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CLEMATIS hedysarifolia. 
Birman Virgin’ s-Bower. 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACER. Decand. syst. nat. 1.127, Div. J. Ra- 
nunculacew vere, seu Antheris extrorsis. Tribus I. Clematidez. 
CLEMATIS. Involucrum 0 aut calyciforme sub flore. Sepala (pe- 
tala) 4-8 colorata, wstivatione valvata aut induplicata. Petala 0 aut sepa- 
lis breviora. Cariopsides (semina) indefinite stipite proprio destitute, in 
caudam spits barbato-plumosam producte. Radices jsibrose_perennes. 
Caules annui aut perennantes, sepiis sarmentost scandentes. Fol. exacté. 
opposita, in unica specie verticillaria, simplicia, integra lobata ternatim 
pinnatimve secta aut decomposita, petiolata; petioli interdum persistentes 
cirrhiformes. Pedunculi nunc axillares nunc terminales, alii ramoso-pant- 
culati, alii trifidi triflori, alii terni uniflori, alii solitarti 1-flori ; bracteole 
secus pedicellos nunc nulle, nunc 2 opposite libere, nunc coalite in in- 
volucrum bilobum calyciforme. Flores s. potiis calyces sepins albidi, nunc 
flavescentes, nunc cerulescentes purpurascentesve. Decan 1. c. 181. 
Sect. J. Flammula. Jnvol. sub flore 0. Sepala estivatione sepissime val- 
vata; Petala 0. Pericarpiorum caude@ longe barbato-plumose ; Em- 
bryonis in semine cotyledones distantes. Subsect. U1. Floribus panieu- 
latis, foliis ternatim biternatimve sectis. Dec. |. c. 183—142. 
C. hedysarifolia, floribus paniculatis, foliis ternatim sectis, segmentis ovato~ 
lanceolatis acuminatis subintegris glabris ima basi 5-nerviis. Decand. 
loc. cit. 148. . 
Perennis, sempervirens, scandens: rami teretiusculi pilis mollissimis ra- 
riusculis subpubescentes. Fol. decussato-distantia, brachiato-patentia, ter- 
nata; pet. comm. purpurascens pilosiusculus, sesquiuncialis v. longior, ali- 
quando (in foliis floralibus? ) cirrhoso-prehensilis ; folia coriacea, viridi-cineras- 
centia, petiolata, ovato-oblongata, integra, acuminata, 3-nervia. Panicule 
terminales axillaresque, pendula, brachiate, elongato-thyrsiformes multi- 
flore, ramulis strictis decussato-oppositis distantibusque: pedicelli graciles, 
villosi, infra medium opposito-bigemmiferi. Flores candicantes, eatus vil- 
losi, diametro } uncie v. circa. Pet. 4, ovali-oblonga, equalia, obtusa, 
cruciato-rotata, caduca. Stam. ochroleuca, erecta, corollé + circa breviora, 
plurima, glabra; filamentis compresso-teretibus, antheris concoloribus lineari- 
oblongis erectis apiculo brevi obtuso, receptaculo vel rachide planiusculo, 
Pist. staminibus longiora, subvirentia; germ. pilis longis erectis capillata ; 
styli 3-plo breviores, nudi, recurvo-patentes. 
It is from a sample gathered by Mr. Hore at Rangoon. 
in the Birman empire, and deposited in the Banksian Her- 
barium, that this species has been published by M. De Can- 
dolle under the above title. Of the immediate source from 
whence the’ plant has found its way here we are not aware, 
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