. 9. 



LIN. SYST. Poly&ndria Polygynia. Involucre none. Sepals 4, 

 somewhat induplicate in the bud. Petals numerous, shorter than 

 the sepals. Cariopsides terminated by a bearded tail. Coty- 

 ledons approximate in the seed. Climbing shrubs with variously 

 cut opposite leaves, possessing the same qualities as Clematis* 



1 A. ALPI'NA (Lin. spec. 764.) peduncles 1-flowered, longer 

 than the leaves ; leaves biternate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, serrate ; petals somewhat spatulate, blunt, f? . o . H. 

 Native of the mountains in many parts of Europe from the height 

 of 2400 to 6000 feet, especially on a calcareous soil, in Austria, 

 Carniola, Piedmont, South of Switzerland, Geneva, Dauphiny, 

 and the Eastern Pyrenees. Jacq. aust. t. 241. Schkuhr. handb. 

 t. 150; Sims. bot. mag. t. 530. A. Austriaca, Scop. earn. ed. 2. 

 No. 666. Andr. bot. rep. t. 180. Sims. bot. mag. t. 807. A. 

 Clematldes, Crantz. austr. 111. t. 5. Clematis alpina, Mill. diet. 

 No. 9. D. C. syst. l.p. 165. Flowers blue, varying to white. 



Sepals oblong, acuminated. Petals 10 to 12, linear at the base, 

 but dilated at the apex. 



Alpine Atragene. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub cl. 



2 A. SIBI'RICA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 343.) peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed, almost equal in length with the leaves ; leaves biternate ; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated ; petals emargi- 

 nate at the apex. J? . w . H. Native of Siberia, in woods, at 

 the river Oby, and in the Ural mountains, and along that chain 

 of Alps even to the Eastern Ocean. Sims. bot. mag. t. 887. A. 

 alpina, Gmel. sib. 4. p. 194. No. 33. Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 69. 

 t. 76. Resembles^, alpina, but differs in the leaves being some- 

 times ternate, with narrower leaflets, and in the flowers being a 

 little smaller, from white to yellowish, never blue, as well as in the 

 petals being emarginate at the apex not obtuse. 



Siberian Atragene. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1753. Shrub cl. 



3 A. OCHOTE'NSIS (Pall. ross. 2. p. 69.) peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered ; leaves biternate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 serrate ; petals few ; linear. Tj . w . H. Native of Siberia towards 

 the Ochotskoi Sea, and of Kamtschatka between Ochotsk and 

 Kamtsch. A. violacea, Pall, in herb. Lamb. C. Ochotensis, Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 298. Resembles A. Sibirica. Flowers with 4 ovate- 

 mucronate sepals, which are downy on their margins. Petals 

 none, or sometimes with the outer stamens abortive, a little elon- 

 gated and linear. Filaments velvety, a little shorter than the 

 sepals. 



Ochotskoi Atragene. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 

 acuminated. 



4 A. AMERICA'NA (Sims. bot. mag. t. 887.) peduncles 

 1-flowered; leaves whorled, in fours, ternate; leaflets stalked, 

 cordate, lanceolate, acuminated, entire, or somewhat lobed, or 

 serrated; petals acute. fj. ,_,. H. Native of North America, 

 in shady places, on the sides of rivulets, climbing and creep- 

 ing among loose rocks, New York and Pennsylvania, near the 

 foot of the Blue Mountains, and on the eastern declivity of the 

 Rocky Mountains and at Cape Mendocina, on the North-west 

 coast. Clematis verticillaris, D. C. syst. 1. p. 166. Resembles A. 

 alpina. Flowers large, purplish-blue. 



Far. fl, obllqua (Dougl. mss.) leaflets bluntly serrated. 

 ^ . w . H. Native on the eastern declivities of Rocky Mountains, 

 in vallies, and at Cape Mendocina, on the western coast. 



American Atragene. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1797. Shrub cl. 



5 A. OCCIDENT'ALIS (Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 520.) leaves op- 

 posite, ternate ; leaflets nearly entire, shining ; sepals ovate-lan- 

 ceolate ; flowers, somewhat bell-shaped. Jj . ^ Native of ? 

 Clematis occidentals, D. C. prod. 1. p. 10. 



Western Atragene. Fl. 1 Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 

 Cult. The species are very shewy, and require the same treat- 

 ment as that recommended for the hardy kinds of Clematis. 



FIG. 5. 



III. 



its name in Ceylon. Herm. Zeyl. 26.) 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 167. prod. l.p. 10. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Polygynia. 

 Petals from 6 to 1 2, longer than the calyx 

 (f. 5. a.) Carpels seated on a thick 

 hollow stipe, (f. 5. b.) terminated by a 

 long feathery tail (f. 5. c.) A climbing 'i 

 shrub, with the habit of Clematis, but * 

 the leaves are only furnished with two 

 opposite many-nerved leaflets. 



1 N. ZEYLA'NICA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 

 167.) leaves opposite, stalked; leaflets 

 two, ovate-acuminated, on very short 

 stalks, 5-7 nerved, quite entire, or 

 notched with one or two teeth on each 

 side, velvety underneath, smooth above, 



