590 Plants of the Punjab. 
CLIMBING PLANTS wItH OpposiTE ExsTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
PETALS NONE. 
Clematis orientalis, like the last species, but smooth, with a waxy gloss, 
RANUNCULACES. leaflets circular to ovate-lanceolate, flower yellow with 
BH, Bod; 1:6. purple mottling, sepals ovate with a long point, achenes 
Himalaya, hairy. 
8-14,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Stocks). 
Clematis nutans, like the last species, but silkily velvety, stem deeply 
RANUNCULACES. grooved, leaflets 8-5-lobed, sepals pale yellow, erect with 
158 oA Ras recurved tips, silky velvety without, achenes large. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Sutlej, 
2-5,000 ft. 
Clematis connata, like the last species, but stems faintly grooved, the 
RANUNCULACER. bases of the leaf stalks united round ihe stem, sepals felted 
ee. Lab. on both surfaces. 
Himalaya, 
4-10,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Clematis Buchaniana, very like the last species, but much rougher, more 
RANUNCULACE. hairy, leaflets broader, flowers larger, sepals ribbed, achenes 
Feo. T4,'6, densely hairy, 
Himalaya, 
5-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
CLIMBING PLANTS witH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
Capparis sepiaria, see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
Capparis horrida, perennial, woody, young parts brown-felted, armed 
His, ardanda. with recurved thorns, laterally flattened ; leaves 14-4 in. 
CAPPARIDACEA, long, ovate or oblong, blunt or sharp pointed, thinning 
BB ie: a78. above, stipules consist of 2 thorns; flowers 14-2 in. 
The Plains, across, white turning to pink or purplish, solitary or 2-4 
east of the Sutlej. in a vertical line on the branches on stalks $-1 in. long, 
Hathni Khund, sepals 4 in 2 series, petals 4, sessile, overlapping, oblong, 
Sirmur, bristly, shorter than the stamens, stamens many, purple, 
ovary stalked, stigma sessile; fruit 1-14 in. diam., on a 
sout stalk, fleshy, almost round with 4 blunt angles, seeds 
many, ‘The fruit is eaten in pickle, 
