RANUNCULACE.E. 



The leaflets show manifest traces of variegation with dark-brown and 

 purple, as is said by Dr. Hooker to occur in Tasmanian specimens of 

 this species. 



5. Clematis Peruviana, DO. 



C. Peruviana, DC. Syst. 1, p. 141, & Prodr. 1, p. 4. 



C. sericea, Hook. Bot. Misc. 2, p. 205, var. (3., non Humb. & Bonpl. 



Hab. Banos, Andes of Peru. 



Although very imperfect, like too many in the interesting collection 

 hastily made in the Peruvian Andes, the specimen suffices to identify 

 the plant as the G. Peruviana, described from Dombey's collection ; and 

 also as the plant gathered between Obrajillo and Culluay, by Cruck- 

 shanks, and named by Hooker G. sericea; but it is not the G sericea 

 of Humboldt and Bonpland. Mr. Matthews and Mr. M'Lean have 

 also sent to the Hookerian herbarium specimens of the same species 

 from the Andes of Peru. 



6. Clematis dioica, Linn. , 



G. dioica, Linn. Amoen. Acad. 5, p. 398, & Spec. ed. 2, p. 765; DC. Syst. 1, p. 143; 

 Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 167, no. 872. 



Hab. Banos, Andes of Peru. 



Our specimen accords with the Bogotensian plant of Hartweg, re- 

 ferred by Bentham to G. dioica, as well as with that gathered by Mat- 

 thews at Chachapoyas ; and I see no valid differences between it and 

 the Jamaica plant. 



7. Clematis Hjsnkeana, Presl. ? 



O. caulibus scandentibus glabriusculis teretibus ; foliis quinque foliolatis ; 

 foliolis cordatis acuminatis integris vel apicem versus dentibus grossis 



