FLORA OF THE MALAY PENINSULA 



VOLUME I 

 Order L RANUNCULACE^. 



Perennial herbs or climbing shrubs. Leaves (alternate) or 

 opposite, simple or compound. Flowers regular, bisexual. Sepals 

 4, 5 or more, often petaloid. Petals 5 or more or absent. Stamens 

 indefinite, free. -Carpels numerous, distinct, each with a solitary 

 pendulous or erect ovule. Seed with a minute embryo in abundant 

 endosperm. Only section in our area ClematidecB, climbing shrubs 

 with opposite leaves. Abundant in temperate and cold regions, 

 rare in the tropics and usually at high altitudes. Genera 30. 

 Species 300. 



Petals none, climbing by the petiole . . . .1. Clematis 



Petals many, narrow, linear, spreading , . .2. Naravelia 



1. CLEMATIS, L. 



Woody climbers. Leaves opposite, simple (or compound) 

 climbing by the petiole. Sepals 4 to 8, valvate, petaloid. Petals o. 

 Stamens numerous. Carpels many with long feathery tails. Species 

 about 100, chiefly in temperate climates. 



(i) C. smilacifolia Wall. Asiat. Research, xiii. 414; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4259; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii. (2), 363. 



A slender climber with simple ovate leaves, rarely pinnate, 

 blunt, base broad, sub-cordate, 5- to 9-nerved, coriaceous, entire 

 or serrate, 3 to 10 in. long, 1-5 to 5 in. wide; petioles as long. 

 Panicles axillary, few-flowered, 6 to 12 in. long. Flowers i to 

 1-5 in. wide. Sepals 4 or 5, oblong, pale brownish yellow, tomentose 

 outside, deep purple within. Filaments linear, yellow. Achenes 

 flat, pubescent with feathery tails, 2 in. long. Hab. Low country 

 in open places, rare. Johor, Kota Tinggi ; Pulau Tinggi. Penang ; 

 Road to Sungei Penang at 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. 

 India, Siam, Malay islands. 



2. NARAVELIA, DC. 



Woody climbers, slender. Leaves opposite, tri-foliate, terminal 

 leaflet forming a tendril. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 6 to 12, narrow, 



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