DILLEXIACEJE. RANUNCULACEyE. 669 



ACROTEEMA, JltcksOH. 



Carpels 3. Stcmlcss licrbs, with radical luaves. 



A. cosTATUM, Jack. ilauliuain. 



A. Wiglitianum, Wall. 



DEI.IMIE.E. 

 Filametits more or less dilated at apex. Anthers short, the cells diverging, or rarehj 

 parallel. Woody climbers. 



Dklima, Llitnicus. 



Sepals o. Petals 2-5. Filaments dilated at the upper end; outer cells much 

 diverging. Carpel solitaiy, 2-3-ovuled, almost globose, narrowed in a subulate style. 

 Ripe carpels follicle-like, coriaceous. Seed solitary, with a cup-shaped toothed arillus. 

 Climbers, with harsh leaves and small jianicled flowers. 



D. sARjiExiosA, L. E.JF.C. C'hittngong. Ava. Pegu. Audamans. 



Tkteacera, Llnnaus. 



Sepals -4-6. Petals as many or fewer. Filaments dilated at apex. Anther-cells 

 distinct, or more or less diverging. Carpels 3-5, rarely fewer, many-ovuled. Oinlcs 

 in rows. Jtpe carpels follicle-like, coriaceous, 1-5-seoded. Arillus lacerate. 

 Climbers, with usually harsh leaves, and small wliite panicled flowers. 



T. assa, DC. F. C. Chittagong. 



T. trlffi/na, Eoxb. 

 T. HYGEOPmLA. Swamjis between the Hlcin and Irrawaddy Ivivers. 



Order EAXUXCULACE.E. 



Floicers hermaphrodite, regular, sometimes irregular and spurred. Sepals 3-5, 

 often petaloid, deciduous, rarely wanting. Stamens indeiinite. Anthers aduate, 

 opening by lateral slits, filaments subuhite. Arillus none. Stipules none. Herbs or 

 shrubs with opposite or alternate leaves. Many of the herbaceous species possess 

 acrid vesicatory and poisonous properties. A virulent poison is obtained from a species 

 of Aconttum in the liills Xorth of Ava. 



clematidiea:. 



Sepals ralrate. Carpels intli hlscent, with a solitary oiule or seed in each. Leaves 

 opposite. Usually woody climbers. 



Clematis, Llnnaus. 



No petals, or if any they gradually pass into stamens. Leares without tendrils. 

 The stems when fresh are often used I'or ropes and are very strong. 



X Aclienes simply leaked, without feathery tail. Flowers large. 



C. (Tualictuvm) luucrEATA, Roxb. C. Ava. 



C. cadmia, liam. 



X X Achenes terminating in a feathery tail. 

 f Leares simple.' All parts glabrous. 



C. sMiLAciFoi.iA, Wall. IF.C. Ava. Tcnassorim. 



C. subpeitata, Wall. 

 C. Munroiina, Wight. 

 C. inversa, Grifl'. 



f f Leaves compound. 



C. nETOYSARIFOLIA, DO. Tf'.C. PegU (?). 



Anthers terminating in a subulate appendage. 



