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(fi) Flowers comparatively small U cm. in diameter . . I Ckmat ' 1 * ^clnata, 5 



I var. flonbunda. 



Flowers compamtively large, 25 cm. in diameter. (7) 



(7) Flowers 2 3 cm. in diameter Clematis Meyemana. G 



Flowers 4 5 cm. in diameter. (8) 



(8) Sepals lanceolately elongate. (9) 



Sepals oblougo-ovate Clematis akcensis. 7 



(9) Leaves acute vel acuminate at the apex Clematis lomjisepala, 8 



Leaves obtuse or shortly acute (7. lozanensis. 9 



(10) Leaflets entire. (11) 



Leaflets grossly dentate or lobulate C. tahoaniana. 10 



(11) Leaflets globoao -deltoid (?' ^^d at the apex C Oioatorii. 11 



(o. mucronate at the apex C. pamcukua. la 



Leaflets oblongo -ovate or oblong, (12) 



(12) Flowers large 4 cm. in diameter C. loninemis. 13 



Flowers small 2 cm. in diameter. (13) 



(13) Stamens dark coloured when dried G. formosana. 14 



Stamens not dark coloured C. cliinemis. 15 



1. Clematis crassifolia BENTH. Fl. JTongk. p. 7 ; KUNTZE Mouog. 

 Clemat. p. 152 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. T. p 3 ; FINET et GAGNE- 

 PAIN Contrib. Fl. A si. Orient, p. 10 ; HAYATA Materials for a Flora of 

 Formosa, in Journ. (V)ll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo XXX.-I, p. 13. 



HAB. Shiutiku, Goshoriu, leg. T. KAWAKAMT, Dec. 1905, (No. 1245). 



PISTRIB. Central and southern China. 



OBSERV. Rather stout, glabrous climbing plant ; leaves fleshy, trifolio- 

 late, leaflets elliptical, obtuse or acute, narrowed at the base, nerves very 

 obscure, reddish brown when dried ; sepals augustate witli white hairs 

 on the margin, 18 mm. long ; stamens 1 cm. long, with brownish undulated 

 filaments ; anthers oblong, not mucrouate, five times shorter than the filaments ; 

 achenes long hairy, with hairy tails ; remarkable for its undulate filaments. 



2. Clematis Leschenaultiana L>C. " Syst. I. p. 451 ; KUNTZE Monog. 

 p. 1G7, (C. acuminata ff) ; FINET et GAGNEPAIN Coutrib. Fl. Asi. Orient, p. 

 27 ;^HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 43. 



