Clematis.'] flora indica. 







parvifol 



pinnatim decomposes, paniculis paucifloris (interdura unifloris), pedun- 

 culo medio bibracteato, fila mentis linearibus sericeo-pilosis. — C. graveo- 

 lens, Lindl. Jonrn. Hort. Soc. i. 307. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata: alt. 6-11,000 ped., Edge- 

 worth ! Banahal ! Kanawer, Munro ! Jacquemont ! — (FL Aug.) ( v . v .) 



Rami graciles, glabri vel apice tenuissime pubescentes. Folia decoinposita, sub- 

 membranacea. Segment a 1-3 lineas longa rarius uncialia,.indivisa vel pinnatifida, 

 lobis lateralibus obtusis mucronatis, tcrminali samius lanceolato. Faniculce pauci- 

 florae, foliosse, longe pedunculated, vel rarius ad pedunculos unifloros medio bibracteo- 

 latos reductse; bract ea pinnata- vel indivisse. Sepala late ovalia, obtusa, utrinque 

 sericea. Stamina sepalis \ breviora ; filamenta plana ; antherce muticee. Achenia 

 ovata, compressa, sericea. 



This species resembles very closely in foliage 0. Flammula, L., but differs in the 

 large flowers : we have seen no intermediate forms. 



12. C. orientalis (L.) ; subglabra, foliis pinnatis vel bipinnatis 

 glaucis, filamentis planis merabranaceis ciliatis apice filiformibus. 



tifolia 



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Herb. Hook 



ms.— C. orientalis, L. et auct.; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. i. 3 ; Dill. Eltli. t. 119. 

 /. 145. C. tenuifolia, Royle! III. 51. C. graveolens, Hook. Hot. Mag. 

 t. 4495 ! non Lindl. C. Ispahanica, Boissier! Diagn. vi. 3. 



/3. obtusifolia ; foliolis oblongis obtusis.- — C. 

 Fl. Ross. i. 3. 



y. latifolia ; foliorum segrnentis late ovalibus obtuse lobatis. — C. 

 globosa, Royle! III. p. 51. C. Hysudrica, Mum 



Hab. In montibus Afghanistan et in Himalaya occidentali Tibetica ; 

 a. in Tibet vulgaris alt. 7-14,000 ped. ! /3. in Himalaya maxime occi- 

 dentali; Kashmir, Jacquemont! Marri, Fleming! Gilgit, Winterbotto-ht ! 

 y. in montibus Piti, Royle! Munro! — (Fl. Jul. Aug.) {v. v.) 



Distrib. Per totam Asiam temperatam. 



Glaberrima, glauccscens, rami novelli interdum scriceo-pubescentes. Foliorum seg- 

 menta forma valde varia, in a 1-3 uncias longa, oblongo-lanceolata vel linearia acu- 

 minata, integra triloba vel tripartita, integerrima vel inciso-dentata, in breviora ob- 

 tusiloba et apice obtusa, in y omnium latissima late ovata vel deltoidea. Fanicula 

 ramosse, multi- vel pluri-flora?, ssepius longe pedicellate strictae. Flores straminei vel 

 purpurascentes, in a \\ unciam diamctro, in cseteris var. minorcs. Sepala 4, stellatiin 

 patentia, ovata, acuminata, intus sericeo-villosa, marginibus dense tomentosis, extus 

 glabra vel pubesceutia. Stamina sepalis £ breviora. Achenia oblonga sericeo-pilosa. 

 We have examined, in the Hookerian Herbarium, authentic specimens, from nume- 

 rous sources, of C. orientalis, L., C. r/lauca, Willd., C. longecaudata, Ledeb., and C. 

 Ispahanica, Boissier, all. of which, we are quite convinced, are forms of one widely 

 diffused and extremely variable species. The shape of the sepals, and the form and 

 pubescence of the stamens, are the same in all the forms; but the size of the flowers, 

 and the shape of the leaves, an; very variable. In the drier parts of Tibet the variety 

 a is abundant; this has usually very large flowers, but they are occasionally not 

 larger than those of the ordinary Siberian and western forms of the species. In rich 

 soil, and a somewhat more humid climate, the leaves become broader and more glau- 

 cous, and the flowers smaller. Cultivation appears to produce the same effect, for 

 the figure in the Botanical Magazine, from Tibetan seed, corresponds very closely to 

 the plate of T. orientalis given by Dillenius. 



Clematis erecta of Linnaeus, a native of the south of Europe and of western Asia, 



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