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CILEGIA FLOEiE SINENSIS : DIAGNOSES OF NEW, 

 AND HABITATS OF EAEE OE HITHEETO UNEE- 

 COEDED CHINESE PLANTS. 



By H. F. Hance, Ph.D., Merub. Acad. Nat. Cur., &c, &c. 



V. 



1. Clematis (Vitirella) leptomera, *p, nov. Caule scandente, 

 ramis gracilibus tonientellis sulcatis, foliis v. sinipheiter ternati- 

 sectis v. petiolo medio pari segmentorum adauctis petiolo wepe 

 volubili segmentis tenuiter raembranaceis glabris hnean-lanceolatis 

 obtusiusculis mucronulatis basi rotundatis v. obhquis mtegemims 



antibus 6-18 lin. longis 2-3 lin. latis petiolo 1-2* Jin. petioluhsque 

 l*-8i lin. longis fultis, pedunculis axillaribus umflons folio cure. 

 aequilongis rigidis erectis infra medium bracteas binas sessiies 

 ovatas obtusiusculas 5-6 lin. longas gerentibus, sepalis 6 oblongis 

 acutis extus minute sericeis tenuiter trinerviis nervis extrorsum 

 ramulosis 8-9 lin. longis 4-6 lin. latis stamina 4-plo superantibus, 

 filamentis complanatis antherisque iis triplo brevionbus glabemmis 

 ovariis plurimis villosissimis stigmate apiculatis stamnnbus tf-4-pio 



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brevioribus. 

 In conv 



juxta urbein 



W 



(Herb, propr. n. 20799.) f . , , . flAW1 . nllT1J i 



Allied to the Indian C. cadmia, Ham., which has more com ound 



leaves, with wider segments nearly resembling the bracts, ancueiy 



short filaments. .. . ., o„j e a oHculus 



Note—In the character of C. Stomach*, in the 8id & "cuius 

 of these « Spicilegia,' the anthers were by a slip of the pen, 

 erroneously described as "filamento triple krevionbu . { Jomn 

 Bot.,' n. s., vii., 104.) For the latter word, « longionbus should 



be substituted. T „ ti,. ~ p \, \ rcA 



2. Clematis patens, Morr. & Dene.? In pre*. Hu-peli, circa 



oppidum Ichang, vere 1879 coll. T. Watters. , 1^1,^0 



I suppose this is a wild form of the above W 8 'j^£ 



I believe, only found in Japan, as it agrees very ^ sve f*f»™ ter Q 



The leaves ai4 dry and membranaceous, the petals less than an 



inch in length, and the peduncles are bractless. 



8. Isopyrum adoxoides, DC. In collibus Feng-wangjhan pio . 



Kiang-su, d. 22 Aprilis 1877 leg. P. B Forbes. I am not a*.ue 



that this has been met with before out of Japan. 



P*o*ia albifiora, Pall. In monte Siao Wu-tai nm, unm* 



bor., m. Jul., 1876, coll. W. Hancock. Though Bunge^vanet. 



n. s. vol. 9. [Septembek, 1880.] 



