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A woody climber. Stem deeply furrowed. Leafets about 5, 1-2 in., broadly ovate 

 or cordute, acuminate, inciso-serrate or 3-lobed, villous on both surfaces or glabrate 

 above. Panicles often exceeding the leaves, decompound. Flowers |-1 in. diam., 

 cream-coloured. Sepals tomentose outside. Filaments narrow-linear; anthers short. 

 Achenes densely pubescent. — Variable in habit and pubescence. 



9. C. Gouriana, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 670 ; usually glabrous, leaves pinnate 

 2-pinnate or 2-ternate, flowers very suiall in dense panicles. DC. Prodr, 

 i. 3; Wall Cat 4673 : W. d: A. Frodr. 2 ; Wight Id, t 933-4; H.f.&T. 

 Fl Ind. 8. C. cana, Wall Gal 4672. C. Javana, DC Prodr. i. 7. 



Hilly districts from the Western Himalaya, alt. 1-3000 ft. to Ceylon and the 

 Eastekn Peninsula. — Distrib, Java, Philippines. 



An extensive climber, young parts pubescent. Leaflets membranous, ovate-oblong 

 or cordate, acuminate, shining above, sometimes pubescent beneath. Panicles usually 

 exceeding the leaves. Flowers \-\ in. diam., yellowish or greenish-white. Sepals 

 ol'ovate or oblong, revolute, puberulous, edges tomentose. Filaments narrow-linear. 

 Aclitnes narrow-oblong, hairy. — Resembles (J. vitalha^ and is very variable ; two forms 

 with many intennediatfs are widely diffused, one with larger leaflets tomentose below 

 and less shining above, the other with leaves glabrous^on both surfaces. 



10. C. puberula, H.f. & T. ; pubescent, leaves pinnate, leaflets simple 

 or 3-sect, tiowers small few (3-9) in a lax panicle. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from Simla to Garwhal; Khasia hills, alt. 

 2-4000 ft 



Climbing Stem deeply grooved, slender, downy. Leaflets membranous, \-t\ m., 

 ovate-lance()late, entire or remotely toothed, pubescence scattered. Panides shorter 

 tlian the leaves; pedicels slender. Sepals 4 in., Hnear-oblong, acute, 3-nerved, silky 

 ontMde. Filaments narrow- linear ; anthers short. Achents silky. — Confounded in 



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11. C. hedysarifolia, DC Sysli. 118; nearly glabrous, leaves simply 

 pinnate, leaflets reticulate, connective much produced. H,f, & 1\ Fl Ind, 7. 

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CoNCAx, Law; Beloaum, Eitchie ; Pegu, Hore (in Brit. Mus.). 



A woody climber. Leaflets 3-5, 2-4 in., coriaceous, ovate or cordate, acuminate, 

 entire or coarsely toothed. Panicles many-flowered. Flowers | in. diam. Sepals 

 4-6, long acuminate. Anther-ctlls marginal. Achenes hairy, margins tubercled. ' 



12. C. apiculata, H.f, <fe T,; pubescent, .leaves 3-foliolate long pe- 

 tioled, connective very shortly produced. * 



Kha8ia hills; Nunklow, Griffith; Churra, H.f, & T, 



A woody climber. ^ Leaflets shcrt-stalked, ovate-oblong, acute, base rounded, coarselv 

 toothed from the middle upwards. Panicles many flowered. Flowers small, SfPy^ 

 hi >n» oblong, tomentose outside. Filaments broadly linear, short, scarcely exceeding 

 the anthers. Achenes broadly oval, hairy. 



ttt Filaments hairy ; connective of antlier not produced. 



13. C- graveolens, Lindl in Joum, Ilorl Soc. I 307 ; glabrous except 

 the flowers, leaves pinnately decompound, sepals elliptic obtuse. C parvir 

 folia, ILf t£- T. Fl Ind, 9 {not of FdgewoHh). 



- Western Tempekate Hib^alaya, from Marri to Kulu and Kumaon, »tt- 



A slender climber. Leaflets J-l in., toothed or incised, or 3-lobed or -partite, ter- 

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