Ranunculaceae 



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often partially twice ternate, the achenes often glabrous. 



Honshu (centr. distr.)- 



Clematis X takedana Makino. Murasaki-botanzuru. 

 Hybrid of C. apiifolia X C. stans. Stems only slightly scandent, 

 die leaflets firmer; flowers pale purple, the sepals spreading 

 and recurved above; filaments often long-pubescent. Hon- 

 shu (n. and centr. distr.) ; rare. 



15. Clematis uncinata Champ, var. ovatifolia (T. Ito) 

 Ohwi. C. ovatifolia T. Ito; C. longiloba sensu Maxim., non 



DC. Kii-SENNiN-so. Glabrous, somewhat glaucous 



climber; leaves petiolate, somewhat coriaceous, twice ternate 

 or the lower ones pinnately 5-foliolate, the lowest leaflets once 

 again ternate, the ultimate leaflets ovate to ovate-oblong, 4-7 

 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, 3- or obsoletely 5-nerved, entire, acute 

 to abrupdy acuminate, rounded at base, the petiolules jointed 

 below the top; panicles loosely many-flowered, 10-25 cm. long, 

 the pedicels 2-2.5 cm. long, bracteatc; flowers 2.5-3 cm. across; 

 sepals 4, white, oblanceolate, subacuminate, the margin densely 

 puberulent; anthers about 3 mm. long; achenes lanceolate, 

 truncate, about 6 mm. long, glabrous; style 1.8-2.2 cm. long, 



feathery. Aug. Honshu (s. Kinki Distr.), Kyushu (Higo 



Prov.). The typical phase occurs in s. China and Formosa. 



16. Clematis crassifolia Benth. Yama-hanshozuru. 

 Glabrous woody climber; stems prominendy fissured and 

 corky, the new shoots terete; leaves petiolate, ternate, the 

 leaflets thick-coriaceous, elliptic or broadly ovate, 8-12 cm. 

 long, 6-8 cm. wide, obtuse, broadly cuneate to rounded at base, 

 entire, petiolules distinct, 3-4 cm. long, stout; inflorescence 

 axillary, many-flowered, the bracts small; sepals 4, spreading, 

 linear- to narrowly oblong, 15-18 mm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, 

 white-woolly on margin and inside; anthers much shorter 



than the filaments. Kyushu (s. distr. incl. Yakushima and 



Tanegashima). s. China and Formosa. 



17. Clematis meyeniana Walp. C. huchuensis Koidz. 



Yamabaru-sennin-s6, Teriha-no-sennin-s6. Glabrous 



woody climber, the young shoots often yellowish brown pubes- 

 cent in leaf axils, changing to dark brown when dried; leaves 

 petiolate, ternate, the leaflets rather coriaceous, petioluled, 

 ovate to elongate-ovate, sometimes deltoid-ovate, 5-nerved, 

 4-10 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, acuminate, rounded to shal- 

 lowly cordate at base; panicles axillary, pyramidal, 7-20 cm. 

 long, peduncled, rather manj'-flowered, the bracts subulate, 

 small, the pedicels rather short, the flowers white, 15-20 mm. 

 across; sepals 4, spreading, with white tomentum on margin; 



stamens about 2/3 as long as the sepals, glabrous, the anthers 

 linear, yellow, 1/2-2/3 as long as the filaments; achenes 

 yellowish brown villous; style feathery except at apex, yellow- 

 ish brown. July-Aug. Kyushu (Tanegashima and Yaku- 

 shima). Ryukyus, Formosa, s. China, and Philippines. 



18. Clematis maximowicziana Fr. & Sav. C. paniculata 

 Thunb., non J. F. Gmel.; C. recta var. paniculata (Thunb.) 

 O. Kuntze; ? C. terniflora DC; C. dioscoreifolia Lev. & Van't.; 

 C. flammula var. robusta Carr.; C. dioscoreifolia var. robusta 



(Carr.) Rehd.; C. terniflora var. robusta (Carr.) Tamura 



Sennin-so. Branched suffrutescent woody climber, short- 

 pubescent only while young, becoming grayish green when 

 dry; leaves petiolate, pinnately 5-foliolate, the leaflets petiolu- 

 late, narrowly ovate to ovate-orbicular, sometimes broadly lan- 

 ceolate or deltoid-ovate, 3-7 cm. long, (l-)2-4(-6) cm. wide, 

 3- to 5-nerved, usually entire, someumes 2- to 3-lobed, obtuse, 

 mucronate or acute, slightly cordate to rounded at base; in- 

 florescence a rather many-flowered terminal panicle, 5-15 cm. 

 long, the bracts subulate; flowers white, 2-2.8 cm. across, erect; 

 sepals 4, spreading, oblanceolate, white-puberulent on margin; 

 stamens 1/2-2/3 as long as the sepals, glabrous, the anthers 

 linear, yellow, 2.5-3 mm. long; achenes rather few, ovate, 

 7-10 mm. long, sHghdy appressed-puberulent; style 2.5-3 cm. 



long, white, feathery. Aug.-Oct. Hokkaido, Honshu, 



Shikoku, Kyushu; very common. Korea and China. 



19. Clematis fujisanensis Hisauchi & Hara. C. hyu- 



shuensis Tamura Fuji-sennin-s6. Nearly glabrous 



climber, to 5 m. high; leaves 20-25 cm. long, 10-13 cm. 

 wide, 3- to 5-foliolate, the peuoles 5-7 cm. long, the leaflets 

 deep green, chartaceous, petiolulate, ovate, ovate-lanceolate to 

 lanceolate, 2-9 cm. long, very acute, entire, rarely unequally 

 bifid, 5-nerved, white-pubescent while young, soon becoming 

 glabrous, the petiolules 1-4 cm. long; panicles corymbose, few 

 to many-flowered, nearly glabrous to sparsely pubescent, with 

 minute subulate-deltoid bracts, the pedicels 2-3 cm. long; 

 flowers 1.5-3 cm. across, white; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 rounded, mucronate, sparingly pilose on outer side near tip, 

 white-tomentulose on margin; stamens many, the anthers 

 linear, 2-3 mm. long; achenes oblong or rhombic-oblong, 

 about 5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, appressed white-puberulent, 

 the style 2.5-4 cm. long, with ascending-spreading white hairs. 



Aug.-Sept Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Kyushu; 



rare. 



2. PULSATILLA Mill. 



Okinagusa Zoku 



Rhizomatous perennial herbs usually with long silky hairs at least while young; leaves radical, petiolate, palmately, tcrnately or 

 pinnately compound, rarely simple; scapes erect, naked except for a whorl of involucral leaves, 1-flowered, the involucral leaves 

 ternate; flowers nodding, campanulate, long-peduncled; sepals 5-12, deciduous, petaloid; petals absent; stamens many; carpels 



many, sessile, usually pilose; st>'!e elongate, becoming taillike after anthesis, feathery. About 30 species, in temperate and 



arctic regions of the N. Hemisphere. 



lA. Radical leaves pinnately 5-foliolate, the lateral leaflets subsessile; sepals dark reddish brown inside; tail of the achenes with hairs about 

 3-4 mm. long. 1- P- cernua 



IB. Radical leaves ternately compound, the linear segments 1-2 mm. wide; sepals pale yellow inside; tail of the achenes with hairs 0.5-1 

 mm. long 2. P. nipponica 



1. Pulsatilla cemua (Thunb.) Spreng. Anemone cernua 



Thunb. Okinagusa. Perennial silky-pubescent herb with 



thickened rhizomes; radical leaves petiolate, tufted, broadly 

 ovate, 5-foliolate, 6-10 cm. long, the leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 ovate or rhombic-orbicular, 2- to 5-parted, 3-5 cm. long. 



acutely incised, often nearly glabrate above; scapes 10-40 cm. 

 long; involucral leaves sessile, palmately parted, 3-5 cm. long, 

 sometimes again 3- to 5-cleft, the segments linear; peduncles 

 15-25 cm. long, the flowers nodding, solitary, tubular- 

 campanulate, 2.5-3 cm. long; sepals 6, silky white-villous out- 



