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Distribution: also Hupeh, Hunan (Handel-Mazzetti, nos. 11957, 

 11997); Indochina, Japan. 



Clematis fruticosa Turczaninow in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, v. 180 

 (1832).— Maximowicz, Enum. PL Mongol. 2 (1889); in Act. Hort. Petrop. 

 xi. 5 (1890).— Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 331 (1900).— Finet & Gagne- 

 pain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, l. 537 (1903); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. i. 22 

 (1905).— Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. Wilson, i. 326 (1913).— Limpricht, 

 Bot. Reis. Hochgeb. Chin. Ost-Tib. 374 (1922). 



Chili: near Shih wen, F. N. Meyer, no. 1078, August 3, 1913; near 

 Hui yan ku, F. N. Meyer, no. 1271, September 2, 1913. — See also Turc- 

 zaninow, 1. c, and Limpricht, 1. c. 



Shansi: Wu chai hsien, alt. 2000-3000 m., Tchueng Kieh, J. Hers, no. 

 2051, September 7, 1922. — See also Maximowicz, 1. c. (1890) and Finet 

 & Gagnepain, 1. c. 



Shensi: Fu kio, G. Giraldi (ex Pritzel, 1. c). 



Kansu: N. M. Przewalski and G. N. Potanin, (ex Maximowicz, 1. c. 

 [1889, 1890]). 



Distribution: also Szechuan; Mongolia. 



The specimens seen belong to the var. lobata Maximowicz (Enum. PI. 

 Mongol. 3 [1889]). 



fruticosa 



Kansu: Bayan gol, G. N. Potanin (ex Maximowicz, 1. c). 



Clematis nannophylla Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 



xxn. 305 (1877); in Mel. Biol. ix. 707 (1887); Fl. Tangut. 2, t. 1, figs. 1-9 



(1889).— Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, l. 537 (1903); 



Contrib. Fl. As. Or. i. 22 (1905). 



Clematis nannophylla var. foliosa Maximowicz in Act. Hort. Petrop. xi. 5 



(1890). 



Min chou, alt. 2500 m., TV 



1910; Yan pu ko, F. N. Meyer, no. 1786, October 7, 1914; Chieh chon, 



f. Meyer, i 

 Maximow 



ficiently distinct to be maintained. 



foliosa 



Clematis obscura Maximowicz in Act. Hort. Petrop. xi. 6 (1890). — 



Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PL Wilson, i. 329 (1913). 



? Clematis Benthamiana Kanitz in Szechenyi, Keletazs. Utjan. Tudom. 

 Ered. n. 790 (PI. Enum. 1) (1891); in Szechenyi, Wiss. Ergeb. Reise Ostas. 

 ii. 676 (1898); vix Hemsley. 



Shensi: northwest of Hang cheng hsien, W. Purdom, no. 382, 1910. 

 Kansu: Valley of Poiho, between Terga and Rasa, and near Nan ping, 

 G. N. Potanin (ex Maximowicz, 1. c). — See also Kanitz, 1. c. 



