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Clmatis.] i. ranunculace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 5 



4 



solitarj with a pair of pinnate leafy bracts on the pedancle. Flowers 1 J-2 in. di'am., 

 pale jellow, oHour heavy. Sepah pubescent outside, densely tomentose inside. Fila- 

 w«»^ narrow-linear. Acheiies pubescent.— Resembles the European O. Flammula. 



14. C. orientalis, Z. / glabrous, glaucous, leaves pinnate or 2-pinnate, 



sepals ovate acuminate. B.f. <k T. FL Ind, 9. 



liAr^Ar ^^^^p^^^A'^A, dry inner valleys from the Indus to Kumaon, ascending to 

 M.ui;OIt. Westkrn Tibet, T. T.— Distiub. Temp. Asia, from Persia to Manchuria. 

 -^ large woody climber, branchlets sometimes pubarulous. Leaflets 1-2 in., orbi- 

 cnar to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, entire toothed or cut. Panicles many-flowered. 



i|jwer» 11 m. diam., yellow or mottled with purple. Sepah 4, villous outside or on 

 a surfaces, edges tomentose. Filaments membranous, tapering from a broad base, 

 . sii^y or cihate. ^ Achenes oblong, silkily hairy.— Very variable. 



■la ^^'n ^^^^f^^^^r leaves oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, flowers usually 

 Un\i\ ^' *^^"i*o^ia. Ji^?/l^ III- 51. C. graveolens, ITooL Bot Mag. t. 4495 (not of 

 (h-.f' ^'VJ^'^'^'^^oXm, Edgew, in Unn. Trans, xx. 25. ' C. Ispahauica, Boiss. FL 



V 1. 3 (flowers small). C. longicaudata, Ledab, Fl Boss. i. 3. 



rnUA^ •' ^r^^f^^icL' usually very glaucous, leaves oblong obtuse, flowers smaller 

 n»ddle-8ized. ^ C. glauca, Willd. ' ^ ' 



fi?7^/^'A 7^i/"o^^«; glaucous, leaves orbicular or oval obtusely lobed, flowers middle- 

 /^^- t. globosa, Boyle 111. 51 . C. albida, Klotzsch in Bot, Bels. Pr, Wald. t. 40. 



\J.^i ?■ ^jffJitiaua, Wall. Cat. 4674 : softly downy, leaves pinnate 

 3 10 "" - ^ ovate. W. d; A. Frodr. 2 ; Wight Ic. t. 935 ; H. f. & T. FL 



TigU C ^^^ I)ekkan, Orissa, Concan and Nimhiri, ascending to 7000 ft., 



8-Wnh?Fi ^°^^^ f'^'mber. Leaflets usually 5, 2 in., orbicular- or ovate-cordate, 

 in r^' '?^"f ly villoua and brown below, at length glabrate above. Floirers 2-24 

 narrow!^;' "' "^.compound panicles. Sepals 4, brown-tomentose outside. Filamtnti 

 Achnes^V ^^^ ''^'"^ *'^^ middle, glabrous at the base and tip ; anthers short. 



duced^^^^^^'"^^*^' ^'^^^ recurved tips. Filaments hairy ; connective not pro- 



.16. C. 



/• <t- T. Fl. Ind. 10. 



^oviTS'V^''''''^^"^*^ Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Knmaon, alt. 2-5000 ft, 

 ait 9Ann A ^«^«^ HILLS, at NurtiuniT. alt. 4000 ft.. H. f. S T. Behab, on Parasnath, 



alt. 2000 ft. 



'ate TeJnl?^^''' f^'^^'^f'*' ^"ody, climbing. Leaflets 1-3 in., ovate oblong or lanceo- 

 ^ '»«ch bi^?*^^)^ o'- obtusely 3-5-lobed, rarely entire. Flowers U-3 in. diam., in 



«'lfcy out,?rI? jn»ny-flowered panicles, pale yellow. Sepah oblong, many-uerved, 

 ' ^^tbers sW V?"*^"** narrow.linear, silky below the middle, tapenng upwards ; 

 ^^*^j£ , ■ -^elienes large, ovate, silky-hairy. 



acuminata 



< V 0"eetern«;^ , ***» ^^ -^^ i- 148 ; glabrous except the flower 

 f '^. Indu' ^""'^^y «^"^Ple- ^on /'roc/r. 192; Wall. Cat. 4670; I^ 



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W, cRSr/^^^^^^A. from Garwhal to Bhotan. Upper Assam, Mishmi and Pat- 



!?.'^. Sin1?!^^k '^'"^^'•' I'f^^^l'ed climber. Leaflets 3-5 in., ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 *«»!., in iw' ''''"^"g. q'"te entire or minutely distantly toothed. Fhwers 1-1 i m. 

 """^e or less n??"^"""*^ (sometimes few-flowered) panicles. Sq>ah oblong-lanceolate, 

 ^^^ long sl^n T^"^''"*'^'^^' "»!>«"•«<=* or spreading. i^tZamenf* narrow-hnear, cihate 



^'"'^ spfci2:!!?5.,l»^irs throughout. Achaies silky. -The following varieties may 



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