THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA. A MAGAZINE CONTAINING HAND-COLOURED FIGURES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO SOUTH AFRICA. EDITED BY I. B. POLE EVANS, C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Chief, Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria; and Director of the Botanical Survey of the Union of South Africa. VOL. III. [Illustration] The veld which lies so desolate and bare Will blossom into cities white and fair, And pinnacles will pierce the desert air, And sparkle in the sun. R. C. MACFIE’S “EX UNITATE VIRES.” LONDON: L. REEVE & CO., LTD., 6 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. SOUTH AFRICA: THE SPECIALITY PRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA, LTD., P.O. BOX 3958, JOHANNESBURG; P.O. BOX 388, CAPETOWN. 1923. [_All rights reserved._] TO SIR FRANK UMHLALI REYNOLDS, OF LYNTON HALL, UMDONI PARK, NATAL, WHOSE LOVE FOR GARDENING AND HORTICULTURE IS ONLY SURPASSED BY HIS PUBLIC SPIRITED GENEROSITY, THIS VOLUME OF THE “FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA” IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED. DIVISION OF BOTANY, PRETORIA, _August, 1923_. [Illustration: _81._] PLATE 81. CLEMATOPSIS STANLEYI. _Transvaal. Tropical Africa._ RANUNCULACEAE. Tribe CLEMATIDEAE. CLEMATOPSIS, _Bojer MS. ex Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin_, 1920, p. 12. =Clematopsis Stanleyi=, _Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin_, 1920, p. 21. CLEMATIS STANLEYI, _Harv. in Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap._, vol. i. p. 2. In the _Botanical Magazine_ (t. 7166) 1891, an excellent figure of this species was given with some critical notes by Sir Joseph Hooker on the taxonomic affinities of the species, and recently (Kew Bulletin, 1920) Mr. J. Hutchinson dealt more fully with the group represented by our plant. He has established Bojer’s MS. name _Clematopsis_, under which he describes 15 species of which only _C. Stanleyi_ occurs within our limits. The separation of _Clematopsis_ from _Clematis_ is based on the aestivation of the sepals and for a full account of these differences the reader is referred to Mr. Hutchinson’s article. The chief interest in the genus is the fact that it forms a connecting link between the tribes _Anemoneae_ and _Clematideae_, which were hitherto supposed to be sharply demarcated. It is confined to the ancient plateau of Africa and its continuation in Madagascar.