Clematis.] flora indica. 11 



grosse aristato-dentatis, sepalis oblongis, filamentis anguste ligulatis 

 sericeo-pilosis. 



a. rugosa ; foliis latioribus obtusiusculis rugosis reticulate veno- 

 sis subtus dense albo-tomentosis, caulibus tomcntosis. — C. Buchanani- 



4677 



m 



caulibus pubescentibus. — C. vitifolia, Wall. Cat. 4676 ! 



y. tortuosa ; foliis glabriusculis sericeo-venosis vel glaberrimis, 

 caulibus laxe fulvo-pilosis. — C. tortuosa, Wall. Cat. 4675 ! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 5-10,000 ped. : Panjab Hima- 

 laya ! Garhwal ! Kumaon ! Nipal ! Sikkira ! ; et in montibus Khasia, alt. 

 4-6000 ped. ! — a in Himalaya occidentali vulgaris, ^ et y in humidiori- 

 bus Himalayae orientalis et Khasia. — (v. v.) 



Rami validi, rotundati. Foliola 2-3-uucialia, basi cordata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, 

 integra vel inaequaliter triloba. Panicula parce ramosa, ramis pedicellisque tomen- 

 tosis. Bractea foliaceae, interduin verticillatse, varie incisse. Sejiala lineari-oblonga, 

 dense tomentosa. Filamenta sepala subsequantia. Achenia ovata, sericea. 



Though we have divided this species into three varieties, which correspond to the 

 three species of Dr. Wallich, no great importance must be attached to this mode of 

 grouping, as a regular gradation can be traced from the most hoary state of a, to the 

 glabrous leaves and hairy stems of y. The amount of variation in pubescence in this 

 species is very remarkable ; specimens which, in shape of leaves aud flowers, are abso- 

 lutely undistinguishable, being often quite dissimilarly clothed. 



17. C. connata (DC. Prod. i. 4); glabra, foliis pinnatiseetis, fo- 

 liolis 5-7 ovatis basi cordatis, petiolis (ssepius) basi dilatatis connatis, 

 filamentis e basi ligulata filiformibus longe pilosis. — Wall. Cat. 4679! 

 C. venosa, Royle, III. 51. C. amplexicaulis, C. vel u tin a, et C. gracilis, 

 Edgew.! in Linn. Tr. xx. 24, 25. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-10,000 ped. : Kislitwar! Ku- 

 maon! Nipal! Sikkim! — (Fl. autumno.) (v. v.) 



Rami validi, sulcati, prsesertim ad articulos glauceseeutes. Folia maxima, ssepe pe- 

 dalia, pinnatisecta, summa tematisecta ; foliola remota, 2-5 uncias longa, 2-3 lata, 

 acuminata, serrata vel grosse dentata, integra vel insequaliter triloba. Panicula laxe 

 ramosse, rami graciles pauciflorae. Bractece (dum adsunt) foliacece, lanceolatae, den- 

 tatae vel integra?, sed sa?pe minuta3. Sepala oblonga, acutiuscula, cano-tomentosa vel 

 puberula, rarius glabrescentia, margine cinereo-pubescentia. Filamenta sepalis bre- 

 viora. Achenia ovalia, sericeo-pilosa. 



Flowers smaller than in C. Burhananiana. They vary much in amount of pubes- 

 cence. "We can find no characters of importance to separate the different forms 

 which Mr. Edgeworth has considered as distinct. His specimens, which are now 

 before us, certainly exhibit dillercnces in the shape of the leaves; but wc think that 

 he has not made sufficient allowance for the great amount of variation to which all 

 (he species of this genus are subject, and feel confident that, with a suite of specimens 

 as extensive as that which we possess, he would not even consider them as varieties. 



18. C. acuminata (DC. Syst. i. 148, Prod. i. 6) ; glnberrima, pe- 

 tiolis basi non dilatatis, foliis ternatisectis, foliolis lucidis trinervibus 

 ovatis acuminatis, floribus parvulis subglabris, filamentis late ligulatis 

 longe sericeis.— Wall. Cat. 4670 ! ; Don, Prod. 192. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata : Kumaon! Nipal! Sikkim! — (v.v.) 



