360 MateriaU for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Tribe I. Clematideoe. Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Sepah 

 valvate, petaloid. Carpels J-ovuled ; ovule pendulous. Fruit of many 

 achenes. 



Petals ... ... ... ... 1. Olematis. 



Petals many, linear ... ... ... 2. Naravelia. 



1. Clematis, Linn. 

 "Woody climbers. Leaves opposite, simple or compound, exstipulate, 

 Sepals 4 to 8, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens many. Carpels many, 

 with long tails. Ovule solitary, pendulous. — Distrib. Tempei'ate climates ; 

 species about 100. 



1. C. SMiLACiFOLiA, Wall, in Asiat. Research, xiii, 414. Leaves 

 simple, (rarely pinnate) ovate, blunt, with broad sub-cordate bases, boldly 

 5-nerved, coriaceous, glabrous, entire or remotely senate, 3 to 10 in. long 

 by 1*5 to 5 in. broad ; petioles nearly as long. Panicles axillary, few- 

 flowei'ed, 6 to 12 in. long. Flowers I to 1*5 in diam. Sepals 4 to 5, coriaceous, 

 oblong, reflexed, outside dull brown tomentose, inside purple. Filaments 

 linear, glabrous, the inner shorter with longer anthei*s. Achenes flat, 

 pubescent, with broad margins and long feathery tails. A tall glabrous 

 woody climber. DC. Prod., I., 10 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4259 ; H. f. et Th. 

 Fl. Ind., i, 6 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind., i, 3; Miq. Fl. Ind., Bat. I, Pt. ii, 

 p. 2. G. sub-peltata, Wall., PI. As. Rar. I, t. 20. G. Munroana, Wight 

 111., i, 5, t. 1. ? C. glandulosa, Bl., Bijdr. i, 1. 



Penang, Curtis ; but probably occurring also in the Central Range 

 of mountains in the Malayan Peninsula. 



2. C. GrOURiANA, Roxb. Fl. lud. ii, 670. An extensive climber, the 

 young parts pubescent, adult glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate, pinnate, 

 2-pinnate or 2-ternate, the leaflets shortly petiolulate, membranous, ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved, sometimes sub-cordate, entire or irregular- 

 ly dentate-serrate, 2 to 3 in. long by '75 to 1'75 in. broad. Panicles many- 

 flowered, longer then the leaves ; flowers small ( "3 to "5 in. in diam.) green- 

 ish-white. Achenes narrowly oblong, pubescent, emarginate, with long 

 silky tails. DC. Prod, i, 3; W. A. Prod. 2; Wight Ic. 933-4; H. f. 

 et Th. Fl. Ind. 8 ; Hook. Fl. fil. Brit. Ind. i. 4; Miq. Ind. Fl. Bat. Vol. 

 I, Pt. 2, p. 4. C. cana and dentosa, Wall. Cat. C. javana, DC. Prod, i, 7. 



Not uncommon at low elevations in the Indo-Malayan region. 



2. Naravelia, DC. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate, terminal leaflet generally 



transformed into a tendril. Sepals 4i to 5. Petals 6 to 12, narrow, longer 



may be found. I therefore think it better to let the diagnosis stand, than to modify 

 it BO as to include only the tribe ClematidecB. 



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