RANUNCULACEAE. — CLEMATIS 337 
1600-2300 m., June and August, 1907 (No. 12332); Ichang, A. Henry 
(No. 1556). 
The broader and larger, more pubescent leaflets usually truncate or subcordate 
at the base, less deeply incised, with obtuse and broader teeth generally distin- 
guish this variety from the type. The specimens before us strongly suggest that 
they belong to C. grata Wallich, but we have referred them to C. apiifolia D. C., 
chiefly on account of their 3-foliolate leaves. The Vitalba group is extremely 
puzzling and none of the species have clearly defined limits. 
No. 1233* has the under surface of the leaves densely clothed with soft, gray 
villose pubescence. 
Clematis grata Wallich Pl. As. Rar. I. 83, t. 98 (1830).— Hooker f. 
& Thomson in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 3 (1875). — Hemsley in 
Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 3 (1886). — Pampanini in Nouv. Giorn. Bot. 
Ital. n. ser. XVII. 269 (1910). 
Clematis Vitalba, e. grata Kuntze in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. XXVI. 100 
(Monog. Clem.) (1885). 
Clematis Vitalba, y. Cl. grata Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, L. 
532 (pro parte) (1903); Contrib. Pl. As. Or. I. 17 (pro parte) (1905). 
The typical form as represented by Wallich’s figure quoted above, apparently 
does not occur in China. 
Clematis grata, var. lobulata Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
Clematis Vitalba, y. Cl. grata Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 
L. 532 (pro parte) (1903); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. I. 17 (pro parte) (1905). 
A typo recedit foliolis saepe 3-lobatis v. 3-fidis magis acuminatis 
basi rotundatis v. cordatis utrinque dense molliter accumbenti-villosis 
grossius et paucius dentatis dentibus utrinque plerumque 1-4 late 
ovatis rotundatis et mucronulatis rarius acutis. 
Western Hupeh: vicinity of Ichang, A. Henry (No. 4330, type); 
Patung Hsien, thickets and stony places, alt. 1000-1600 m., August 
and December 1907 (No. 665); Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, 
A. Henry (No. 2721). Szech'uan: without locality, A. Henry (No. 
7230). Formosa: 1864, Richard Oldham; South Cape, A. Henry 
(Nos. 904, 904»). 
"This is a fairly common low-level plant in western Hupeh being usually found 
in stony places by the side of streams or roads fully exposed to the sun. It differs 
from Wallich's figure in its more acuminate, often trifid or sometimes 3-foliolate 
leaflets, with fewer, much coarser teeth. From C. grata, var. grandidentata Rehder 
& Wilson it is readily distinguished by its smaller, often trifid or 3-foliolate, more 
acuminate leaflets, usually 5-6 cm. long and 3-5 cm. broad and generally cordate 
at the base, by the more numerous flowered cymes and small, green, leaf-like 
bracts. It is also a more hairy and much less ornamental plant. 
