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8. Clematis brevicaudata, DC. Syst. i. p. 138, et Prodr. i. p. 3 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 592; Franchet, PI. David, p. 14. 



Chihli: Peking (Tat a ri now I), between Peking and Jehol 

 (Staunton \); "Western Hills (Pushell ! BretschneiderY) ; Shensi 

 or Kansuh : Tsuuglin range (PiasezJci ex Maximowicz MSS.) ; 

 Corea (Carles I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Mongolia, Mandshuria. 



9. Clematis caesariata, BZance in Journ. Pot. 1870, p. 71 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. ix. p. 586. 



Fokien (de Orijs, 6670 !). Herb. Kew. 



Hance quotes the number 6700 ; still there is no doubt that 

 the Kew plant bearing the number 6670 in Hance's handwritiug 

 is this species. 



10. Clematis chinensis, Petz. Obs. ii. p. 18, t. 2 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 3 ; F. P. Forles in Journ. Pot. 1881, pp. 262 et 265 ; Maxim. 

 in Mel. Piol. ix. p. 596, quoad spec. Fortune 94. 



Clematis sinensis, Lour, ex DC. Syst. i. p. 137. 



Clematis minor, DC. Syst. i. p. 136, an Lour. Fl. Coch. p. 345 1 ; F.B. 

 Forbes, Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 263. 



Clematis ternitlora, DC, quoad spec. C. Flammulce var. in Herb. Linn. 



China : without locality (Pladh, spec. typ. in Mus. Brit. ! ; 

 Bairdl Doncandl); Fokien : Amoy (Fortune, 94! BZance, 

 1476 !) ; Formosa (Swinhoe !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



The plant alluded to by Bentham (Fl. Hongk. p. 7) under the 

 name C. ternifolia, DC. (a slip of the pen for C. temiflora, DC), 

 is a distinct species, C. Penthamiana, Hemsl. 



11. Clematis crassifolia, Penth. Fl. Hongk. p. 7; Kuntze, 

 Monogr. Gatt. Clem. p. 152. 



Hongkong: in a ravine on Victoria Peak (Wilford, 106!). 

 Herb. Kew. 



12. Clematis grata, Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. t, 98; BZooTc.f. Fl. 

 Prit. Lid. i. p. 3 ; Maxim, in Mel. Piol. ix. p. 592. 



Shensi or Kansuh : Tsunglin rauge (Piasezki ex Maximowicz 

 \ MSS.); Formosa: north-east side (Wilford, 502!); without 

 locality (Oldham, 21). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Afghanistan, eastward through the Himalayas ; also in Tro- 

 pical Africa. 



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