EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
VOL. IIL—PART III. 
931. VANILIA APHYLLA ? (Blume, Lind.) leafless, 
peduncles 3 (or many) flowered : limb of the lip un- 
dulated obtuse bearded in the middle: anthers two- 
lobed, fruit cylindrical (insipid ?) Lind. ያ c. p. 436. 
Travancore near "lrevaudrum, climbing among 
bushes. Dr. Lindley refers to this plant in his re- 
marks under V. ephylla but seems doubtful of their 
being identical, a point which my imperfect specimen 
did not enable him to clear up. At first he seemed 
to have considered it distinet as he has marked a 
specimen in my Herbarium Y, MWightii, but, on re- 
consideration ehanged his mind and published the 
species under the name here adopted. The numer- 
eus flowers and acute not obtuse limb of the lip 
seem to indicate that his first opinion was correct, 
but that point I leave for himself to decide. 
932. VANILLA WALKERIG (R.W.)leafless, peduncles 
many flowered : **lip and petals much waved deli- 
cately transparent" and like the sepals marked with 
a deep green costa ; lip slightly bearded; anthers 
2-lobed ; fruit cylindrical, 
Ceylon.— For this very characteristic drawing Iam 
indebted to Mrs. Colonel Walker. It is accompanied 
by the following note written on the margin. * The 
leafless Vanilla alluded to by Colonel Walker, (ina 
letter to me). The original drawing was sent three 
years ago (1834 ?) to Dr. Graham, by whom it was 
sent to Dr. Lindley who pronounced it a new species 
of Vanilla. lam anxious to get the flower again to 
make a better drawing, as I think I have improved a 
little sincethis was drawn, and also understand the 
structure of Orchideæ better than I then did. 
‘ Flower inside pure white: labellum and petals 
much waved and delicately transparent, sepals striat- 
ed, outside tinged with fawn eolour, a streak of deep 
green in the centre, which the petals also have, 
though neither so broad nor so strongly coloured.” 
This species seems very nearly allied to the pre- 
ceding but differs in the petals being much more 
waved ; the lip being less distinctly three-lobed and 
sparingly bearded toward the base. Should they, on 
better acquaintance, prove the same species I trust 
this name will be retained in preference to Dr. Lind- 
ley’s MS. name, the compliment being so highly me- 
rited by that most accomplished lady by whose ad- 
mirable pencil the Flora and more especially the 
Orchidee of Ceylon has been largely and most ex- 
quisitely illustrated. 
Judging merely from the brief character given, I 
can scarcely hesitate in considering both distinet 
from Blume's plant. Fearing, however, that Botanists 
more intimately acquainted with the order might con- 
sider these two identical, this plate is given extra to 
the regular number, The figure is copied from a 
tracing not from the finished drawing. 
1 flower seen from below—2 lip side view 一 3 front 
view,— 4 column — 5 anther case—6 anther case with 
its contained pollenia—7 front view of the column 
with the anther case raised to show the pollen—8 
side view of the same—9 seed vessel. 
933. 84. CLEMATIS Gourrana (Roxb.) climbing: 
leaves pinnate or bipiunate ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, cordate at the base, 3-or obscurely 
5-nerved, entire or with a few coarse serratures : 
young branches angled, and peduncles, and_ oblong 
achenia pubescent: sepals revolute. Wand A, Pred.p.2, 
This beautiful species flowers during the cool 
season. At this time, January, it is in full bloom in 
the jungles below Coonoor, where it may be seen 
elimbing to the tops of the highest trees completely 
covering them with such a profusion of white flowers 
as almost to conceal the tree that supports them, 
In Mysore it is of frequent occurrence in the dense 
thickets surrounding most of the hamlets of that pro- 
vince, 
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935. Cremarıs WiGnTiaNA (Wall) climbing: 
leaves pinnate ; leaflets not wrinkled, very villous and 
softon both sides, coarsely serrated, cordate at the 
base, palmately 3-lobed, the middle lobe the longest 
or divided again in 3 ovate-lanceolate segments: 
young branches, peduncles, and flat, achenia, pube- 
scent, sepals ovate, outside very pubescent inside 
glabrous : filaments ñairy.— W. and A, Prod. p. 2. 
This species is less frequent than the preceding, 
but is abundant among the brushwood of clumps of 
jungle about Ovtacamund : also on the road side 
above Kaity and on that leading from Southdown 
round the foot of Elk Hill. In the latter station I 
met with it inthe greatest perfection, It is readily 
ope by its soft almost woolly pale green 
eaves, 
936. ANEMONE WicuTIANA (Wall) clothed with 
silky hairs : leaves on very long petioles, tripartite; 
divisions very deeply 3-clefi; segments cuneate deep- 
ly 3-lobed ; lobes cuneate, irregularly inciso-serrated : 
involucral leaves subsessile, deeply 3-cleft : divisions 
3 cleft; segments linear-eblong, cut and serrated: 
sepals 6-8, elliptic-oblong : achenia glabrous: style 
hooked, persistent.— W and A. Prod, p. 3. 
Frequent in pastures about Ootacamund, but also 
generally distributed over the hills. Flowering in 
May and June, Flowers white within purple exteri- 
orly. During these months it is certainly one of the 
greatest ornaments of the hills. Ihave not heard of 
its being applied to any useful purpose, though it 
may not ba destitute of useful qualities as some of 
them are known to possess these, 
937. RanuncuLus WALLICHIANUS (W. and À .:) 
perennial: stem glabrous, diffuse, prostrate, with a 
tendency to root at the joints, and bearing there 
several leaves : leaves and petioles hairy; radical 
leaves trifoliate, leaflets petioled, 3-cleft, segments 
somewhat ovate lobed and isciso-serrated : peduncles 
hairv, scarcely longer than the petioles: petals 
(yellow) about as long asthe calyx: heads of fruit 
globose: achenia roundish, compressed-lenticular, 
minutely dotted : tuberculated: style broad, hooked 
at the apex.— W. and A. Prod. p. 4. 
This species is generally met with in moist woods, 
is of a procumbent habit, with small flowers, flowering 
in May and June after the rains of the South-west 
monsoon have commenced. 11 is however found at 
other seasons, especially during rainy weather. 
Another species isfound at the same season and so 
much resembling this one, that, to the unpractised 
eye, it is not distinguishable, but is at once known by 
the seed, which, in this, is furnished with numerous 
little tubercles, in that, is quite smooth and without 
asperities ef avy kind, 
