I.— RANUNCULACE^. 



Perennial herbs or climbing shrubs; 1. alternate or oppo- 

 site, without stip., simple or compound ; fl. regular, bisexual; 

 sep. 4, 5 or more, imbricate or valvate, often petaloid ; pet. 5 

 or more, imbricate, often absent ; stam . indef , distinct, free ; 

 carp, numerous, distinct, each with a solitary pendulous or 

 erect ovule ; seed with minute embryo in abundant endo- 

 sperm. 



Climbing shrubs with opposite leaves {Clematidecs) 



Petals none i. clematis. 



Petals many 2. naravelia. 



Herbs. 



Petals none (sepals petaloid) {Anemonea) 



Fls. large, sepals 5-8 3. anemone.. 



Fls. small, sepals 5 4. thalictrum. 



Petals 5 {Ranunculece) 5. ranunculus. 



An order of temperate and cold regions chiefly ; all our genera but 

 Naravelia are British also. Of our few species all are montane except 

 Naravelia and one Clejiialis. 



I. CZiEBXATZS, Z. 



Woody climbers ; 1. opp., without stip. ; infl, axillary, 

 compound, large ; sep. 4, more or less petaloid, valvate ; pet. 

 o ; stam. numerous ; carp, numerous, ovule solitary, pendu- 

 lous ; fr. a head of achenes, each terminated by a long 

 copiously bearded tail (style). — Sp. about 100 ; 20 in Fl. B. Ind. 

 Both our species belong to Sect. Flamnmla, DC. 



Leaves simple i. C. smilacifolia. 



Leaves compound 2. C. Gouriana. 



I. C. smilacifolia, Wall., in Asiatic Res. xiii. 414 (1819). 

 Nara-wel, S. 



Thw. Enum. i. C. P. 2690. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 3 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, 111. i. t. t (C. 

 Munroand). Bot. Mag. t. 4259. 



A woody climber, branches glabrous ; 1, simple, ovate, 

 subcordate at base, entire or faintly serrate, 5- to 9- usually 

 7-nerved from base, petiole long, prehensile ; fl, large, over 

 I in. diam. ; sep. obtuse, densely pubescent outside, spreading 

 at length reflexed ; achenes pubescent. 



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