1. Clematis.] 1, BANUNCULACE&. [2. Nabwelia. 

 1. Clematis, L. 



Sepals erect 1* or more long. Filaments hairy . 1. nutans. 



Sepals sub-patent 1" by \" var. patens. 



Sepals spreading under V long. Filaments glabrous 2. Oouriana. 



1. C. nutans, Boyle- Bonga ghanti, 8. 



A shrub with pubescent angled branches and odd pinnate 

 or 2-pinuate leaves with sharply, coarsely, doubly-serrate 

 leaflets which are simple or lobed. Terminal leaflet about 2 J" 

 by If". Fls. large cream coloured usually 5 on axillary leafy 

 branches or panicles. 



Sicgbhnm, on haematite-schist rocks at 2,500 ft Hazaribagh at 

 Baragaon — Wood. Common on Parasnath 3 — 4,000 ft. Kerhang (Lohar- 

 dugga, 2,500 ft.), Gamble. Fl. Nov.-Jany. 



Larger leaflets 5'' ovate with cordate base, smaller ovate-lanceolate. 

 Buds oblong acute over 1" I'mg. Sepals 1|" by £'' with curled tips, 

 silky pubescent. 



Var. patens. 



Buds ovoid under \". Sepals spreading 1* by $'', 5-7-nerved. 

 Top of Sundi Buru in Songra forest. 



2. C. Gouriana, Roxb. 



A shrub with adpressed-hairy grooved branches and 

 2-pinnate leaves and entire ovate acuminate leaflets. White 

 flowers f-J" diam. in pyramidal axillary and terminal 

 panicles. 



Very rare. Kundi-ugutu ravine (Singbhum). Parasnath. Fl. Oct.- 

 Nov. Fr. Dec.-Jany. 



Ljlts. l-3i" ovate-lanceolate acuminate with cordate base, sometimes 

 with a fey distant teeth, nearly glabrous 3-5~nerved, articulate with 

 Borne silky hairs at the joint. Sep. T y ultimately revolute, ciliate. 



It is said to abound in an acrid poisonous principle. Watt. 



2. Naravelia, DC. 



1. N. zeylanica, -DC. Chagal-bate, Beng. 

 A climbing shrub with pubescent or tomentose branches, 

 simply pinnate leaves with a single pair of leaflets, and the 



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