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II. List of the Plants collected, with Notes and 

 Desceiptions of New Species. 



DICOTYLEDONES. 



1. Eanuncllace^:. 



978. Clematis grata, Wall. 

 Shaiizan, 6000 feet. 



733. C. Robertsiana, Aitchison et Hemsley, n. sp. Fere omnino C. alpina 

 (Atragene alpina, L., var. /3, Ledebour, Flora Altaica, ii. p. 377), sed 

 floribus citrinis paene duplo majoribus, sepalis longe acuminatis, petalis 

 vel staminibus petaloideis anantheris nullis, etc. 

 Frutex sarmentosus, prseter flores cito glabrescens, ramis gracilibus 

 angulatis usque 4-5-pedalibus. Folia longiuscule petiolata, laxe 

 biternatim secta; foliola petiolulata, membranacea, ovato-laneeolata, 

 lateralia saepissime obliqua, omnia l-25-pollicaria, plus minusve grosse 

 mucronulato-serrata, terrninalia iuterdum tripartita, lateralia bipartita. 

 Flores citrini, ampli (sepalis usque ad tripollicaribus), terrainales, 

 solitarii, longe pedunculati, cernui ; pedunculi 3-5-pollicares ; sepala 4, 

 sparsim pilosula, venosa, laoceolata, longe acuminata, acuta vel obtu- 

 siuscula ; petala vel stamina petaloidea ananthera nulla ; stamina pilo- 

 sula, exteriora longiora et subpetaloidea ; filamenta omnia dilatata. 

 Achcenia sessilia, novella longissime sericeo-villosa, matura non visa. 

 Shaiizan stream, June 1879 ; hill north of Kaiwas, at 

 10,000-11,000 feet, profuse, July 1879. A handsome semiscan- 

 dent shrub, with flowers of a pale lemon colour, from 3 to 5 

 inches in diameter. It is an exceedingly interesting species, 

 forming a connecting-link between Atragene and Clematis proper, 

 having almost exactly the foliage and flowers (though much 

 larger) of the Central-Asian variety of C. (Atragene) alpina ; 

 but the flowers are destitute of petals or antherless stami- 

 nodes, a character in which it appears to differ from all the 

 varieties of the plant in question. Furthermore, although C. al- 

 pina has such a wide area of distribution, it has not hitherto been 

 found within the limits of Boissier's ' Flora Orientalis ;' neither 

 is it known to occur in the Himalayan region. The North-Ame- 

 rican C. (Atragene) verticillaris resembles our plant in having no 

 petals or petaloid antherless staminodes. 



718, 614. C. graveolens, Lindl, 

 Common at 7000 feet; July. 



