a I. RANr-NXULACE.'E. 



1. Clematis smilacifolia. Wall in Asiat. Bes. v. 13 (1820) p. 402. 

 A woody climber, glabrous except the iufloresceuce ; stems sulcata. 

 Lower leaves 3-8 by 1-6 in., ovate, acute or acuminate, entire or shortly 

 serrate, base rounded or cordate, 5-9- (frequently 7-) nerved from the 

 base ; petioles reaching G in. long, twining. Upper leaves sometimes 

 once ternate ; blades smaller, narrower, cuneate at the base. Flowers 

 large, exceeding 1 in. in diam., in long, axillary panicles ; pedicels reach- 

 ing 3 in, long, glabrous. Sepals 4-5, oblong, |-1 in. long, spreading 

 from the base, at length reflexed, clothed outside with velvety brown 

 tomentum, purple inside. Filaments linear, glabrous, the outer longer 

 than the inner with shorter anthers ; connective produced. Achenes 

 ovoid, compressed, pubescent with tliickened margins and long feathery 

 tails. Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 3; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 1 ; Kuntze, Monogr. Clem", 

 in Verb. Bot. ver. Brandeub. 26 (1885) p. 120 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 1 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 1 : Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 119.— Flowers : Oct. 



Not very common in tlie Bombay Presidency. Kokkan : Sfoe/.s !, Late ! ; in ever- 

 green forests, not common, Talhot. Deccan : Phnnda Ghiit, Balzcll ^- Gibson. 

 Kanaka: Sfoc/csl; near Nilkund (N.Kanara), Gihsonl; N. Kanara, Talhof. — Distrib. 

 Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



2. Clematis triloba, Heyne, in Rotli. Nov. Sp. (1821) p. 251. An 

 extensive climber, but often found trailing amongst grass ; whole plant 

 except the older stems sericeo-villous or tomentose ; stems sulcate. 

 Leaves simple or ouce ternate, entire or shallowly 1-7-lobed, the lobes 

 usually mucronate ; blades 1-2 in. long, from ovate, acute, to orbicular, 

 base rounded, cuneate or cordate ; petioles slendei', twining, |-3 in. long ; 

 petiolules |-.| in. long. Flowers white, more than 1| in. across, in 

 axillary, corymbose panicles ; bracts foliaceous, ovate, acute. Sepals 4-6, 

 stellately spreading, pubescent outside, glabrous inside, oblong or obovate, 

 terminated by a tomentose mucro. Stamens ^-f in. long; filaments 

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

 silky-villous, with long feathery tails. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 3 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 1 ; Kuntze, Monogr, Clem, in Verb. Bot. ver. Brandenb. 26 (1885) 

 p. 150 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 1 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 11 

 (1897) p. 119 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, v. 2, p. 370,— Flowers : Sept.- 

 Nov. Veen. Mor-vel; Rdnjai. 



Very common througliout the Deccan. Konkan : Lmc ! Deccan : Gibson ! ; 

 Kartriz Ghiit near Poona, Law ! ; Garada, 12 miles S. of Poona, Gokludr ! ; Tiilligaiim, 

 near Poona, Cookel; Dongergaon, near Ahmednagar, Cookel; hills near Poona, 

 Woodrowl ; Mawal district of Poona Collectorate, Jkdzell %~ Gibson. 



3. Clematis Gouriana, Ro.vh. Hort. Benr/. (1814) p, 43. Climbing 

 to a great height, usually glabrous, except the young parts ; stems 

 grooved, brown. Leaves pinnate, bipimiate or tripinnate ; leaflets 1-5 

 by -^-1^ in., ovate or oblong, acuminate, entire or coarsely toothed, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, strongly nerved and reticulately veined, 

 upper surface shining ; petioles long, slender. Flowers small, .scarcely 

 reaching ;] in. in diam., in much-branched, decompound panicles, yel- 

 lowish or greenish-white ; peduncles and pedicels more or less ])ubescent. 

 Sepals 4, obovate or oblong, puberulous on both surfaces. Filaments 

 nai'row-linear, glabrous ; connective not produced, Achenes ovoid, 

 hairy, with long feathery tails. EI. B. I. v. 1, p. 4; Grah. Cat. p. 1; 



