I. BANUNCFLACEiE. 3 



Dalz. & Gibs. p. 1 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 2 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 1 ; 

 Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 119; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 369. G. vitalba, var. Ouuriana, Kuntze, Mouogr. Clem. 

 in Verb. Bot. ver. Brandenb. 26 (1885) p. 100.— Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 

 Veen". Mor-vel. 



In thickets on the Ghats, counuon. Ivonkan : Latv \ ; Matlieran, Cooke ! ; Amboli 

 Ghat, Cooke ! Deccan : Nasik, Woodrow ; Koinji valley, below Mahableshwar, Cooke ! 

 ^<. M. CouNTiiv: Bclgauiu, Ritehic\ — Distrib. Java, Philippuies. 



4. Clematis hedysarifolia, DG.Siist. v. 1 (1818) p. 148. A woody 

 climber ; branches furrowed, the younger pai'ts puberulous, the older 

 glabrous. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 3-5, coriaceous, I5-I5 by ^-'2h iu., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate or rounded at the base, entire or 

 irregularly toothed, glabrous, shining, very closely reticulately veined, 

 the reticulations prominent on the upper surface ; petioles up to 3 in. 

 long, twining. Flowers about | in. in diam., in many-flowered, decom- 

 pound panicles ; pedicels pubescent ; bracts foliaceous. Sepals 4, ovate 

 or oblong, densely pubescent outside, at length deflexed. Filaments 

 ligulate, ^ in. broad, glabrous ; connective much produced. Achenes 

 ovoid, compressed, hairy, with thickened, tubercular margins and long, 

 feathery tails. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 4; Kuntze, Monogr. Clem, in Verb. 

 Bot. ver. Brandenb. 26 (1885) p. 151 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 1 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120.— Flowers : Oct.-Nov. Yern. 

 Bendi'ichi-vel. 



KoNKAN : Law ! Deccan : Koina valley below Mahableshwar, Cooke ! ; Singhad, 

 12 miles from Poona, fFbof/row ! Gujarat: Dang jungles, JFoorZrow. S.M. Country: 

 Loncla, Cooke\; Belgaum, Biichie I Kanaka: N. Kaimra, JVoodrowl, Taihotl 



5. Clematis "Wightiana, Wall. Cat. (1828) 4674. A woody 

 climber ; branches clothed with appressed hairs. Leaves pinnate ; leaf- 

 lets 3-5, silky-villous on both sui*faces, 1-2| by |-| in., orbicular or 

 broadly ovate, cordate, irregularly toothed or lobed ; nerves and veins 

 prominent beneath ; petioles up to 4 in. long, more or less clothed with 

 silky hairs. Flowers 1^-2^ in. in diam., in panicles longer than the 

 leaves ; bracts foliaceous, lobed or toothed, silky-villous. Sepals 4, pale 

 golden yellow, g by | in., ovate, clothed with silky hairs outside, glabrous 

 inside. Stamens shorter than the sepals ; filaments hairy for a short 

 distance below the middle, the upper portion and the base being 

 glabrous ; connective not produced. Achenes ovoid, compressed, densely 

 silky and with long feathery tails. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 5 ; Grab. Cat. p. 1 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 1 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 2; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 120. C. orientalis, var. Wightiana, Kuntze, Monogr. 

 Clem, in Verb. Bot. ver. Brandenb. 26 (1885) p. 125.— Flowers : Jan. 



A very handsome species confined to the highest Ghats of the Presidency ; very 

 common at Mahableshwar. Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cooke !, Br. Lush ! 



2. NARAVELIA, DC. 



Stem woody, scandent. Leaves opposite, bifolioiate from the terminal 

 leaflet being transformed into a tendril. Flowers pauicled. Sepals 4-5. 

 Petals many, linear or clavate, distinct from the stamens. Carpels many ; 

 ovule pendulous. Achenes with a short, thick, hollow stalk and long, 

 bearded styles. — Distrib. S. Asia and the Indian Archipelago ; species 3. 



Differs from Clematis by the presence of petals and tendrils. 



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