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and were described by Walpers in 1843.* The distribution of 
the species and its varieties was extended by subsequent authors 
to Hupeh and Chekiang in the north, the Liukiu Islands, For- 
mosa and Luzon in the east, Yunnan in the south-west, and 
Hainan and Indo-China in the south.t The wide conception of 
the specific limits and geographical distribution of C. Meyeniani 
which had thus obtained currency was accepted by Finet and 
Gagnepain in their revision of Asiatic species of Clematis ; they 
separated the Hainan and Indo-Chinese material, however, as a 
distinct variety granulata.? 
Although this treatment of C. Meyeniana may be justifiable 
on theoretical grounds, and convenient in a monographic study, 
there is nevertheless much to be said for segregating two or three 
species from it in local floras and for horticultural purposes. 
The most distinct of these is C. granulata, J. R. Drumm, (var. 
C. Meyeniana by any intermediate forms. C. Pavoliniana, Pam- 
of C. Meyeniana in the present paper. and to phy hree 
Varieties ba two forms which nay distinguished as follows :— 
A. Inflorescence a thyrse; rhachis. 
and pedicels more or less 
ilose; sepals not distinctly 
an the stamens, 
usually not distinctly mucro- 
nate when expanded : 
ves smooth : i 
Sepals not retuse .. ©. Meyeniana (type). 
Sepals retuse ... ... forma retusa, 
Leaves roughened on both 
surfaces with raised 
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B. Like x except that the sepals 
' are much longer than the ; 
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