(1889)  Page(s) Plate 1819.  Includes photo(s).
 
Plate 1819.
CLEMATIS HENRYI, Oliv.
Ranunculaceæ.  Tribe Clematideæ.

C. Henryi, Oliv. (sp. nov.); scandens, foliis simplicibus petiolatis ovato-oblongis breviter acuminatis basi cordatis remote denticulato-serrulatis 3-5 nerviis submembranaceis supra glabris subtus præcipne in costis parce pilosulis glabrisve, floribus majusculis axillaribus solitariis, pedunculo petiolo subæquilongo, sepalis oblongo-ellipticis acutatis eburneis v. dorso pallide carneis, filamentis anguste linearibus longe pilosis, antheris linearibus brevibus minutissime apiculatis, carpellis fructiferis hirtis plumoso-caudatis.

HAB.  China, Prov. Hupeh, Ichang, Dr. A. Henry (266, 3280).

Folia 3½-5 poll. longa, 1½-2 1/3 poll. lata; petiolus 1-3 poll. longus.
Flores 1 poll. longi, sepalis demum reflexis.

Dr. Henry wrote in 1887 that the previous winter the flowers were noticed peeping out of the snow.  His flowering specimens were gathered in early February. — D. Oliver.

Fig. 1. Stamen.  2. Carpel.  3. Fruit-carpel.  Enlarged.