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SANGUISORBE^. IX. CLIFFORTIA. 



2 C. CORDIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 47.) leaves ovate, ending 

 in a spine, half stem-clasping, glabrous, stiff, quite entire, 

 or furnished with a spine-like tooth towards the apex. Fp . G. 

 Burch. cat. afr. austr. no. 792. 



Heart-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



.3 C. TRIDENTA'TA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 838.) leaves oblong- 

 cuneiform, entire, and tridentate, nerved, pubescent beneath. 

 >? . G. C. ruscifolia, Tlumb. prod. 93 1 Berg. cap. 354. 



Tridcntate-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. May, Sept. Shrub. 



4 C. RUSCIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1469.) leaves lanceolate, glabrous, 

 nerved, ending in a spine, entire or furnished with a spine- 

 like tooth on each side. Fj . G. Lin. hort. cliff, t. 31. C. 

 arachnoidea, Lodd. hot. cab. t. 260. Pluk. aim. 297. f. 2. 

 There are varieties of this species with glabrous and pubescent 

 branches. 



ButcJier' s-broam-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5 C. GRAMI'NEA (Lin. fil. suppl. 429.) leaves linear, acumi- 

 nated, 3-nerved, glabrous, quite entire or remotely setaceously 

 serrated ; stipulas large, 3-nerved, adnate to the broad petiole, 

 and drawn out in 2 lobes. J? . G. Sieb. pi. exsic. cap. no. 86. 



Grass-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 2 feet. 



2. Dichbptera; (from ^i-)(a,dicha, double, and trrtpov, pteron, 

 a wing ; in reference to bifid stipulas). D. C. prod. 2. p. 595. 

 Leaflets l-nerved, solitary at first sight. Stipulas bifid; or the 

 leaves perhaps trifoliate, bistipulate, the lateral leaflets small and 

 tooth-formed. 



6 C. ODORA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 431.) leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 serrated, plicately veined, villous beneath. Fj . G. Willd. spec. 

 4. p. 837. 



Sweet-scented Cliffortia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 C. SERRA'TA (Reichb. ex Spreng. syst. add. p. 209.) leaves 

 spatulate-lanceolate, cuspidately serrated, glabrous ; stipulas 

 permanent, imbricated, ovate ; branches flexuous, twiggy. FJ . G. 

 C. serrata, Thunb. prod. 2. p. 93. is perhaps the same. 



Serrated-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 2 feet. 



8 C. SPICA'TA (Reichb. ex Spreng. syst. add. p. 209.) stem 

 simple, hairy ; leaves lanceolate, subverticillate, erect ; spikes 

 dense, terminal, leafy. Jj . G. 



Spicate Cliffortia. Shrub. 



9 C. FERRUGI'NEA (Lin. fil. suppl. 429.) leaves lanceolate, 

 tapering to the base, setaceously serrated, striated, glabrous. 



F? . G. C. berberifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 48. Stipulas seta- 

 ceous, bifid, ferruginous ex Willd. but villous ex Lam. 

 Rust;/ Cliffortia. Shrub prostrate. 



10 C. FILICAU'LIS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 33.) 

 trailing ; leaves cuneate-obovate, tridentate, with villously ciliat- 

 ed edges, veinless above ; flowers monoecious. F? . G. Stems 

 rooting. 



Thread-stemmed Cliffortia. Shrub creeping. 



11 C. CUNEA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 8. p. 413.) leaves cuneiform, 

 truncate, 3-5-toothed at the apex, striately veined, glabrous on 

 both surfaces. Fj . G. 



Cuneale-lea\ed Cliffortia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1787. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



5 3. Tenuifolice (from tenuis, thin, and folium, a leaf; leaves 

 all fine and filiform). D. C. prod. 2. p. 596. Leaflets 3, subu- 

 late, linear or oblong, lateral ones sometimes the shortest, but 

 much like the middle ones, cauline ones usually all abortive, the 

 young or new ones disposed in fascicles in the axils of the sti- 

 pulas. 



glabrous, with scabrous margins, in fascicles in the axils of the 

 stipulas. Jj . G. Pluk. aim. t. 275. f. 2. Stipulas connate in 

 one, bifid. Sometimes there are strobile-formed galls on the 

 branches, whence the specific name. 



Strobile-bearing Cliffortia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



13 C. ERiCjEFOLTA (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets terete, sul- 

 cate, glabrous, in fascicles. Fj . G. 



Heath-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



14 C. SERPYLLIFOLIA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 2. p. 

 34.) leaves cuneated-spatulate, awnless, quite glabrous ; flowers 

 monoecious. F? . G. 



Wild-thyme-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 1^ foot. 



15 C. TERETIFOLIA (Thunb. prod. p. 93.) leaflets terete, su- 

 bulate, incurved, glabrous, in fascicles. Fj . G. 



Terete-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



16 C. FILIFOLIA (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets filiform, tri- 

 gonal, glabrous, in fascicles. F? . G. Nenax acerosa, Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 165. t. 32. f. 7. 



Thread-leaved Cliffortia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



17 C. JUNIPE'RINA (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets subulate, 

 glabrous, mucronate, in fascicles. Fj . G. A much branched 

 shrub. Flowers axillary, sessile. The three leaflets are equal 

 among themselves. 



Juniper-like Cliffortia. Shrub 3 feet. 



18 S. SARMENTOSA (Lin. mant. 299.) leaflets linear, villous, in 

 fascicles ; branches clothed with velvety pubescence. F? . G. 



Sarmentose Cliffortia. Clt. 1793. Shrub straggling. 



19 C. FALCATA (Lin. fil. suppl. 431.) leaflets linear, mucro- 

 nate, nearly falcate, in fascicles, and are, as well as the branches, 

 glabrous. Fj . G. This species is usually confounded with the 

 last, but differs from it in being glabrous. 



Falcate-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt 1818. Shrub 



1 to 2 feet. 



4. Lalifolice (from latits, broad, and folium, a leaf; leaflets 

 broad). D. C. prod. 2. p. 596. Leaflets 3, oval or obcordate, 

 usually dissimilar in shape, lateral leaflets stipule-formed. Sti- 

 pulas small. 



20 C. TERNA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets oval-oblong, 

 acute, all nearly equal in size and shape, and are, as well as the 

 branchiets, pilose. \^ . G. C. polygonifolia, Lin, spec. 1470. 

 hort. cliff. 501. t. 32. Young leaves in fascicles. 



remote-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July, Clt. 1818. Shrub 



2 to 3 feet. 



21 C. TRIFOLIA'TA (Lin. spec. 1470.) leaflets in fascicles, 

 veiny, pilose, lateral ones lanceolate, quite entire, middle one ob- 

 ovate, tridentate. Fj . G. Pluk. aim. t. 319. f. 4. 



Trifoliate Cliffortia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1752. Shrub proc. 



22 C. OBCORDA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 429.) leaflets veinless, gla- 

 brous, lateral ones roundish-elliptic, middle one obcordate ; 

 branches pubescent. Fj . G. Willd. spec. 2. p. 842. 



Obcordate-leafietted Cliffortia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



23 C. oiiLiauA (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 174.) leaflets veiny, 

 quite glabrous, crenulated, lateral ones roundish, obliquely cor- 

 date, middle one obcordate ; branches glabrous. Fj . G. 



O6%we-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



24 C. DENTA'TA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 842.) leaflets obovate, gla- 

 brous, veiny, a little toothed at the apex, middle one tridentate ; 

 branches pubescent. F? . G. Allied to C. obcordata. 



Toothed-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



12 C. STROBILI'FERA (Lin. syst. 749.) leaflets linear, acute, 5. Bifolloltz (bis, two, foliola, leaflets ; leaves composed of 



